My family’s story began with farming. Like many Vietnamese families, we came from a simple life where hard work, family, and looking after the people around us mattered more than anything else. Over the years, our family found its way into the energy business, from the warmth of charcoal to LPG. The source of the flame changed, but what it represented remained the same: warmth, nourishment, and a sense of home.
In 2013, my parents established Viet Uc LPG. Growing up, I saw the business simply as part of our family life. I saw gas cylinders, delivery vehicles, warehouses, employees, customers, and familiar faces around us. Only as I grew older did I begin to understand what was behind them: years of hard work, uncertainty, responsibility, and the trust my parents had built with people.
What stayed with me most was not the business itself, but the people around it. A family business is never built by one family alone. It grows through employees who stay and contribute, partners who believe in you, customers who return, friends who stand beside you, and neighbours who become part of our everyday life. In many ways, the business became a place where our family values met the wider community.
When I eventually stepped into the business, I found myself asking: What does it mean to inherit something without simply repeating it? My years at RMIT and my experiences living and working across different countries gave me new perspectives on communication, people, business, and change. They encouraged me to question old assumptions and imagine new possibilities. But returning to a family business also taught me humility: not everything old needs to be replaced. Some traditions survive because they carry wisdom.
Today, I see my role not simply as continuing what my parents built. I see it as carrying forward what they taught me to work hard, to keep your word, to value relationships, to take care of people, and to create something useful for others. I want to bring new ideas, technology, and more responsible ways of working into the business, while keeping the human values that brought us here.
My parents inherited values from the generations before them. They built their own chapter and passed those values on to me. One day, I hope to pass them on again. After all, what we inherit is not only a business. It is a way of living, caring, and contributing, and our responsibility is to make it meaningful for the generation that comes next.
In 2013, my parents established Viet Uc LPG. Growing up, I saw the business simply as part of our family life. I saw gas cylinders, delivery vehicles, warehouses, employees, customers, and familiar faces around us. Only as I grew older did I begin to understand what was behind them: years of hard work, uncertainty, responsibility, and the trust my parents had built with people.
What stayed with me most was not the business itself, but the people around it. A family business is never built by one family alone. It grows through employees who stay and contribute, partners who believe in you, customers who return, friends who stand beside you, and neighbours who become part of our everyday life. In many ways, the business became a place where our family values met the wider community.
When I eventually stepped into the business, I found myself asking: What does it mean to inherit something without simply repeating it? My years at RMIT and my experiences living and working across different countries gave me new perspectives on communication, people, business, and change. They encouraged me to question old assumptions and imagine new possibilities. But returning to a family business also taught me humility: not everything old needs to be replaced. Some traditions survive because they carry wisdom.
Today, I see my role not simply as continuing what my parents built. I see it as carrying forward what they taught me to work hard, to keep your word, to value relationships, to take care of people, and to create something useful for others. I want to bring new ideas, technology, and more responsible ways of working into the business, while keeping the human values that brought us here.
My parents inherited values from the generations before them. They built their own chapter and passed those values on to me. One day, I hope to pass them on again. After all, what we inherit is not only a business. It is a way of living, caring, and contributing, and our responsibility is to make it meaningful for the generation that comes next.
