Hector is the flagship brand of Công ty Cổ phần Lavite, a health-supplement maker whose company registration (business code 0314090981) was issued on 1 November 2016 by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Planning & Investment. It cultivates Cordyceps militaris under controlled conditions and processes it into drinkable extracts and dried/capsule forms; the company reports itself as the first business in Vietnam to produce cordyceps as a liquid extract drink. Cordyceps militaris is a cultivated fungus grown on a silkworm-pupa substrate here, and is distinct from wild high-altitude cordyceps.
The brand was started by four co-founders — Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Tuyết (CEO), La Mai Hàn Trang, Đặng Thị Lụa and Bùi Thị Phú — who moved from an earlier dragon-fruit juice export project into cordyceps cultivation. The name “Hector” is taken from the Trojan prince of Greek mythology.
Company at a glance
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Legal name | Công ty Cổ phần Lavite |
| Trade name | Hector |
| Business code | 0314090981 (issued 1 Nov 2016, HCMC DPI) |
| Head office | 17 Đường số 1, KDC Khang An, Long Trường ward, Ho Chi Minh City |
| Main factory | Phan Thiết Industrial Park, Lâm Đồng province (before July 2025: Bình Thuận), ~8,000 m² |
| Cultivation site | Đà Lạt |
| Staff | ~100 (2024, company-reported) |
| Region | Southeast |
| Website | https://dongtrunghathaohector.vn · https://lavite.com.vn |
Products
The signature range is drinkable cordyceps extracts, alongside dried mycelium and capsules. Lines documented in the source profile (retrieved 2026-07-31):
| Product | Notes |
|---|---|
| Hector Collagen | Flagship; cordyceps extract + collagen peptides + hyaluronic acid + vitamin C |
| Hector Sâm | Cordyceps + ginseng; reported as the first cordyceps drink on the Vietnamese market |
| Hector White | Skin-brightening drink |
| Hector Thảo Mộc | Cordyceps + herbs |
| Hector Lite / Basic / Collagen Plus | Additional drink variants |
| Freeze-dried cordyceps | Dried mycelium fibres |
| Hector cordyceps capsules | Capsule form |
The company reports a catalogue of around 10 products.
Certifications
Certification status as reported by the company, retrieved 2026-07-31 (dates not stated in the source):
| Certification | Issuer / body |
|---|---|
| HS-GMP | Ministry of Health (Vietnam) — company reports it as the first cordyceps-industry plant to receive this |
| FSSC 22000 | — |
| HACCP | — |
| Halal | — |
| ISO 22000 | — |
| GlobalG.A.P. | — |
| FDA registration | US FDA (cultivation area and plant) |
| Science & Technology Enterprise | Vietnamese scheme for R&D-based firms |
Sourcing and production
Hector operates a closed cycle described in the company profile (retrieved 2026-07-31): chemical-free mulberry growing, silkworm rearing, then culturing Cordyceps militaris on silkworm-pupa substrate under controlled temperature, humidity and light, followed by extraction and herbal blending. The main factory sits in Phan Thiết Industrial Park (~8,000 m²), with a cultivation site in Đà Lạt and a secondary herb-drying facility in Đồng Nai. The company reports year-on-year growth of 200% in both 2019 and 2020 (attributed to co-founder La Mai Hàn Trang); this is a self-reported figure.
Markets
Domestically, the company reports 200+ retail points, including the Long Châu, Pharmacity, Phano and Trung Sơn pharmacy chains, AEON Vietnam (from February 2020), and airport retail via SASCO at Tân Sơn Nhất. Online channels include the company website, Shopee, Lazada and TikTok Shop.
For export, the source names eight destinations. Japan is the most developed: the company reports a representative office in Tokyo and distribution through AEON Japan and Kohnan Japan. A US customer hotline is also listed.
| Market | Note |
|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Japan | Tokyo representative office; AEON Japan, Kohnan Japan |
| 🇺🇸 United States | US hotline listed |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | Named as an export market |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland | Named as an export market |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | Named as an export market |
| 🇭🇰 Hong Kong | Named as an export market |
| 🇲🇲 Myanmar | Named as an export market |
| 🇰🇭 Cambodia | Named as an export market |
Related producers
- Hygie & Panacee — a Cần Thơ maker of herbal medicinal teas, a comparable Vietnamese functional-health producer with US (Amazon) export activity.
- Bidicomed — another Vietnamese health-product company in the same broad functional-health category.
Limitations of this data
- We have not visited the facility. All figures (staff count, 200% growth, retail-point count, factory area) are self-reported by the company or drawn from public profiles as of 2026-07-31, and are not independently audited here.
- “First in Vietnam” claims (first liquid cordyceps extract, first cordyceps-industry HS-GMP plant, first cordyceps ginseng drink) are as stated by the company and not independently verified.
- The source’s structured summary lists six export markets; its narrative additionally names Myanmar and Cambodia. All eight are shown above as company-reported; market presence is not independently verified.
- Certification dates are not given in the source; we have not inspected the underlying certificates or their current validity.
- The VietSourced directory currently has few functional-health peers, so fewer than three brand cross-links are provided.