Who is Tran Phu Long, arrested with Cong Tri for drug-related crimes?

On July 23, information about designers Cong Tri and Tran Phu Long being arrested for their involvement in a drug trafficking and illegal drug use ring was shared on social media. According to our records, keywords related to the 47-year-old designer were searched for a lot afterwards. In addition to Cong Tri, the name Tran Phu Long also attracted a lot of attention.

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Who is Tran Phu Long?

Tran Phu Long was born in 1989 and has a personal page with more than 8,600 followers. Although he is not a famous person in the entertainment industry, he has been a companion and close friend of designer Cong Tri for many years. On Facebook, Tran Phu Long introduces himself as the CEO of Cong Tri fashion brand. He also regularly shares information about new collections or occasionally posts photos with the 47-year-old fashion designer.

In a post on his personal page, when talking about his relationship with his current job, Tran Phu Long shared that 15 years ago, he entered the fashion company with worries because of the awkward way he arranged clothes and shoes when asked, or the fear of customers asking about clothing sizes and the conversation while waiting to pay. However, after a career, Tran Phu Long said he saw the customers' conversations "as a gentle melody, opening up a world that I knew I would belong to".

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Tran Phu Long is considered a valuable collaborator of designer Cong Tri in his work, contributing to building the image of the 47-year-old fashion house in the domestic and foreign fashion markets. His personal page is where he mainly shares information about new collections or products made by Cong Tri for international artists. Working in the fashion industry, Tran Phu Long appears with an elegant style, regularly posting luxurious images on social networks.

According to reports, right after the news that designer Nguyen Cong Tri was arrested for drug-related crimes, the Facebook page with hundreds of thousands of followers of the person known as “the big brother of the fashion industry” suddenly disappeared from social networks. Meanwhile, Tran Phu Long’s personal page is still public.

Currently, the news that designer Cong Tri was arrested for drug-related crimes has been shared and become a topic of discussion on social media. Many people feel sorry for the 47-year-old fashion designer’s career when he is involved in a scandal. However, for some netizens, the incident is a valuable lesson for Vietnamese artists in protecting themselves from temptation.