It is sad that you denied a lot of attractive invitations from foreign companies, what did bring you to wood pain industry and what made you choose OSEVEN?
Although wood paint industry is not the first business that I choose to embark on intense economic “race", but it is my passion when I was in school. At that time, the dream had not yet been configured explicitly, I just found myself very interested in wood as it appeared in my daily activities since my childhood. Moreover, the color of paint on wood made me the excited, showed multiple perspectives to me and enlarge the knowledge of the world around me.
After experiencing success and failure, I have oriented the way for my life; once again I kept all my enthusiasm and experience to conduct. I began to spend more time on researching wood paint with the desire to improve the beauty of the wood products that I love too much.
In the 1990s, the market of supplying wood paint in Vietnam came from foreign sources, which cause harm to the economy in many fields, various industries such as: construction, production of wood supplies… It all depends mainly on the shipments crossing the ocean, leading to the huge price disparity of wood paint products.
With great love for wood paints, I had a feeling that I needed a place to make my dream come true and it was a reason why I chose OSEVEN. So, a corporation between I and OSEVEN likes a predestined love of people who choose their dream is an ideal of their lives, hope that with Vietnamese national spirit, they will develop the country economic to reach international standards.
OSEVEN is a corporate with famous brand, this seems more advantageous for you to begin your career in this field?
Account for 45% of the wood paint market in Vietnam, OSEVEN seems like the only brand that has enough potential competence and ability to assert its position before the storm of imported wood paint. However, it does not mean I choose a place with a lot of advantages to work and of course the bigger the corporate is the pressure of the job increases. A certain development of OSEVEN is a chance for me to experiencing excitingly when working but also make me suffer from insomnia some nights when the branch has new aims, new targets. I love something new and do not want to follow a route.
What do you think about the working environment in OSEVEN? Is there too much pressure?
Wood paint OSEVEN group is a fertile land, it is cared conscientiously and cultivated from the good seed. It always gives me special inspiration and the second home helps me feel warm since I have to live far away from my family, help me mature a lot. OSEVEN is a dynamic working environment with competent coordinated players, and has goaled continuously in the economic battles with the talent and enthusiasm team members.
You are currently the head of Hai Phong branch, one of the major branches directly managed 11 provinces, have you ever found it difficult? And what motivation would help you to overcome it?
Besides the favorable factors, in the competitive economic, of course I have faced to lots of difficulty and obstacles. Fortunately, I have a support from mycolleagues, the advises from the top management, especially CEO Nguyen Thanh Phong. We had a long night awaking to find new business solutions and it was so happy because all of those efforts were rewarded. I'm not afraid of difficulties because feeling when overcoming difficulties is actually very refreshing.
Comparing to the past (2008) and now, what considerable development of OSEVEN? Can you tell us What achievements and accomplishments of OSEVEN wood paint market in Hai Phong where you are in charge of Chief Executive Branch and how far the dreams of you and OSEVEN go?
OSEVEN wood paint brand has created its own position in the market across Vietnam. We always improve every day in terms of quality and variety to meet the ever changing needs of our customers. With the business slogan "Beauty as silk, beautiful wood as paint", we decide that people and the environment are two factors that determine the survival of the business, which aims to improve our products and bring "beauty" to the form and quality. Considering wood coatings market in Vietnam in general and in particular, the wood coatings OSEVEN in 2015 and previous years, wood coatings OSEVEN has leaped significantly, built great credibility, trust and good responses from customers.
OSEVEN wood coatings in Hai Phong market now have a solid foothold with a number of great loyalty and agent network stretching over 11 provinces. Besides developing business networks variedly and widely, OSEVEN is also towards environmental activities, support and participate in voluntary trips community trip. This is a dream of the leaders from its inception. It is the desire of OSEVEN that making a business environment based on customer interests and public health, as a prerequisite for the development of a strong Vietnamese economy. It is considered that the success of today OSEVEN is an inevitable result of senior leaders and staff joining towards a direction.
Temporarily closing the interesting stories about young entrepreneurs Nguyen Tan Trung who dared to dream and to pursue his dream, we can see the struggles and the rise for the ideal is never too late. OSEVEN is not too "old" but it is built from the experienced leaders and enthusiastic. Certainly, it will be honored on the international market one day. A qualified wood paint products, safe for health and environmentally friendly is the solid and reliable foundation that OSEVEN has been persistently pursuing.
OSEVEN does not only meet the needs of customers on the similarities between the Vietnam wood paint and imported wood paint products but also promote the remarked features of the product because only the Vietnamese understand Vietnamese’s needs.
