From numb hands having to pick up rice to eat to a business owner earning billions

Start a business with revenue of tens of billions of dong

After finishing his working time in Korea, Mr. Vu Van Giap returned to Vietnam to start his own business. 5 years ago, he went to Bac Ninh to learn about business models and established CLC Vietnam Production, Trade and Service Company Limited.

The company specializes in manufacturing machine parts and manufacturing automation machines, creating stable income for 50 employees, with an average revenue of 15 billion VND/year.

To reap the "sweet fruits" today, the 8X "boss" has gone through a difficult time, made constant efforts, overcame difficulties, and accumulated knowledge and experience for himself.

Born in the countryside of Nghe An province, children like Mr. Giap always cherish the dream of growing up to work abroad to find new opportunities and help ease life's difficulties.

Passionate about invention since childhood, growing up, he studied at Vietnam - Korea Industrial Technical College. This environment gave him the opportunity to interact with Koreans and quickly update information about the labor market in this country.

Từ đôi bàn tay tê cóng phải bốc cơm ăn đến ông chủ doanh nghiệp thu tiền tỷ - 1 — Mr. Vu Van Giap (Photo: Hoa Le).

"At that time, there were not many conditions for development in this field in the country, while Korea was a country with an advanced industrial sector. Therefore, I was determined to come here to work to learn more knowledge and skills. And when I got to Korea, the reality was just like I thought," Mr. Giap shared.

After studying and training, in 2007, the 22-year-old man officially went to Korea to work under the EPS program (foreign workers licensed to work in Korea) in the fishing industry - catching and processing octopus on Jeju Island.

When he first arrived in a strange country with a different environment and culture, and no relatives around, Mr. Giap also encountered certain difficulties. This did not discourage him, but made him more determined to overcome adversity to earn money to send home to his family.

During these months of fishing, when the weather is cold, hands and feet are so cold that they cannot even hold chopsticks to eat. There is no other way, workers like him can only use their hands to pick up rice.

"It was raining at sea, the boat only covered a small space. While eating, the rain fell into the bowl. Everyone had to try to eat to have energy to work," Mr. Giap recalled.

After a year, he returned to the mainland to work as a machine maintenance worker for a factory in Korea. Touching his childhood passion, he worked hard, learned, and constantly innovated.

Mr. Giap also created his own supporting machines to reduce labor for the company's workers, and at the same time, actively learned management skills and learned Korean to be able to communicate well.

Thanks to his diligence and hard work, Mr. Giap was favored by the owners of the factory and adopted as their son.

Looking back on the 5 years of working in the "land of cherry blossoms", Mr. Giap had to admit that this was a difficult and arduous process, but it brought him many valuable memories and values for when he returned home to start a business.

Mr. Giap's startup story won first prize in the "Korean Ministry of Employment and Labor and EPS workers return home to start a business" contest, with 15 countries sending participants. Recently, he was invited to Korea to meet the Korean Minister of Employment and Labor and was honored there.

Quit being an electrician with a salary of over 1 million VND/month

After graduating from college, Nguyen Van Dung (Ba Thuoc, Thanh Hoa) applied for a job as an employee in the electricity industry in Quang Ninh province.

At that time, his income was only a little over 1 million VND/month. With this salary, he wondered when he would have a chance to change his life.

Knowing his desire to work abroad, his friends helped him access the EPS program. To qualify to work in Korea, he worked during the day and studied Korean at night.

"Even though I was at zero in foreign languages, I did not encounter any obstacles in conquering Korean," said Mr. Dung.

He chose to study in the quietest space at night. His determination to work in Korea increased, and he studied diligently.

In 2011, he was selected and went to Korea to work in the manufacturing industry, producing tiles. This is a fairly leisurely job and brings in an income of more than 20 million VND/month.

Từ đôi bàn tay tê cóng phải bốc cơm ăn đến ông chủ doanh nghiệp thu tiền tỷ - 2 — Korean language class at Mr. Dung's center in his hometown (Photo: NVCC).

After 5 years of working, his biggest wish was to bring Japanese tile manufacturing technology to Vietnam. However, to do this, he needed a huge amount of capital, so he had to give up.

What remains in Mr. Dung is his working style, cultural understanding, and especially his proficiency in Korean. He brought this strength back to open a Korean language training center in his hometown.

In a poor rural area, running a foreign language center was not easy for him. However, with determination and not being discouraged, from 4 students at the beginning, his center now has more than 200 people.

Having saved more than 1 billion VND, he used half of the money to invest in facilities. In addition to him, the center also attracted 3 more associates to train in Korean.

According to Mr. Dung, every young person needs to know how to cherish time, especially when having the opportunity to work abroad, they need to accumulate knowledge and skills. Only then, when returning home, it will be easy to catch up and promote the strengths that have been accumulated.

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