History of development

1986

Established Saigon 3 Garment Factory. Including Factory 1 & Factory 2 (6 production lines per factory) at the headquarters, 86 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, District 3, HCMC, and Thu Duc factory (3 production lines) in Thu Duc District. With about 850 employees in total. The main products were blouses, dresses and skirts made for export to the Soviet Union.

1989

Merged the City's Garment and Mechanical Factory with Saigon 3 Garment Factory .

1990

Transformed Saigon 3 Garment Factory into Saigon 3 Garment Company. The Company changed customer base from the Soviet Union's to Western European enterprises. And key products were changed from Shirts, Dresses and Skirts to High end Jackets. The first customers were Steilman, Berleb, Golass, etc.

1992

• Cooperated with Nissho - Iwai Inc. (Japan). The main products were Work Wear and khaki pants. In this period, Saigon 3 was known as one of the first garment companies in Vietnam that could export products to Japan, the most challenging market in the industry.

• Established Factory 3 - Yoshiko specializing in khaki and Work Wear for export. Renamed Thu Duc factory to Factory 4.

1993

• Renamed Factory 4 to Factory 4 - Akiko specializing in sports clothing for Nike, Colombia Sportwears, CK, TimberLand, etc.

• Established Factory 5 - Minako. With 6 production lines and 450 employees, the factory specialized in producing khaki pants for the customers such as Minoya and Unicorn.

1994

Established Factory 6 - Makoto. The company invested the most modern jeans production lines at that time in order to fulfill exclusive orders by famous American brands such as Wrangler and Levi's… for exporting to the Japanese market.

1995

• Established Binh Phuoc Factory Specializing in synthetic polyester clothes and military uniforms for Tahshin Taiwanese customers.

• Successfully organized the first "Golden Hand" contest for skilled workers. Ms. Phan Thi Thanh Nga won the "Golden Hand" award.

• Received Third Class Labor Medal.

1999

Established Hiep Phuoc factory with 6/12 production lines transferred from Factory 1 & Factory 2.

2000

Received Second Class Labor Medal.

2001

• Equitized and transformed into Saigon 3 Garment Joint Stock Company In this year, the Company started to take orders of khaki and jeans clothing. The products were exported to Japan and other countries in the world.

• Relocated Factory 3 - Yoshiko From 140 Nguyen Van Thu, District 1 to 524 Le Quang Dinh, Go Vap District, HCMC. Former address at 140 Nguyen Van Thu later became Building 140 NVT.

• Relocated Binh Phuoc factory From No. 2, National Road 1A, Thu Duc District to 40/32 National Road 13, Hiep Binh Phuoc Ward, Thu Duc District.

2002

Headquartered at 40/32 National Road 13, Hiep Binh Phuoc Ward, Thu Duc. Also transferred the remaining 6 production lines of Factory 1 & 2 to establish Thinh Phuoc Garment Factory.

2004

• Merged Minako Factory, Makoto Factory and Yoshiko Factory into Minako Factory 1 & 2.

• Renamed Factory 4 - Akiko to Minako Factory 3.

• Received First Class Labor Medal.

2008

Received title Hero of Labor in Renovation era.

2011

Established Thuan Phuoc Factory (Binh Duong) With 3 production lines for HAP.

2014

Recognized external shareholders' involvement in investment and management activities. The Company started to improve capacity, increase investment and upgrade closed production model for the garment industry.