Vu Minh Chau: From her son selling boiled snails to the famous "gold tycoon" Ha Thanh

Mr. Vu Minh Chau - who is known as the General Director of Bao Tin Minh Chau Gold and Gemstone Company, one of 5 gold giants holding the precious gold and silver market in Hanoi.

In addition to Bao Tin Minh Chau, the northern jewelry market also includes Bao Tin Manh Hai, Bao Tin Thanh Van, Bao Tin Hong Quan and Bao Tin Hoang Long.

All 5 "gold tycoons" above are brothers and sisters of a family of 6 children in the Vu family, the children of Mrs. Luong Thi Diem - who laid the first bricks for the famous Bao Tin gold brand throughout the country.

Building a "golden property" from boiled snails, sweet potato baskets

Ms. Luong Thi Diem (born in 1936 in Thuong Tin, Hanoi) has tasted the bitterness and hardship of a time when the country was not independent, tha phuong prayed for food, sold baskets to sell mother, daily sold boiled snails, sweet potatoes, tea water ... at the gate of Van Dien market (Thanh Tri, Hanoi); and gradually build up the famous Bao Tin "fortune" as it is today.

Ms. Luong Thi Diem once confided: "At first, sitting at the market gate, the m.oney was idle among the people, people chose to send gold to bring me to trade, then people knew how to bring it to the house to sell. I work faithfully, with a heart, so gradually, many people believe, some people come into the house by selling gold."

Her first gold shop that day was called "Bao Tin Gold House", then developed into a business and grew stronger with 5 branches "Bao Tin" of 5 children. In which, Mr. Vu Minh Chau, the eldest son of Ms. Luong Thi Diem, was the first to embark on a gold business career and his Bao Tin Minh Chau brand also grew the strongest compared to the other 4 "branches" of Bao Tin.

The "gold tycoon" originated as a car mechanic

Mr. Vu Minh Chau was born in 1953 in a family of 6 siblings. From the age of 11, he knew how to earn every penny to pay for his school and clothing needs. At the age of 15, after school, he repaired bicycles, went fishing for shrimp, crabs and fish to share the economic burden for his family.

In 1971, when he was in grade 9, Mr. Vu Minh Chau enlisted in the army, after 6 years in the military environment, he left the army. He spent 8 years as a worker at the Commercial Transport Company. Before starting his first jeweler's shop, he repaired and restored old cars.

He once shared with the press that because his family only traded gold in the form of changing hands, not making it, he taught himself from jewelers how to make rings. He bought his own tools to practice fighting, from aluminum and copper after g.ambling, getting used to it and then switching to gold. His first gold ring took about 1 month to complete.

In 1989, the first Bao Tin Minh Chau business store was established at 29 Tran Nhan Tong, Hanoi. After 6 years, he upgraded from a private enterprise to Bao Tin Minh Chau Gold and Silver Gemstone Co., Ltd.

Up to now, with more than 30 years of development, Bao Tin Minh Chau brand has more than 5 business establishments in Hanoi and many agents spread throughout the North.

The "gold tycoon" does not like to talk about gold or things that are flowery and luxurious

Owning the brand "Bao Tin Minh Chau", Mr. Vu Minh Chau does not talk much about gold. Even expensive jewelry and accessories he didn't wear. He once shared in the Law and Society newspaper: " Although I trade in gold, my point of view is to use jewelry to be elegant, to be luxurious, not to put gold on people to appear noble. As for my life motto, there are few things more valuable than gold, which is health, the value of faith, of the heart."

What he was interested in were the contemplations in life. For him, there are really more precious things in life than gold, especially health and culture, the motto of each person.

Starting from the core of the company are the employees who accompany Bao Tin Minh Chau brand, men must be like teachers, women like teachers, hair is naturally black, no dyeing, no curling, no lip tattoos, eyebrow spray. Men do not tattoo, do not cut crab hair, wear bald heads, peculiar styles, break styles; Women must not wear skirts that are too short, not tight pants, late leggings. This is contained in the 14 instructions and company culture orientation prescribed by Mr. Vu Minh Chau and printed solemnly, framed on the wall.

Mr. Vu Minh Chau personally selected fabrics and designed elegant and civilized clothes to order for employees. Sharing about the special culture of the company, he said that Bao Tin Minh Chau wants to build a special culture, which honors traditional values, preserves and promotes the beauty of national identity.

Therefore, each member of the company must be beautiful from ethics, character to appearance. The appearance is expressed in the way of dressing, hair, makeup. It must be a pure, reliable natural beauty and especially healthy to be beautiful.

Relatives or families of employees of the company are entitled to special health care, he personally donates supplies, health care food or clean food from all over the region that he buys.

"Doing business or anything must know how to take care of your health and people around you so that they are healthy and happy with you. Life like that is really meaningful", Mr. Vu Minh Chau once said about his life views in Phap Luat newspaper.

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