The following success story comes from a domestic helper who lived in difficult circumstances. From an early childhood of extreme hardship, she rose to become someone many people deeply respect.
The success story of an orphan girl who worked as a domestic helper until age 16
Dương Thanh Thủy was born in 1961 and currently owns a well-known diversified group in Ho Chi Minh City. Yet few know that she endured an extremely difficult, tearful childhood. Once speaking to the press as 1 accomplished person with an admirable success story, Thủy recalled: “My father died when I was very young. Our family then went through many changes, so I lived independently from age 6, working as a domestic helper until I was 16 to survive. Sometimes, while cleaning my employer's refrigerator, I wondered when I would ever have enough money to buy one like it. When I opened it and saw so much delicious food, I wondered: even if I had a refrigerator, how would I afford the food?”
Her father, Dương Văn Quảng, was reportedly a Viet Cong member. He was arrested during an operation. To protect secrets, he firmly refused to disclose information and was shot by enemy troops only a few dozen meters from home. Dương Thanh Thủy lost her father when she was just two months old.
Her mother then remarried a landowner in Cà Mau. Ultimately, her mother had 3 husbands and 14 children.
“My extended family had as many as 18 siblings. But that also brought much suffering…” Thủy once confided. Later, under pressure from her stepfather, her mother sent four of the siblings back to their paternal hometown in Hóc Môn, Sài Gòn. Thủy was only 4. Living with aunts and uncles, she was already carrying younger children, cooking, and washing dishes at five or six. She then gained admission to medical and pharmaceutical university. But in her fourth year studying pharmacy, an unexpected event forced her to leave school and support her family through a crisis.
Through her skillful hands, scraps of yarn became eye-catching products sold in handicraft shops on Đồng Khởi Street. She then established her first shop.
Startup success with the Mis Ao Dai brand
In the 1990s, increasing numbers of Japanese tourists visited Ho Chi Minh City. Although her shop sold handicrafts, everyone who came in would ask: “Ao dzai, ao dzai…?”.
Noticing that Japanese people were captivated by the flowing Vietnamese áo dài, which suited their bearing, she developed the idea of selling áo dài and adopted a new company brand, Miss Aodai. That was how Miss Aodai was born
After many years of effort, Trung Thủy Group is now known as a diversified group specializing in real estate investment services and the operation and management of apartments and office buildings. Many projects are already operating, including Lancaster and Miss Aodai in Ho Chi Minh City, alongside premium tourism services at Anam Spa and Sen Spa and restaurants and hotels in the city center.
Recently, following the success of Mekong Rest Stop (Tiền Giang), Trung Thủy opened Hải Vân Rest Stop in Liên Chiểu District, Đà Nẵng, on 18/9/2010, and continued developing Long Thành Rest Stop in Long Thành District, Đồng Nai. Trung Thủy Group is also implementing new projects such as The Lancaster building in Hanoi, the Bình Châu luxury tourism area (Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu), the Trung Thủy resort (Đà Lạt), an apartment and service complex (District 4, Ho Chi Minh City), and a luxury apartment, office, and shopping complex (District 1, Ho Chi Minh City)...
Now 54, the fatherless young domestic worker of those days has become a successful businesswoman and the mother of the talented, handsome Nguyễn Trung Tín. He is also the wealthy young heir frequently mentioned recently as the boyfriend of Miss Vietnam Đặng Thu Thảo.
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