In the chilly atmostphere of the early days of 2010, 267 poor households in two communes of Phu Tuc and Phu Duc (Chau Thanh dist., Ben Tre province) have been warm with the Tet gifts of Aloe Trading Company Limited (ATC). Also here, Director Board of ATC declared the happy news: Area B of Project named Forever Green Resort (5-star international standard) of the Company was invested in the locality will officially operate on July, 2010. This event marked the change of Industry of Trade – Tourism in the Dong Khoi homeland after nearly 35 years ending the war.
Business associated with activities of the community
Being invested with the total outlay of US$50 million on the large area of 15ha in Phu Tuc commune, the high-class Resort named Forever Green Resort was established from the aspiration of Mrs. Truong Thi Chin’s life – the mother of Mrs. Truong Thi Nhi who is Chairwoman of Director Board of ATC – this project was done with the purpose for community as well as how to make Phu Tuc commune’s residents get rich and their children will have advantages to study better, enhance the poor residents’ life in locality, simultaneously contribute to the common economic growth of the country. Also for many years, aiming to fulfill the mother’s aspiration, Mrs. Nhi called for the close cooperation between authorities and residents in the locality together with ATC to aim at boosting the economy and the cultural standard of residents.
Director Board of ATC awarded gifts for the poor households
For ATC, after 7 years joining the great Forever Living Products (FLP) family – a renown corporation of the United States, ATC was proud of being one of the pioneer enterprises in the field of Viet Nam Multi-level Marketing. With the role of offering the high-class products of FLP brandname to the Viet Nam market, ATC received the high appreciation of FLP Corporation from the Company’s achievements during the 7 past years. ATC was ranked the 13rd in the total of 140 FLP nations being present in over the world (in terms of turnover and growth speed).
From the last 6 months of 2002, the turnover of Company was 9,483 million VND; 2003 was 65,905 billion VND and 2004 was 41,666 billion VND. In the following years, the turnover of Company also increased in turn up to 79,308 billion VND (2005); 134,424 billion VND (2006); 229,295 billion VND (2007); 255,51 billion VND (2008) and the turnover of Company was 331,071 billion VND in 2009.
General Department of Taxation (Ministry of Finance) and HCM City Department of Taxation commended and rewarded the Company for fulfilling the obligation of submitting to the State Budget. Particularly, the Company paid the tax of 1,283 billion VND (the last six months of 2002); 7,632 billion VND (2003); 8,932 billion VND (2004); 12,304 billion VND (2005); 33,632 billion VND (2006); 55,803 billion VND (2007); 68 billion VND (2008) and 69,348 billion VND (2009). Mrs. Truong Thi Nhi – Chairwoman of the Board & General Director of ATC shared: “We always dignify the business principle with motto of living and working in according to the Law. In addition, the business ethics is constantly considered as the guideline in all of our activities”.
Not only expressed in words, ATC was constantly one of the very dynamic enterprises in activities of “repaying a favour and good deed” during the past years, held the charity programs for community. On January 14th, 2010, ATC has most recently held the ceremony to award 267 gifts for the poor households in two communes of Phu Tuc and Phu Duc, Chau Thanh dist., Ben Tre province in which was worth 600.000 VND (including 200.000 VND in cash, 10kg of fragrant rice, 1 new clothes and a blanket). This was affection of the whole of Staffs and Distributors of ATC sent to the poor residents in Ben Tre homeland in the upcoming traditional Tet holiday.
To invest the resort to serve the homeland
With conception: if the operation of enterprise was not associated with the social demands, there would not have the survival, ATC hence implemented its business philosophy via positive activities tending to the community right in the initial time of its establishment. On October, 2009, ATC started to build the project named Forever Green Resort in Ben Tre, its investment was worth up to US$50 million.
Perspective of Forever Green Resort of ATC Investor
The accomplished construction will promote the potential strength of the Southern river side with its own unique feature of ecology to become the leading Southern resort marked by Eastern and Asian architectural style. Forever Green Resort was divided into 6 small areas with its typical style: Resort of Japan Style, Orchard Garden, Aloe Vera Garden, National Garden, Bee Garden and Rest-home Area – General Convention Organization Center.
Mrs. Nhi enthusiastically stated: “Those are all of confidentiality that the whole of our Staffs plan in the next time and promise in the near future, Forever Green Resort will be the premises for visit, tourism and vacation with the international proportion of the 5-star standard serving the local and international tourists. We tend to serve and attract 9 million FLP Distributors in over the world for visiting to Viet Nam. We realize our duty to offer the great experiences to tourists once they spend an occasion on visiting to the country side which is famous for rivers and coco palms and enjoy the typical dishes of homeland as well”.
Seven years in one’s life was yet the journey which was long enough to grow up, but in Multi-level Marketing environment full of opportunities and challenges, the establishment of ATC was affirmed by the non-stop effort and endeavour. In society, any job which brings benefits to the society, operates in according to the Law and respects the business ethics will be obviously treasured and acknowledged by the success. Understanding that in order to being today, ATC did and still has to spend its ups and downs during the past time. But looking forward that the whole of Staffs working in this Company will be braver and all together associate so as to drive the FLP ship further reach to the new success after the setbacks.
GIA BAO
Source : Quoted from Sai Gon Giai Phong Newspaper dated January 18th, 2010
Reference :Activity for compliance with the Law