| Title | MCDONALD'S DRIVE-THRU HO CHI MINH |
| Brand | MCDONALD'S VIETNAM |
| Product / Service | McDONALD'S |
| Category | A01. Use of Promotional Events & Stunts |
| Entrant | LEO BURNETT VIETNAM Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM |
| Entrant Company | LEO BURNETT VIETNAM Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM |
| Advertising Agency | LEO BURNETT VIETNAM Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM |
| Name | Company | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Southern | Leo Burnett/ M&T (BCC) | Executive Creative Director |
| Van Tran | Leo Burnett/ M&T (BCC) | Art Director |
| Phuc Tong | Leo Burnett/ M&T (BCC) | Senior Account Manager |
| Marc Marcelo | Leo Burnett/ M&T (BCC) | Art Director |
| Tram Bui | Leo Burnett/ M&T (BCC) | Copywriter |
| Khanh Vu | Leo Burnett/ M&T (BCC) | Designer |
| Loi Ho | Leo Burnett/ M&T (BCC) | Copywriter |
| Kate Bayona-Garcia | Leo Burnett/ M&T (BCC) | Head of Digital and Innovations |
| Paolo Garcia | Leo Burnett/ M&T (BCC) | Digital Creative Director |
| Dat Vuong | Leo Burnett/ M&T (BCC) | Social Lead |
| Julian Brzoska | Leo Burnett/ M&T (BCC) | Digital Account Lead |
The Vietnamese Fast Food market is estimated at over $ 500 million annually, with KFC, Burger King, Lotteria, Jollibee having over 400 outlets across the country. McDonald's entered the Vietnamese market in 2014, and has opened the first Drive-Thu in March 2014. Vietnam is a country with great mobility. The number of motorbikes in Vietnam has risen from 4 million in 1996 to an incredible 39 million by the start of 2015. Surprisingly Vietnamese are not aware about the concept of Drive-Thru which was a challenge for McDonald's. McDonald's needed to bring alive the experience of McDonald's Drive-Thru to Vietnamese target audience in an interesting way. In order to achieve this, we created a new 24h Drive-Thru World record attempt. We invited people to participate in our attempt, experiencing the Drive-Thru, receiving the free promotional Meal Set (Cheeseburger, Fries, and specially designed Coke can) and have a fun experience.
Our objective was to raise awareness and demonstrate McDonald's Drive-Thru in Vietnam. Being the first in the market to introduce Drive-Thru, and having highly scooter-mobile Vietnamese population, Drive Thru has a tremendous market opportunity. Our strategy was to create life-affirming moments with our promotional hook, and leverage social and mass PR to create conversations around it and to maximize reach.
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We created the event to break the Drive-Thru world record. Three weeks prior the event we started communicating and inviting people through social, PR and the leading youth music TV channel. Importantly, we included a promotional free meal set (Cheeseburger + Fries+ specially designed Coke can) to reward every participant. For 24h, starting 8pm March 23th to 8pm March 24th, we created entertaining performances including artists, celebrities, bike shows, and others.