"Business thrives - Lao Cai develops" in the flow of 30 years

After 30 years of re-establishment, Lao Cai has marked many changes in its development journey. In that 30-year flow, it is impossible not to mention the contributions of businesses and entrepreneurs who have been with the province since the early days of re-establishing of the province.

Topas Resort in Sa Pa is the remarkable tourist attraction in Lao Cai.

30 years of growing up with the province

Production facilities, businesses inside and outside the province when coming to Lao Cai, even people, have long been familiar with the name Minh Duc General Construction Company Limited (Minh Duc Company). The company has made its mark on many large and small projects in the province, such as Provincial Road 152 from Sa Pa town to Ban Den, Road 4E package 56 from Binh Minh ward to Thong Nhat commune (Lao Cai city), road Quy Xa (Van Ban) - Tang Loong (Bao Thang), Noi Bai - Lao Cai expressway package 10, Den Sang - Y Ty road... There are constructions under construction, there are constructions 5 to 5 years old. 10 years, but there are also works built nearly 30 years ago, so that today and in the future, people benefit from convenient transportation to help trade develop more.

Talking with Ms. Nguyen Thi Minh Hien, Director of Minh Duc Company in an autumn afternoon. While waiting for her to make tea, we had the opportunity to admire her office. The room is neatly decorated, with many noble symbols for the achievements of the company as well as the director over the periods, including the Third Class Labor Medal of the President; Comprehensive emulation flag and Certificate of Merit from the Prime Minister; Certificates of merit from ministries, branches and localities; Vietnam Gold Star Award… I secretly admire and admire the current director, especially the first director of the company - Ms. Nguyen Thi Minh Duc (also the mother of Ms. Hien), who placed the order. the first bricks and steered the "boat" Minh Duc over many rapids for nearly 30 years.

While sitting, the door suddenly opened, an elderly woman entered, it was Mrs. Nguyen Thi Minh Duc. In the story with the two "female generals" of the company, we go back to the beginning of the division of the province. At that time, Lao Cai faced many difficulties, offices of agencies, departments and branches were all temporary houses or grade 4 buildings, facilities were inadequate, traffic was difficult, many roads were still undeveloped. formed. Like many children of her homeland, Ms. Duc hopes to contribute her efforts to the rebuilding of the province. After 2 years of small construction activities, in 1993, Minh Duc General Construction Co., Ltd was established with a start-up capital of only tens of millions of dong.

With the motto "doing while learning, accumulating experience and capital", the company carries out a variety of production activities, from sand and gravel mining, construction of traffic works, factories to business. construction materials, trade, agricultural products. With steady steps, Minh Duc Company is growing day by day, affirming its position as a leading enterprise with important contributions to the provincial budget, increasing revenue and budgeting targets, especially 10 In recent years, the growth rate is from 10% to 15%. In the early years of establishment, the company's revenue was only 1 billion VND, by 2017 it had reached more than 500 billion VND, an increase of 500%. In the past 2 years, despite being affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, the company's total revenue has remained at 3 digits.

Not only making an important contribution to the province's reconstruction, the company also contributes to supporting the locality in creating jobs for local human resources with a stable workforce of over 200 people at a time. Taking care of life, implementing regimes and policies for employees is focused.

Looking back nearly 30 years, can't remember how many projects and works have been done, but both directors are proud when mentioning works named Minh Duc. There is not only business performance, but above all, the desire to join the "breath" of development of the homeland.

Minh Duc Company has constructed the transport works of the province.

Taking the image of Lao Cai far away

Not only when the province was re-established in 1991, but in the story of more than a hundred years before that, since the province was established in 1907, Lao Cai has been a bright spot in terms of beautiful landscape, evoking potentials travelling for a lifetime. Until now, Lao Cai has always been one of the top choices of domestic and foreign tourists.

Topas Group (Denmark) as well as many other investors "fall in love" with Lao Cai. That's why, after nearly ten years of experience, bringing tours from Denmark and European countries to Sapa, in the early 2000s, the leaders of the group searched for an investment environment, came up with ideas to build Construction of Topas Ecolodge resort in Sa Pa under the management of Topas Vietnam. In 2003, the resort laid the first bricks and in 2005 began to welcome guests.

Located at the foot of Bac mountain in Lech Dao village, Thanh Binh commune (Sa Pa town), the resort is built on flat hills with an area of ​​8 hectares. From here, you can see a vast space with mountains and hills, streams and white waterfalls. The weather here is not too cold in the winter like in the city center and still remains cool in the summer, so it is an ideal place to build a resort. From 16 houses initially built and developed year by year according to market demand, up to now, the area has 42 individual apartments suitable for family travel. Currently, the area is building 8 more villas.

Satisfying the tastes of customers and also the principle of the unit is to find different things, make a difference, Topas Ecolodge follows the direction of green tourism. Here, from the design of the area, the construction materials, the existing objects are carefully selected and environmentally friendly, such as building a stone house, leaving a yard in front of each apartment, creating a people's play area. wild. The area also integrates the indigenous cultural identity in many details of housing, food, culture and art. Another special feature is that 90% of local ethnic minority workers are sent for professional training, so visitors feel familiar and can find the cultural features of the region. The resort is located near the villages, so from here visitors can freely go sightseeing and explore.

It is these charms that make Topas Ecolodge always chosen by tourists as a destination. Up to 90% of the guests are foreigners, so after the experience, pictures of Sapa, Lao Cai, and the beautiful Topas Ecolodge follow tourists. Across the border, on the pages of magazines of different countries, on social networks, images of the infinity swimming pool between the dark green Hoang Lien Son range, the resort complex with peaceful stone walled houses on the high mountains, Even the dances of the Tay and Giay people received enthusiastic and desirable feedback from many visitors, so that year by year, the number of guests staying and revenue increased sharply. In the years when the Covid-19 pandemic did not break out, the resort was always full of rooms.

For nearly 20 years, the area also actively responds to charitable social activities, shines its kindness, builds many meaningful projects for the community, such as building schools, building bridges, supporting the locality to build new countryside…

In the initial development strategy as well as later, Topas Vietnam always considers Topas Ecolodge resort as a "pearl". There will be newly built magnificent villas and restaurants with 360-degree views, but all will be built as the original trajectory, creating a space for sustainable tourism development, linking the interests of businesses with local development, affirmed Mr. Christian Milling, manager of Topas Ecolodge resort.

Conclusion

Minh Duc Company and Topas Ecolodge Resort are just two of many businesses that have been developing and enriching their homeland Lao Cai. Looking back over 30 years with talking numbers: From the number of businesses that were first re-established on the fingertips to the community of nearly 5,900 businesses with a total registered capital of more than 58,000 billion VND today; from enterprises' contribution accounting for about 19.5% of GRDP in 2010 increasing to about 28% of GRDP in 2020; contribution to the state budget in 2020 accounts for 27.5% of total revenue in the area (up 8.5% compared to 2010).

With the market agility, exploiting the potential and strengths of the locality, Lao Cai enterprises operate in many branches and fields, of which trade, tourism and services account for 57.4%. Mr. Phan Trung Ba, Director of the Department of Planning and Investment said: Looking back at the flow of 30 years, it can be seen that enterprises are an effective arm of the Lao Cai economy. Business development helps to better solve social problems, and at the same time is a condition for investment in infrastructure development and development of social activities. With the motto "Enterprise thrives, Lao Cai develops", Lao Cai always creates all conditions for business development. In addition to creating an equal and favorable business and production environment for entrepreneurs, Lao Cai province always effectively implements mechanisms and policies to support enterprises to expand their scale and improve operational efficiency. especially encouraging the development of entrepreneurs in rural areas…

According to To Dung - Kim Thoa/LCDT

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