Tu Hong: The first rich woman in Vietnam to "break down the city wall" of Hanoi, 3 husbands, no children

In addition to the story of rosy cheeks and still not being happy, Ms. Tu Hong also brings the image of a sharp businesswoman in the marketplace.

Surely everyone who loves literature knows the character Tu Hong - a woman married to a Westerner, living in Hanoi in the early 20th century with a life filled with many tragedies.

Some people still believe that she is a fictional character from the imagination of writers, based on the fate of contemporary women.

However, in reality, Tu Hong tamarind is completely real. She is not only famous for her beauty that attracts men but is also a famous tycoon of Hanoi.

Ms. Tu Hong built her career with nothing

Ms. Tu Hong's real name is Tran Thi Lan, born in 1868, into a poor family in Ha Nam. She possesses a stunning beauty that makes many young people fall in love with her when they reach adulthood.

After that, she became the wife of minister Laglan, and her life began to take a new turn.

After getting married, she started entering the business world from the tricks of the trade she had learned. At this time, she learned and did business in the field of contracting in Hanoi.

In 1892, Ms. Tu Hong caused a stir when she was the first woman to bring documents to the local agency in charge of commerce to establish the An Nam contracting company.

Because she was fluent in French and knowledgeable about law, she was granted a license. Just 2 years later, Ms. Tu Hong's name became famous when she "defeated" prominent Chinese and French businesses to win a huge contract to demolish Hanoi citadel.

Ms. Tu Hong is very good at managing workers for projects, sometimes up to thousands of people. Thanks to that, her bidding package was completed 6 months earlier than expected.

With acumen, from the old bricks and stones demolished in Hanoi, Ms. Tu Hong bought land to build a series of houses for business, making up for the money spent on hiring workers.

Success in many projects has helped her wealth grow. Not stopping there, Ms. Tu Hong began to expand into the food business, supplying rice to prisons and shipping ships.

The woman has a kind heart

Not only was she good at business, Ms. Tu Hong also personally proved to the society at that time that women who married Western men were not lazy, incompetent people...

Mrs. Tu Hong is portrayed as a kind-hearted woman who often helps the poor.

During the period 1902 - 1903, when the Central provinces had crop failures and rice was scarce, Mrs. Tu Hong, when transporting rice from the South to the North, initially planned to sell it but saw that the people were in a miserable situation, so she transferred this rice. Central region relief.

In addition, she also slaughtered cows, divided each serving with a kilo of rice and an ounce of meat to distribute to households in hungry areas. In addition to providing hunger relief, she also spent her own money to buy medicine to treat people suffering from the epidemic.

Talented, beautiful but life is full of hardships

Although she has a reputation as a kind-hearted person and good at business, Ms. Tu Hong has a life full of hardships. At the age of 17, her family went bankrupt and her parents forced her to marry the chief as a concubine. Because she did not accept this marriage, she ran away to Nam Dinh to work as a hired laborer to make a living.

While in Nam Dinh, she met a man selling buffalo noodles and fell in love. Both also came back to contribute rice and cook together, but neither of them had any children.

Hearing that her parents had passed away, she returned to her hometown and saw her younger brother being taken away to pay off debt. Out of pity for him, she once again took off her clothes and left, trying to find a way to save him.

Then she met a merchant named Hong who was originally from Guangdong, and the two fell in love. This person helped Ms. Tu Hong with money to save her child. Because she loved this man's kindness, she accepted to live with him.

Around 1890, because of business losses, her husband left the country, leaving her alone to make a living.

The villa on Hoi Vu Lane is said to be owned by Mrs. Tu Hong in the early 20th century

Thanks to her beautiful beauty, she decided to return to Hai Phong to find new opportunities. Finally, Ms. Hong met mandarin Laglan and what happened after that went into the famous anecdote about the female tycoon considered the first. of Vietnam.

The surprising story of the 'notorious' wealthy woman in Hanoi who has 3 husbands but no children, is the first person in Vietnam to own a huge fortune - Photo 3

Through many events in her life, Ms. Tu Hong went through three boat trips but had no children. The love affair with the French mandarin did not go anywhere. After parting ways with mandarin Laglan, Mrs. Tu Hong lived alone on a farm in Bach Mai village (now located in the area of Hanoi University of Science and Technology).

Beautiful and talented, but she is absent. In 1921, Ms. Tu Hong died at the age of 53. Some people say that she left all her assets to her younger brother and her grandchildren.

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