Last summer, a single torn-off label from a bottle of Number 1 Energy Drink revealed to Trịnh Thị Ngọc, a garment worker in Thanh Hóa, that she has won a windfall of 50 million VND — enough to pay down a chunk of the debt she’d taken on to build her family’s house.
A year later, amid the scorching summer heat, the habit of drinking Number 1 energy drink for an energy boost and then tearing off the label to enter a code for the lucky draw is no longer something only Ms. Ngọc does. At the garment workshop where she works, many of her coworkers now hold onto their empty bottles for a few extra seconds after finishing their drink, tearing off the label, entering the code, and waiting to see what pops up on their phone — just in case luck decides to pay them a visit too.
“50 million VND arrived exactly when my family needed it most”
Amid the constant hum of sewing machines in a workshop in Yên Phú commune, Thanh Hóa, Trịnh Thị Ngọc still keeps up her habit of cracking open a bottle of Number 1 energy drink every afternoon shift.
For the worker, born in 1992, it’s simply a way to stay alert after long hours at the sewing line and to keep her energy up so she can meet order deadlines.
But what her coworkers remember most about Ms. Ngọc is what happened to her last summer.
After finishing her usual bottle of Number 1, she casually tore off the label, grabbed the code, and texted it in to enter the promotion — just as she’d done many times before.
“At the time I just thought I’d enter for fun — I never imagined I’d actually win something big,” she recalls with a laugh.
A few days later, her phone rang unexpectedly. The caller informed her that she’d won the First Prize — 50 million VND in cash — from Number 1 Energy Drink’s summer promotional campaign.
“At first I thought someone was pranking me. I asked them to repeat it several times and even looked it up online afterward, because I couldn’t quite believe it was real,” she remembers.
The moment she confirmed she’d really won, Ms. Ngọc nearly burst into tears. “The 50 million VND came at exactly the moment my family needed it most.”
After marrying in the mountainous area of Ngọc Lặc, Thanh Hóa, the pressures of making a living led the couple to move back to her mother’s hometown in Yên Phú in 2021. Her parents gave them a small plot of land to build on, but to put up a house that could shelter their children from the rain and sun, the couple had to borrow hundreds of millions of VND.
Her husband works half-days so he can look after their young children, while she sews from dusk until dawn and gets paid by the piece.
“Some months, tuition for the kids, living expenses, and debt payments eat up almost my entire paycheck,” she says.
The couple’s combined income comes to only about 8–9 million VND a month, and when work slows down, things get even tighter. So when the 50 million VND prize from Number 1 came through, her first thought wasn’t about treating herself. “The first thing I did was take the money to pay down the debt from building the house,” she says simply.
For many people, that might just be a stroke of good fortune. But for Ms. Ngọc’s family, it felt like a rare breath of relief after years of struggling under the weight of debt. “Once I’d paid off part of it, I felt a huge weight lift,” she says, smiling.
From tearing a label “just for fun” to a story that spread through the whole workshop
After she won, word of Ms. Ngọc’s story quickly spread through the company. Coworkers would stop her during breaks to ask how to enter. Some even brought their empty bottles to her, asking her to walk them through entering the code correctly, worried they might do it wrong.
“Now, everyone in the workshop tears off the label and texts in to enter the promotions for Number 1, Dr Thanh Tea, and Không Độ Green Tea (Zero Degree Green Tea) after they finish their drink,” she says with a laugh.
It’s not just Ms. Ngọc — her husband, her younger brother, and even her parents now all eagerly join the “Tear and Win Instantly” promotion every day. Her brother recently won two mobile phone top-up cards in a row. “Some days, the whole family sits around entering codes and waiting for the results — it’s genuinely fun,” she says.
Even though she hasn’t struck it lucky again in a big way, Ms. Ngọc still enters consistently every time she finishes a drink. “On days when I’m really worn out from work, I still have a Number 1 to stay sharp, and I just tear the label off while I’m at it,” she says.
It’s not just Number 1 Energy Drink — many workers at the factory now also reach for Không Độ Green Tea to cool down and ease work stress, or Dr Thanh Tea to cool the body during the fiercest heat, entering the promotion each time after they drink.
Even winning a phone top-up card worth just a few tens of thousands of VND is enough to get an entire sewing line buzzing through the whole break.
“Sometimes luck arrives exactly when you least expect it”
This summer, the “Tear and Win Instantly” promotion from Number 1 Energy Drink, Dr Thanh Tea, and Không Độ (Zero Degree) Green Tea is giving away more than 500,000 prizes — mobile top-up cards ranging from 10,000 to 50,000 VND — handed out continuously every day.
Entering is simple. After using a product marked with promotional information, users just need to tear off the label to get the code, then enter it directly on the Tear and Win Instantly website or text it to hotline 6020 to find out the result almost instantly.
Beyond the instant-win prizes, every valid code also earns an entry into a drawing for three Special Prizes worth 100 million VND in cash each, along with dozens of First Prizes worth 10 million VND each.
The live-streamed drawings will take place on July 4–6, July 20, and September 4 on the official Facebook pages of Number 1 Energy Drink, Không Độ Green Tea, and Dr Thanh Cooling Tea.
Amid the blistering heat, the sight of people finishing a drink and then holding onto the bottle for a few extra seconds to tear off the label and enter a code is becoming an increasingly familiar one — at roadside drink stalls, factories, and rest stops alike.
Even now, Ms. Ngọc still remembers how her hands trembled when she saw the notification that she’d won last year. “Sometimes luck arrives exactly when you least expect it,” she says.
Cooling off on hot summer days with Dr Thanh Tea, Không Độ Green Tea, or Number 1 also comes with an easy shot at winning one of over 500,000 phone top-up prizes — or one of three Special Prizes worth 100 million VND in cash each — this summer.
Perhaps what makes stories like Ms. Ngọc’s resonate with so many people is not just the value of the prize itself, but the very real feeling that luck can still find its way to the most ordinary people.
It might be a factory worker trying to pay off the debt from building her house. A driver grabbing a break at midday under the blazing sun. Or a young person clocking off work, stopping at a roadside stall for a cold drink after a long day.
And sometimes, the distance between a bottle of a cold drink and a moment of genuine joy — one that can lighten someone’s heart — begins with nothing more than a few seconds spent tearing off a label and entering a promotion after taking a sip.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/nld/uong-number-1-de-tinh-tao-giua-ca-lam-nu-cong-nhan-bat-ngo-co-them-50-trieu-dong-tra-no-xay-nha-196260604220126196.htm