KOTO is a not-for-profit social enterprise that started in 1999 in Hanoi. The program targets at-risk and disadvantaged youth—aged 16 to 22—with a 24-month-long training program in vocational hospitality, life skills development and English language acquisition.

To date, KOTO has graduated nearly 1500 youths. KOTO graduates receive an internationally recognized accreditation from Box Hill Institute in Melbourne, Australia and go on to work in four- and five-star hotels, resorts and restaurants in Vietnam, the region and internationally. Other alumni have opened their own businesses also utilizing the social enterprise model, providing additional opportunities for not only for KOTO trainees, but for the extensive alumni network.

The KOTO program empowers young men and women to transform themselves, their families and their communities.