Yo bridges Vietnam and Japan gap in healthcare

HANOI: Starting out as a tour guide operator, Yo Trading and Service Joint Stock Company’s (Yo Group) founder Hoang Dinh Giang, has been visiting Japan since 2013.

Through his interactions with Vietnamese tourists visiting the “Land of the Rising Sun”, this entrepreneur noticed that despite the thriving trade between the two countries, there were still many Vietnamese people unknowingly purchasing counterfeit, fake and unverified Japanese products, including supplementary foods, which, unlike others, could directly harm their health.

With the objective of helping Vietnamese consumers access high-quality, authentic Japanese supplementary foods, Yo Group has set up a cooperation agreement with Nakanihon Capsule Company, a reputable supplementary food producers in Japan.

Nakanihon Capsule specialises in and is equipped with modern production technology and processes that meet strict safety standards. It has secured the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certification and ISO 22000 from the Japanese Association for Nutritional Food and Health.

Nakanihon Capsule’s strengths lie in products that enhance human immunity, such as Fucoidan, and supplementary foods that support weight loss, stroke prevention, and joint pain reduction.

In May 2021, Yo Group signed an agreement for the production and supply of Nakanihon Capsule’s supplementary foods for the Vietnamese market.

Under the agreement, Yo Group distributes Nakanihon Capsule’s functional foods in the Vietnamese market, notably “cancer-fighting allies” Fukoidan Umino Takaramono and Nano Fucoidan Premium, which “contribute to overall health improvement, digestive system enhancement, and immune system reinforcement by eliminating free radicals and inhibiting the development of cancer cells”.

Toshinori Yamanaka, chairman of Nakanihon Capsule, said Fukoidan is extracted from Mozuku brown algae and Kombu seaweed, with the Fukoidan extracted from Mozuku brown algae harvested in Okinawa and is high in purity.

Yanase, director of the Nakanihon Capsule Plant in Vietnam, said Nakanihon Capsule’s products meet all GMP standards in Japan. — Viet Nam News/ANN