
Since then, Secoin non-burnt blocks have been widely used all over the country. Then, Mitsui became Secoin’s first customer. The construction was designed to use concrete block, but Mitsui could not find a supplier in Hanoi and surrounding areas. Ky received a phone call from Mitsui Construction (Japan), who was constructing 5-star hotel Horizon Hanoi (now changed as Pullman Hanoi).

After that, they came to make a film at the first non-burnt block factory of Vietnam located in Phu Ly – Ha Nam where Secoin supplied equipment and transferred technology.ġ5 minutes after the program was on television, Mr. Tran Van Huynh, Chairman of Vietnam Building Material Association to discuss about the development of building material industry in Vietnam. Ky and a group of journalists from Vietnam Television met with Dr. As the result, the first products made by Secoin were difficult to be sold as there were no organizations who could test the product quality. Ky imported the production plant for non-burnt bricks and tiles. In the 1990s, it was a custom to use clay burnt bricks to build houses, but Mr.

Graduated from the Automatic Control Faculty of Hanoi Polytechnics University, instead of following his father’s career as a professor, Ky succeeded this father in business. Dinh Xuan Ba used to be Vice Chairman of Vietnamese Informatics Association, Chairman of Informatics Faculty of Hanoi Polytechnics University. Ky was born in “a family of professor career”. Secoin’s achievements have been reaped thanks to “captain” Dinh Hong Ky. After 24 years of operation, Secoin has got 9 member companies, 5 factories, 2 forestation farms and over 800 employees. It is easy to understand: while many domestic companies in the field of building materials are on a rapid recession, Secoin still achieve an annual increase in revenue of 20-25%. For Secoin’s part, the company continued to receive many buying proposals from Japan, Australia,… Ky.Īfter that SCG bought out 85% shares of Prime Group, another Vietnamese big building material corporation at the price of 7.2 billion baht, equal to 5,000 billion dongs. We always affirm that Secoin is a Vietnamese company and we have built up a Vietnamese product brand”, said Mr. “I frankly refused I did not have the intention to sell the company. From the beginning, SCG proposed to buy 60% of the chartered capital. Dinh Hong Ky, General Director of Secoin Corporation received a proposal to invest into Secoin from Thailand’s biggest building material corporation: SCG.
