Vietnamese-Australian Jimmy Pham Viet Tuan, founder of a hospitality vocational project known as KOTO, has recently received the fifth Ilga award for his support to street and disadvantaged children in Vietnam. The award aims to honour those who are contributing to the Asian countries’ social development. Pham said that his award highlights the vision of the local community and KOTO’s partners in helping the disadvantaged youth in Vietnam, find jobs, escape poverty and live with dignity. Since its established 14 years ago, KOTO, short for “Know One Teach One,” has trained more than 500 of the young people in general life skills, English language and restaurant hospitality in order to work in KOTO-sponsored or other restaurants in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Born in 1972, Jimmy Pham left for Sydney as a child with his mother and siblings and studied hospitality in college. In 1996 he returned to Vietnam for the first time, on a temporary assignment as a tour operator. In January 2013, he was included in the Australian Honors List for his support to street and disadvantaged children in Vietnam. VOV