Additionally, the company was named among the top 50 best workplaces in the large enterprise category at the announcement ceremony for Anphabe's Top 100 Best Places to Work in Vietnam 2025 ranking, held on the evening of 19/11. This marks the second consecutive year the company has received this recognition.

A representative from Central Retail Vietnam (center) receives the award. Photo: Central Retail Vietnam

Thai Thi Thu Thao, Human Resources Director of Central Retail Vietnam, stated that these achievements demonstrate the company's long-term commitment to building a happy, fair work environment, fostering development opportunities, and delivering excellent employee experiences across its entire system.

According to Thao, listening is at the heart of a good work environment. Over the past year, all improvements in employee benefits, training, and career advancement opportunities were developed based on feedback from employees. "This helps us act precisely and deliver the most practical value to our team", Thao said.

Key factors helping the company achieve the Top 100 Best Places to Work in Vietnam 2025 award include: the ICare culture, which promotes innovation, engagement, ethics, and customer focus, along with the Vietnam Potential Human Resources Management program, implemented in parallel with clear career paths for both store and office employees.

Central Retail Vietnam owns 330 stores and shopping malls nationwide. Photo: Central Retail Vietnam

Furthermore, Central Retail Vietnam actively implements a "people-centric" strategy, prioritizing people in all decisions. It fosters a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) through internal activities such as: internal clubs, sports events, creative competitions; Sports Day, Culture Day; and mental health and family welfare programs.

Building on the success of this award, the company announced plans to boost automation to focus resources on creating superior value for customers, employees, and the community. Simultaneously, it will expand young talent development programs, upgrade digital transformation training activities, and enhance engagement initiatives across the entire system in 2026.

The company regularly participates in community activities. Photo: Central Retail Vietnam

Central Retail has operated in Vietnam since 2012. The company currently serves an average of 500,000 customers daily across more than 330 stores and shopping malls in 26 provinces and cities nationwide. With a total retail area exceeding 1,300,000 m2, it provides employment for approximately 15,000 workers in Vietnam.

In the food retail sector, Central Retail's GO!, Tops Market, and mini go! supermarket systems are present in most provinces and cities, meeting the needs of customers from urban to rural areas. This serves as a foundation for the company to partner with and connect products from businesses, cooperatives, and farming households to millions of consumers nationwide.

The Top 100 Best Places to Work in Vietnam is a ranking of work environments, determined by an independent annual survey conducted by Anphabe, an employer branding and happy workplace consulting firm. The program is sponsored by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and verified by market research company Intage Vietnam. This year, the ranking is the result of objective votes from 73,000 respondents, including over 7,000 students, who evaluated more than 650 businesses across 18 key industries, representing leading attractive work environments for professionals.

The Dan