Bắc Ninh
Factors behind the breakthrough
Businessman Luu Tien Chung leaves Red Star mark on export race
As Vietnam’s garment and textile industry faces mounting pressure from export markets alongside increasingly stringent green and digital transformation requirements, Bac Giang Garment Corporation LGG has continued to post steady growth and gradually strengthen its position in international markets.
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Luu Tien Chung (right) introduces products to foreign partners. |
The performance reflects a clearly defined development strategy, the collective efforts of its workforce and the leadership role of its management team, including businessman Luu Tien Chung (born in 1976), Chief Executive of Bac Giang Garment Corporation LGG. Chung also serves as Standing Vice Chairman of the Bac Ninh Young Entrepreneurs Association and Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association.
In November 2025, Chung was named one of Vietnam’s 10 outstanding young entrepreneurs, receiving the Red Star Award 2025.
As the head of a company specialising in the production and export of garments for major international brands such as The North Face, Columbia, Hugo Boss and Inditex, Chung has consistently set sustainable development and deeper integration into global value chains as core objectives.
On that basis, the company has gradually rolled out digital and green transformation programmes, viewing them as foundations for enhancing long-term competitiveness.
LGG has invested in modern management tools to optimise production, human resources and financial management, while strengthening supply-chain connectivity.
The company has committed about 250 billion VND (approximately 9.6million USD) to building a smart factory aimed at boosting labour productivity, cutting costs, shortening delivery times and meeting increasingly demanding requirements from international partners.
The launch of the sustainable fashion brand “Together” has also helped promote the message of “green living, quality living” among consumers, particularly younger groups.
At the same time, the company has stepped up training to improve workers’ skills and encouraged employees to propose initiatives to improve techniques and save materials and energy.
In 2025, the company’s revenue was estimated at about 2 trillion VND, up 8–10% from the previous year. LGG provided stable employment for nearly 7,000 workers, with average monthly income reaching 13.3 million VND per person, up 11% from 2024.
Businessman Nguyen Duc Hung, the “captain” bringing fresh lychee to Japan
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The year 2025 marked a milestone for Bac Ninh’s agricultural exports when the province shipped its first batch of fresh lychee to Japan by sea.
The breakthrough not only sharply reduced logistics costs but also reinforced the standing of Vietnamese farm produce in demanding overseas markets.
Behind the achievement is the persistence and technological investment of Nguyen Duc Hung (born in 1980), Chief Executive of Global Food Import-Export JSC, based in Phuong Son ward.
Before becoming the “captain” steering Global Food onto international routes, Hung was a teacher. In late 2019, a visit back to Phuong Son and the quality and flavour of local lychee prompted a career shift.
Accepting an invitation from the company’s leadership, Hung took on a new role as the firm was restructuring after acquiring assets from another business, then focused mainly on frozen and canned products.
At that time, Japan had begun opening its market to fresh Vietnamese lychee, but with stringent technical barriers.
Hung advised the company to invest nearly 6 billion VND in a steam fumigation and disinfection system, a decisive move that made Global Food one of only three Vietnamese firms granted treatment and packaging certification by Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
By the 2025 harvest season, the preservation technology was successfully applied, enabling lychee to retain 80–90% of its colour and flavour for up to 20 days.
The methyl bromide fumigation system met the strictest Japanese standards. That year, the first 8 tonnes of fresh lychee reached Japan safely by sea.
Sea freight costs fell to below 0.5 USD per kg, from about 3.5 USD per kg by air, making Bac Ninh lychee more accessible to Japanese consumers, company officials said.
CEO Vu Thi Mai: Dong Ky fine woodcraft wins global markets through differentiation
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With sharp business instincts and unwavering ambition, Vu Thi Mai (born in 1971), Chief Executive of Huong Mai Fine Woodcraft Co Ltd in Dong Nguyen ward, has gradually turned a long-held ambition into reality: taking traditional Vietnamese woodcraft products across oceans and into some of the world’s most demanding markets.
Born and raised in Dong Ky, a village renowned for its woodcraft tradition, Mai in 1991 co-founded the Huong Mai workshop with her husband, master artisan Chu Van Huong, a recipient of the “Golden Hands” title and a Vietnam record holder.
From the outset, the couple set out to create distinctive works of fine wood art rooted in traditional craftsmanship.
Rather than pursuing volume, Huong Mai focuses on quality, with each product crafted from solid wood and carved by hand. This philosophy, that quality is a matter of survival, has helped the brand build credibility and become a trusted name among clients.
As a result, Huong Mai’s one-of-a-kind pieces have found their way into private homes, hotels and renowned temples in markets including the United States, Germany, Japan and South Korea, underscoring the global appeal of Bac Ninh’s craft village products.
Now in her early 50s, Mai remains deeply committed not only to her business but also to the wider artisan community. As a member of the executive committee of the Vietnam Private Entrepreneurs Association, she actively shares experience and inspires younger generations in craft villages, urging them to stay the course and channel passion into taking Vietnamese values further onto the global stage.
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