Message from the founder

Jimmy Pham and the KOTO Vietnam staff would like to extend their ongoing gratitude to everyone supporting KOTO Hanoi and KOTO International. We invite you will take the time to learn about how KOTO is providing a brighter future to youth in Vietnam.

KOTO is a not-for-profit restaurant and vocational training program that is changing the lives of street and disadvantaged youth in Vietnam.

“The greatest accomplishment for the person who has helped you, is to see you stand on your own two feet and then in turn help someone else that reminds you of yourself, because if you Know One, then you should Teach One.”

Welcome to the new look KOTO website. We hope you enjoy it.

We have lots more News about the latest events and activities at KOTO. Upcoming events to watch out for include the October launch in Australia of KOTO A Culinary Journey by Koto's first Chef/ Trainer Tracey Lister and her husband Andreas Pohl. This will be closely followed by Mr Jimmy and two graduates, Ms Xam and Mr Trieu travelling to Australia for work experience and fundraising events in Melbourne, Adelaide, Canberra and Sydney in November.

The selection process for the next group of recruits is underway and the new trainees will start the KOTO program in October. We are still looking for some trainee sponsors for this intake. And last but not least it's time for everyone to get into training for the annual fundraising Ba Vi Bike Ride on Saturday 13^th December. Click here for more News

New features coming soon to the site are the KOTO Shop and the installation of PayPal. This will enable online puchases of all your favourite KOTO mementoes and make sponsorship and donations payments possible online.

We still have improvements to make but we hope you will find the new site informative and we welcome any feedback, send to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it