Aspirations of Hung Yen businessmen in the city named after Uncle Ho

In Ho Chi Minh City - the economic locomotive of the whole country, the people of Hung Yen are always enthusiastic about working, producing, studying, and helping each other to develop together. Many people have become successful businessmen, creating strong brands, contributing to the common achievements of the city, contributing to the historical and cultural traditions of the civilized and revolutionary homeland of Hung Yen.

A meeting of Hung Yen Business Club in Ho Chi Minh City

On April 30, 1975, soldier Nguyen Chi Trung (from Yen My district), then 19 years old, was present in the army marching to liberate Saigon, singing the triumphant song of the day the country was unified. At that time, he never thought that he would later be attached to and develop his career in the city named after Uncle Ho - beloved President Ho Chi Minh. In 1991, after spending 2 years in charge of a Vietnamese joint venture and 2 years as director of a state-owned enterprise in the field of footwear production, he decided to move out to establish Gia Dinh Shoe Company.

At first, the company specialized in manufacturing and processing footwear for export, gradually expanding to the production of raw materials for the footwear industry to proactively source raw materials for production activities and partly meet the needs of domestic enterprises. Thanks to his business acumen and current events, Mr. Nguyen Chi Trung has steered the business to constantly grow, gradually developing into other fields. In 2011, the company officially changed its name to Gia Dinh Group Joint Stock Company. Up to now, the company of businessman Nguyen Chi Trung has become a large enterprise in Ho Chi Minh City, operating in many fields: Manufacturing and exporting footwear, raw materials for the footwear industry; renewable energy; industrial real estate and office buildings; logistics services; agriculture ; financial investment, trade and services... operating in many localities across the country. Each year, the company's revenue reaches thousands of billions of VND, creating jobs for 8,000 workers and paying tens of billions of VND to the state budget.

Businessman Nguyen Chi Trung expressed: I am proud to be a native of Hung Yen who has built a strong brand, contributing to the development of Ho Chi Minh City and the country.

Businessman An Son Lam, born in 1963 (from Tien Lu district), in 1996 after graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering in the Democratic Republic of Germany, he went to Ho Chi Minh City to look for job opportunities, but unexpectedly turned to working as a German tour guide. After nearly 10 years working as a tour guide, accumulating knowledge and capital, in 2005, he decided to establish Dong Duong Sailing Company Limited, operating tourist boats, including food and beverage services, sightseeing on the Saigon River in the city center. From the beginning with only one boat with a capacity of 50 seats, the company gradually developed to 10 large and small tourist boats, becoming the enterprise with the largest number of tourist boats operating in the city center. By 2015, when Ho Chi Minh City rearranged the central area's cruise ship services according to a high-end, high-quality service model, out of the 5 high-end standard cruise ships operated by 4 businesses, 2 were from Indochina Sailing Company Limited, named Hon Ngoc Vien Dong and Nu Hoang Indochina.

Businessman An Son Lam shared: On average, each month, these two cruise ships welcome and serve the dining and sightseeing needs of over 20,000 international and domestic tourists on the Saigon River. It is expected that on the occasion of National Day September 2 this year, the company will continue to launch a new cruise ship named Indochina Star. With many contributions to the city's tourism industry, the company has received many certificates of merit from the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee.

As a young generation born after the country's reunification, businessman Dao Van Huan, born in 1987 (from Kim Dong district) chose to start a business in Ho Chi Minh City in accordance with the major he learned at university. In 2011, after graduating from the Civil Engineering major at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Dao Van Huan went to work for businesses to earn income and gain experience. In 2016, he decided to establish Saigon Polytechnic Construction Joint Stock Company (BKScons) operating in the field of construction of infrastructure, factories, apartments, social housing, villas, and townhouses. In nearly 10 years of operation, thanks to a solid knowledge base and youthful agility, young businessman Dao Van Huan's BKScons Company has grown stronger and stronger, with an average revenue of VND 940 billion/year in the period of 2021 - 2024; In particular, this young enterprise is confident that it can compete with leading names in the construction industry...

Along with the three businessmen above, in the city named after Uncle Ho, there are many businessmen from Hung Yen who are full of enthusiasm, spirit, confidence, and courage to build increasingly strong careers.

Mr. Nguyen Van Chi, Vice Chairman of the Hung Yen Association, Chairman of the Hung Yen Business Club in Ho Chi Minh City, said: Currently, the Hung Yen Business Club in Ho Chi Minh City has the participation of about 200 businessmen, with many different professions and fields. Not only striving to enrich themselves and their families, businessmen from Hung Yen also share and provide timely support to their fellow countrymen when they encounter difficulties in life. During the period when Ho Chi Minh City was heavily affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Hung Yen Association and the Hung Yen Business Club compiled a list of 300 people in difficulty to support with a total amount of 1.2 billion VND and other necessities. Businessmen from Hung Yen also always create job opportunities for workers from the same hometown, with a rate of 10-15% of the number of workers working in enterprises.

Mr. Nguyen Chi Trung, Chairman of Gia Dinh Group Joint Stock Company, said: During the recruitment process, I always prioritize and create opportunities for people from my hometown in all management, engineering and worker positions. Currently, the company has nearly 1,000 employees from Hung Yen with a stable and good income. Not only that, in the past time, Hung Yen businessmen in Ho Chi Minh City have always turned to their homeland with many practical and precious actions such as: giving scholarships, building charity houses, giving gifts to policy families and people in difficult circumstances. In 2024, according to incomplete statistics, businessmen organized trips to their hometown to give gifts worth nearly 500 million VND; helping Hung Yen compatriots in Yen Bai and Lao Cai affected by storm No. 3 with a total amount of 360 million VND.

In the development journey of Ho Chi Minh City, the business community as well as tens of thousands of people from Hung Yen will continue to work, produce, study and contribute; continue to affirm the tradition of the civilized and revolutionary homeland of Hung Yen.

Nguyen Quynh

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