HANOI， April 30 (Xinhua) -- "Starting up a business is verytough. At that time， I had to do many jobs. I sometimes felt tiredand wanted to quit，" Dang Thanh Huong， 42， director of Vinh Phatgarment company， told Xinhua about her career in Vietnam's capitalHanoi.
While studying at university， Huong decided to learn sewing toget money for her school fee and to share the burden with hermother.
Huong started her business with only 200，000 Vietnamese dong(nearly 9 U.S. dollars). She did cutting， sewing and deliveringproducts. She brought her products to sell at local markets but wasunable to sell them.
"I went through many difficulties in establishing my business.My products were unable to be sold as customers did not like them，"Huong said.
Huong later tried to persuade customers and finally her productswere sold and she was able to earn money.
The year 1999 was an unforgettable mark in her course of settingup her business. Huong was cheated by a friend. She lost all hermoney and there were only 700，000 Vietnamese dong (over 31 U.S.dollars) left.
"I was almost empty-handed after being cheated. I was in panic.My family did not believe that I was cheated and thought I failedin business，" Huong told Xinhua. "My mother told me to give up， butI told her that it was the road I had chosen."
With 700，000 Vietnamese dong in hands， Huong was only able tobuy fabric scraps.
"I had to select from the scrap fabrics to make clothes andother products. Small pieces were used to make kids' gloves andsocks， while bigger pieces were used to make kid's hat."
"It was a tough period of time when I slept only three hours aday，" Huong said.
Luckily， the products were sold out. Gradually， Huong had moremoney to buy better fabrics to make better products for higherprofit.
Her house in Hanoi was then used as a workshop. As her workshopcreated jobs for people with disabilities， the Women's Unionprovided Huong a preferential loan of 10 million Vietnamese dong(over 448 U.S. dollars) with interest rate of 0.65 percent a yearfrom Vietnam Bank of Social Policies. With the money， Huong boughtmore sewing machines.
When her business developed， Huong decided to buy land innorthern Hung Yen province to build a sewing workshop. In 2007，Huong established Vinh Phat garment factory.
At present， Huong has a main garment factory in Hung Yen， andother workshops in Vietnam's northern Nam Dinh， Thai Binh， Bac Ninhprovinces.
Her products were sold at big supermarkets across Vietnam，including AEON， Big C， Coopmart and Vinatex， among others. Hercompany also signed contracts with foreign companies to provideprocessing of garment products.
"My company has developed steadily with average annual growth of15-20 percent in the past years，" Huong told Xinhua. Her companycurrently has over 120 permanent staff and many other part-timeemployees in various provinces.
Huong said young people now are enjoying more favorableconditions for setting up business in terms of technology，consultation， among others.
Huong is now chairman of a club on career developing under auniversity in Hanoi. She often shares with students about herexperiences and provides support for young people in establishingtheir own businesses. Enditem
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