A man from Binh Duong Province has complained that Tribeco Company did not give him the VND100 million (USD4,700) prize he won by using their product.

The winning card

Ta Van An, from An Binh Commune, said that in May his family bought a carton of instant noddles from a convenience store. On the carton, the Tribeco Company, owned by Uni-President Vietnam, advertised a sweepstakes with prizes totaling VND2 billion.

When he opened one of the packages, he found a card which said he had won VND100 million. However, when he tried to call the company to redeem his prize, no one answered. An then returned to the convenience store and asked them for the company's address.

A noodle package of Tribeco Company

"On June 5, four Tribeco employees arrived at the store and said that my card was invalid because it didn't have stamps and signatures. They said that they could only give me VND2 million but when I refused, they increased the money to VND5 million. If my card were invalid, why would they offer me any money? I bought the product and won the prize. The evidence is right here, they must give me VND100 million," An said.

The next day, An went to the headquarters of Tribeco in Binh Duong, but he was met by the same employees who refused again to recognise his winning ticket. He later received a letter from the company saying the ticket was invalid.

Representatives from Tribeco have been unavailable for comment.