Offering Vietnamese Rice Paper to Friends Worldwide

Rice paper is a traditional product of , a country with strong roots in wet rice cultivation. Rice paper as well as food made of rice paper is common in family meals and luxurious meals, from rural to urban areas. Nowadays, rice paper crosses borders into many countries in the world. With high quality, advanced production processes, and food safety and sanitation standards, “Ba Cay Tre” brand rice paper of Thuan Phong Company, Ltd. is a popular trade name among customers.

The Thuan Phong Company, Ltd. was founded in 2002 at My Tho Industrial Park, Trung An Commune, My Tho City, Tien Giang Province . Guidelines for the production of “Ba Cay Tre” brand rice paper include “QUALITY, FOOD SAFETY AND SANITATION.” Remembering the early days of the firm, leaders did not know how to make sanitary and delicious rice paper. But they have since been rewarded for their patience and study, and have successfully automated much of the process. At present, product quality is affirmed with strict controls at every step, and output is stable all year round. These standards guarantee consumers’ health. The assembly line of the company is very modern; the production process is self-contained right from the input of raw materials for a fully safe and sanitary product. This is the only plant in the world which manufactures significant output of this product using an automatic drying system. Our company can produce more than 2,500 metric tonnes/year of rice paper for export.

A pure Vietnamese product also needs a uniquely Vietnamese trade-mark. Thuan Phong Company has selected its symbol as a pattern of “Ba Cay Tre” (BAMBOO TREE). The image of bamboo is quite familiar with Vietnamese expatriates and close to lovely words “” as well as combined with two lines of verse. “One tree is nothing, but 3 trees huddle together to make a high mountain.” This provides a clear identity among the variety of rice paper available on the market. The company’s creative research has been rewarded with a sole protective permit dated 09/2007, as well as the trade-mark of “Ba Cay Tre” (BAMBOO TREE), My Tho, Tien Giang.

The efforts of an experienced staff of more than 400 skilled employees of Thuan Phong Company, Ltd. have helped revitalize this Vietnamese product around the world, because popular Vietnamese traditional dishes are available in restaurants in the US, Europe, England, Australia, Japan, Korea, Israel and Africa. Vietnamese spring rolls and meat-shrimp-vegetable rolls have become “ambassadors” of culinary culture, as they are favourites in parties for ambassadors and international conferences such as APEC. Besides, food made of rice paper such as meat-shrimp-vegetable rolls, pork-skin rolls, sushi rolls, fish rolls, vegetables rolls and roasted meat rolls, is both appetizing and healthy.

At present, our company is executing a comprehensive quality management system for the ISOO – HACCP food safety and sanitation certificate, with closer product control to improve quality, better satisfy the needs of demanding markets and protect consumer’s health.

Solidarity and determination to overcome all challenges, along with a gentle and dignified lifestyle, have brought fame to BA CAY TRE rice paper throughout the world.

Hoang Lam