Ms. Nguyen Ho Vy, owner of Dang Khoa dried vermicelli establishment (Phu Hoa hamlet, Phu Hoa Dong commune, Cu Chi district, Ho Chi Minh City), is one of the outstanding children of that "copper citadel" land. Born into a family with a revolutionary tradition, her uncle was a martyr, her aunt was a person with revolutionary contributions, her parents were both party members, the family's patriotic tradition has permeated her every step of growing up.

Her grandmother's and mother's stories about the years of fighting and love for the homeland not only instilled in her gratitude but also fueled her will: I must do something to repay Mother Earth.

Changing careers from a hospital laboratory technician, in early 2021, Ms. Vy and her husband started a business with the desire to both enrich themselves and develop their hometown's craft village.

At the beginning of Dang Khoa dry vermicelli factory, her facility only had 5 workers, now it has more than 20 workers. Her facility specializes in processing dry vermicelli, dry pho, brown rice vermicelli... with a sales output of nearly 100 tons/month. The products have conquered even demanding markets such as the US and France.

To have the solid steps like today, Vy and her husband have gone through many difficulties. Recalling her entrepreneurial journey, Vy said that in the early days, she had absolutely no idea what the job would be like.

Being used to the medical environment, she was bewildered when she had to learn how to soak rice, make noodles, dry noodles, and learn how to "look at the sky to predict the weather", rain, wind, harsh sunlight, night dew... all kinds of worries came. Her husband was in charge of production, she was in charge of packaging, from pulling out the cakes, pressing the cakes, packaging to finding outlets for the products.

In the past, when she worked in the medical field, the heaviest medicine box weighed only 5 kilos, but now a box of dried cakes can weigh up to 19-20 kilos. The factory did not have enough workers, so she had to roll up her sleeves and do the work.

"The first days of starting a business were really hard. Fresh rice noodles after being baked had to be dried in the sun before being put into the electric drying system. So, there were days when it rained suddenly, if it was dried in the sun too much, the noodles would break, but if there was no sun, the noodles would get moldy, sometimes a ton of rice would be spoiled. Before, I didn't do hard work, but since starting a business, I've been involved in carrying heavy loads, and over time it became a habit," Vy said.

Overcoming those initial difficulties, Vy and her husband boldly invested in technology and modern production lines to improve productivity and increase workers' income while still preserving the spirit of the traditional profession.

"Tradition is not only a source of pride but also a resource for advancement. With all our hearts and minds, our generation today is following in the footsteps of the previous generation to contribute to building our homeland, so that the "steel land" will bloom more and more brilliantly," Ms. Vy emphasized.

Source: https://phunuvietnam.vn/khoi-nghiep-tren-que-huong-dat-thep-thanh-dong-cu-chi-20250428123904592.htm