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Stories from the vegan world.
Ăn Chay TV on vegetarian festivals, plant-based food and green living.
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Health360 Summit 2026: putting plant-based nutrition at the centre of the fight against non-communicable diseasesThirteen doctors, scientists and nutrition experts from Malaysia, Brazil and Singapore met at Sunway University to examine how diet, and whole-food plant-based eating in particular, can prevent and manage non-communicable diseases.
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The first Green Business Matching Day Vietnam brings green businesses together at Lumi HubOn the morning of Wednesday 4 November 2026, Green Business Matching Day Vietnam, a business-matching day for green companies, took place for the first time in Vietnam. At Lumi Hub on the ground floor of Republic Plaza (18E Cộng Hòa, Ho Chi Minh City), it brought together more than 100 Vietnamese green businesses, international partners and Indian delegates.
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Consul General of India at Green Business Matching Day Vietnam: a bridge for Indian and Vietnamese businesses in the green economyThe Consul General i What is a Consulate General? The government’s extended arm at the local level, protecting and connecting. The Consul General heads the Consulate General. of India in Ho Chi Minh City, Dr. Vipra Pandey, attended Green Business Matching Day Vietnam on 4 November 2026, an India–Vietnam trade connection and promotion event organised by Canopus Group, Chay Vietnam and HIT Group – Plant-based Capital with Vietnamese and Indian partners, bringing together more than 100 Vietnamese green businesses, international partners and Indian delegates.
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Speakers at Green Business Matching Day Vietnam: from the Indian market to clean energy for green foodAt Green Business Matching Day Vietnam on 4 November 2026, speakers from the Indian business community, Vietnam’s plant-based business community and the clean-energy sector shared the opportunities open to Vietnamese green businesses at home and abroad.
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Three memoranda of understanding signed at Green Business Matching Day VietnamOne of the highlights of Green Business Matching Day Vietnam on 4 November 2026 was the signing of three memoranda of understanding on media, sustainability, trade and investment.
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21 sponsors honoured and connections made at the booths of Green Business Matching Day VietnamGreen Business Matching Day Vietnam on 4 November 2026 was also marked by the recognition of 21 sponsors and many meetings, tastings and conversations between Vietnamese companies and international partners right at the booths.
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Celebrating Gandhi’s Legacy Through Food and Friendship: Mr. Thao Le Highlights India–Vietnam Cultural Bridges at USSH International ConferenceFrom Gandhi’s London lecture hall to today’s Ho Chi Minh City campus, that message continues to inspire. And thanks to leaders like Thao Le, the dialogue between India and Vietnam — between tradition and innovation — remains vibrantly alive, serving as both moral compass and cultural bridge in a rapidly changing world.
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A Historic Convergence: Southern Pilgrims Gathered in An Giang Years Before Vietnam’s Largest Vegetarian Event“The unprecedented gathering of over 1.5 million people at the Vegetarian Grand Assembly 2025 in An Hoa Tu, An Giang Province, was not an overnight phenomenon. It was the culmination of years of pilgrimage and spiritual unity, particularly from Vietnam’s Southern region, where devout followers and vegetarian practitioners have long considered An Giang a sacred destination”, An Giang, Vietnam – June 2025,
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HCMC People's Committee and the Department of Tourism Launch the Program 'Each Tourism Business Unit as a Friendly DestinationOn December 27, 2024, the launching ceremony for the program “Each Tourism Business Unit as a Friendly Destination” was held at Queenland Park in District 7, aiming to promote green growth and sustainable economic development in accordance with the Green Growth Action Plan for 2024–2030 issued by the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee.
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Anchay TV Meets Asia's Best Vegan Chef, Chef Dave: "I want to create vegan versions of all dishes."Chef Dave is a renowned chef from Malaysia, and in the past year, he was honored with the “Best Vegetarian Chef in Asia Award” at the Asia Awards (AA).
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Ăn Chay TV meet The Royal Chef, Patrick Lim: "When you're vegetarian, you'll avoid to see a doctor"Patrick Lim is a talented chef who once served the royal family. Since 1996 he has been exploring the benefits of vegetarian cuisine. Thanks to being a vegetarian, he improved his health and no longer needed to see a doctor!
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Ăn Chay TV Introduces Vegan Tourism at the International SeminarOn May 26, 2024, Ăn Chay TV proudly accompanied and participated in the international seminar with the theme “Community Tourism and Tourism Models Linked with Education in Malaysia.” The event was organized by the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, in collaboration with the Center for Vietnam and Southeast Asian Studies, the Vietnam-Southeast Asia Friendship Association in Ho Chi Minh City, the Consulate General of Malaysia in Ho Chi Minh City, the Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board, the Malaysian Education Office, and the Malaysian Community Tourism Entrepreneurs Association.
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ANCHAY.TV & EESOY The Creative Story of Soybeans with Trendy DishesDuring our recent trip to Malaysia, Ăn Chay TV was highly impressed by Eesoy, from their business model to the quality of their products, standing out distinctly from other typical brands.
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Veco Burger - The story of a vegan burger that says no to onions and garlicThis morning, An Chay TV Team met Ms. Chia Siow Ching – founder and manager of the Veco Burger brand, a Malaysian vegan burger brand.
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The first Green Business Matching Day Vietnam brings green businesses together at Lumi HubOn the morning of Wednesday 4 November 2026, Green Business Matching Day Vietnam, a business-matching day for green companies, took place for the first time in Vietnam. At Lumi Hub on the ground floor of Republic Plaza (18E Cộng Hòa, Ho Chi Minh City), it brought together more than 100 Vietnamese green businesses, international partners and Indian delegates.
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Consul General of India at Green Business Matching Day Vietnam: a bridge for Indian and Vietnamese businesses in the green economyThe Consul General i What is a Consulate General? The government’s extended arm at the local level, protecting and connecting. The Consul General heads the Consulate General. of India in Ho Chi Minh City, Dr. Vipra Pandey, attended Green Business Matching Day Vietnam on 4 November 2026, an India–Vietnam trade connection and promotion event organised by Canopus Group, Chay Vietnam and HIT Group – Plant-based Capital with Vietnamese and Indian partners, bringing together more than 100 Vietnamese green businesses, international partners and Indian delegates.
04
Speakers at Green Business Matching Day Vietnam: from the Indian market to clean energy for green foodAt Green Business Matching Day Vietnam on 4 November 2026, speakers from the Indian business community, Vietnam’s plant-based business community and the clean-energy sector shared the opportunities open to Vietnamese green businesses at home and abroad.
05
Three memoranda of understanding signed at Green Business Matching Day VietnamOne of the highlights of Green Business Matching Day Vietnam on 4 November 2026 was the signing of three memoranda of understanding on media, sustainability, trade and investment.
06
21 sponsors honoured and connections made at the booths of Green Business Matching Day VietnamGreen Business Matching Day Vietnam on 4 November 2026 was also marked by the recognition of 21 sponsors and many meetings, tastings and conversations between Vietnamese companies and international partners right at the booths.
07
Celebrating Gandhi’s Legacy Through Food and Friendship: Mr. Thao Le Highlights India–Vietnam Cultural Bridges at USSH International ConferenceFrom Gandhi’s London lecture hall to today’s Ho Chi Minh City campus, that message continues to inspire. And thanks to leaders like Thao Le, the dialogue between India and Vietnam — between tradition and innovation — remains vibrantly alive, serving as both moral compass and cultural bridge in a rapidly changing world.
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A Historic Convergence: Southern Pilgrims Gathered in An Giang Years Before Vietnam’s Largest Vegetarian Event“The unprecedented gathering of over 1.5 million people at the Vegetarian Grand Assembly 2025 in An Hoa Tu, An Giang Province, was not an overnight phenomenon. It was the culmination of years of pilgrimage and spiritual unity, particularly from Vietnam’s Southern region, where devout followers and vegetarian practitioners have long considered An Giang a sacred destination”, An Giang, Vietnam – June 2025,
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HCMC People's Committee and the Department of Tourism Launch the Program 'Each Tourism Business Unit as a Friendly DestinationOn December 27, 2024, the launching ceremony for the program “Each Tourism Business Unit as a Friendly Destination” was held at Queenland Park in District 7, aiming to promote green growth and sustainable economic development in accordance with the Green Growth Action Plan for 2024–2030 issued by the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee.
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Anchay TV Meets Asia's Best Vegan Chef, Chef Dave: "I want to create vegan versions of all dishes."Chef Dave is a renowned chef from Malaysia, and in the past year, he was honored with the “Best Vegetarian Chef in Asia Award” at the Asia Awards (AA).
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Ăn Chay TV meet The Royal Chef, Patrick Lim: "When you're vegetarian, you'll avoid to see a doctor"Patrick Lim is a talented chef who once served the royal family. Since 1996 he has been exploring the benefits of vegetarian cuisine. Thanks to being a vegetarian, he improved his health and no longer needed to see a doctor!
12
Ăn Chay TV Introduces Vegan Tourism at the International SeminarOn May 26, 2024, Ăn Chay TV proudly accompanied and participated in the international seminar with the theme “Community Tourism and Tourism Models Linked with Education in Malaysia.” The event was organized by the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, in collaboration with the Center for Vietnam and Southeast Asian Studies, the Vietnam-Southeast Asia Friendship Association in Ho Chi Minh City, the Consulate General of Malaysia in Ho Chi Minh City, the Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board, the Malaysian Education Office, and the Malaysian Community Tourism Entrepreneurs Association.
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ANCHAY.TV & EESOY The Creative Story of Soybeans with Trendy DishesDuring our recent trip to Malaysia, Ăn Chay TV was highly impressed by Eesoy, from their business model to the quality of their products, standing out distinctly from other typical brands.
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Veco Burger - The story of a vegan burger that says no to onions and garlicThis morning, An Chay TV Team met Ms. Chia Siow Ching – founder and manager of the Veco Burger brand, a Malaysian vegan burger brand.
Green Business Matching Day Vietnam · 4 Nov 2026
Green business stories
35 stories about the sponsors and green-product businesses at GBM Day 2026. AnchayTV is a co-organiser and the official media partner of Green Business Matching.
01Mít VeganThe farmer who bred a red-fleshed jackfruit, then turned discarded young jackfruit into "plant-based meat"
02Lá Tía TôFrom a meat restaurant turned vegetarian in 2011 to a macrobiotic plant making more than two million products a year
03Thế Giới ChayA vegan fish sauce made from cashew apples, the fruit the cashew capital of Vietnam's Southeast still throws away
04Dương AnThe singer of "Gọi đò" behind a vegan mushroom bánh mì cart, and the 50 outlets that followed
05OolongsenAn "oolong" tea with no tea leaves, made from Đồng Tháp lotus leaves fermented for 16 hours
06Việt PhiVietnamese cashews in more than 60 countries, and a 176,000-tonne deal with Tanzania
07CocovieFrom coconut oil in an old LaVie bottle to a brand that "wastes nothing of the coconut"
08msSlimRice for diabetics, slow-cooked for 36 hours from Sóc Trăng purple brown rice
09MixMatchA trio from trade, pharmacy and engineering, and freeze-dried snacks made from cactus, algae and roselle
10Lumi Hub13 event halls on the ground floor of Republic Plaza, and a first year of "We Meet, We Rise"
11AzanatureSugarcane bagasse turned into drinking straws in four sizes, from a coffee glass to a cup of bubble tea
12Mebi Farm72 hectares in a melaleuca forest, over a million eggs a day and six "green pillars"
13Hoài Ân ViênA 74-hectare "ecological garden" that keeps filial piety alive in Long Khánh
14Cloud MartThe first cup of the day, from a Đà Nẵng company named "Mây"
15HavivaOne bottle of Sốt Sình Sịch for tossing, braising, stir-frying, dipping and marinating
16An Tâm Sơn GroupA young company in Ecopark, registered to care for people from kindergarten to old age
17VH AL CorpA quiet companion of the green business matching day
18Mê CộngA household business from Phú Định, and a two-tone green logo that reads Mê Xanh
19Thiện ThànhNearly ten years of distribution-channel consulting, and three strokes joined into a triangle
20BLive Mart3.5 kg laundry pouches from a factory in Ninh Bình, and a QR code in the lobbies of 100 buildings
21Nấm Ông 5A biology master's graduate who gave up a VND 20 million salary to grow "monkey head" mushrooms on rubber sawdust in Lạc Dương
22Padayal No Oil No BoilA South Indian feast without fire or oil, from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu to Lumi Hub
23Thank you, Mr. Lê Ngọc Ánh Minh and the Vietnam ASEAN Hydrogen ClubBringing hydrogen to the green meal at Green Business Matching Day Vietnam
24Dr. C.K. Ashok KumarA son of the CK family brings First World Community and EMERGE AURO to Vietnam’s green businesses
25The birth of the shampoo sachet and India's sachet revolutionThe man who created it was Dr. C.K. Ashok Kumar's father
26Hallelu ChocolateThe car engineer who built his own chocolate line to pay farmers double for their cocoa
27Chay GardenVietnam's first vegetarian restaurant in the Michelin Bib Gourmand, four years running
28Hòa Hảo VeganClean vegan food from a land where eating vegetarian is a way of life
29Xốt Quốc YếnA son of Bạc Liêu who crossed the country in search of one sauce for 500 vegan dishes
30VietcocoFrom a father-in-law's land title and a second-hand oil press to more than 7,000 hectares of organic coconut
31Meli Green FarmThree siblings turned a coffee hillside into Lâm Hà's first hydroponic farm, starting "just to feed the family"
32HAGA Agarwood50 hectares of Aquilaria in La Gi, and the rule of "leaving one metre of trunk so the tree lives on"
33Dr. RuộtThe father who quit banking and spent ten years on resistant starch from mung beans because his son was constipated
34Ông Già ChạyThe whole Central Highlands noni tree, from fruit, root and seed to a powder you "drink like coffee"
35Dr.D's formulaA dermatologist and a pharmacist, a herbal garden in An Giang, a workshop in Bến Tre