Coboté is the cosmetics brand of Công ty Cổ phần Phát triển Thực Mỹ Phẩm Vfarm, a company registered on 22 August 2016 in the former Bến Tre province (part of Vĩnh Long province after the July 2025 merger), in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. It makes natural personal-care and cosmetic products built around organic Bến Tre coconut — cold-pressed coconut oil, soaps, hair care, facial oils, body care and mother-and-baby lines — and states that it uses no animal-derived or petroleum-derived ingredients. The company holds a cosmetic manufacturing licence issued by the Bến Tre Department of Health on 23 May 2017, the year the Coboté brand launched.
Coboté was founded by Đinh Thị Hạnh Tâm, a Bến Tre native who studied food R&D in France; the name combines the French noix de coco (coconut) and beauté (beauty). The company describes a deliberate “small-batch” production model.
Company at a glance
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Legal name | Công ty Cổ phần Phát triển Thực Mỹ Phẩm Vfarm |
| Trade name | Coboté |
| Company registered | 22 August 2016 (business ID 1301014512) |
| Brand launched | 2017 |
| Cosmetic manufacturing licence | 00817/ĐKSXMP, 23 May 2017 (Bến Tre Department of Health) |
| Province | Vĩnh Long (before July 2025: Bến Tre) |
| Region | Mekong Delta |
| Founder / CEO | Đinh Thị Hạnh Tâm |
| Website | https://cobote.vn |
| Contact | cskh@cobote.vn |
Products
Coboté reports 19 main product lines (around 50 SKUs), all coconut-based:
| Line | Notes |
|---|---|
| Coconut oil & soap | Cold-pressed coconut oil, assorted soaps |
| Hair care | Pre-wash detox, shampoo, 6-in-1 serum |
| Facial care | 3-in-1 cleansing oil, bio-renewal facial oil, coffee lip balm |
| Body care | Body oil, brown-sugar scrub, heel cream |
| Mother & baby | Intimate cleansing gel, baby line |
| CBT Lab | Home-care items, foot-soak sea salt |
Reported price range: 65,000–695,000 VND. Best-sellers (per the company, 2022) were the eyelash serum and the body scrub.
Certifications and recognition
| Item | Body / scheme | Date |
|---|---|---|
| HVNCLC — Integration Standard (non-food) | Vietnam High Quality Products Business Association | June 2022 |
| OCOP 3-star | Vietnam OCOP scheme | 2020 |
| Organic (coconut raw material) | — | Not verified in detail |
| Cosmetic manufacturing licence | Bến Tre Department of Health | 23 May 2017 |
| 3rd prize, startup competition | BSA / HVNCLC | 2021 |
OCOP is Vietnam’s government product-grading scheme, rated 1–5 stars.
Sourcing and production
Coboté sits at the deep-processing stage of the coconut value chain, converting organic Bến Tre coconut into cosmetics rather than food. It reports a showroom/office and factory in the former Bến Tre (now Vĩnh Long), with the original 2017 workshop in Quới Sơn commune, Châu Thành. Operations run on Haravan CRM plus a custom ERP for real-time production and inventory control. The company reports 10 permanent and 3 seasonal staff (2020) with a stated preference for hiring local women. These are self-reported figures; see limitations.
Markets
Domestically, Coboté reports placement in supermarket and retail chains (Lotte Mart, Aeon, Annam Gourmet, Emart, Citimart, Hello Beauty/BigC), plus its own site and e-commerce channels. Internationally it reports Amazon as its primary export channel (United States) and says it is in talks with partners in Bhutan and other Asian markets — those talks are not confirmed as active exports, so only the United States is listed as an export market here.
Related producers
- Sokfarm — coconut-flower-nectar food producer named in the source as a fellow Bến Tre-area coconut brand.
- Vicosap — dừa sáp (wax/macapuno coconut) producer named in the source as a fellow coconut-chain brand.
- CocoSmile — Bến Tre fresh-coconut exporter in the same regional coconut chain.
Limitations of this data
- We have not visited the facility. Product counts, staff numbers, revenue and best-seller claims are self-reported by the company or drawn from public profiles as of 2026-07-31, and are not independently audited here.
- The organic claim covers the coconut raw material; we have not inspected an organic certificate, issuer or validity date. The HVNCLC and OCOP items reflect what the company reports.
- Bhutan and other Asian markets are described as being “in connection”, not as confirmed exports; only the United States (Amazon) is treated as an export market.
- 2021 revenue is a single self-reported figure spanning Coboté and handmade units; the USD equivalent is approximate.