According to VietKings, on October 13, 2024, within the framework of the “Folk Cakes of the Three Regions and Bac Ninh Tourism Connection” program at the Dong Do Cultural and Ecological Tourism Area (Luong Tai district, Bac Ninh province), the WorldKings officially awarded the World Record to Dong Do Technical Commercial Company for the “Thap Than Nong Tower. -shaped grain made from the most stone mortars in the world.”
Accordingly, the 15-meter-high Than Nong Tower is divided into five floors and assembled from 1,012 stone mortars, weighing 130 tons.
Inside the Than Nong Tower, there are stairs leading up and down, designed in the shape of a vertical grain. The ensemble of stone mortars, stone rice grinding wheels, and stone rice/rice grinders… are arranged around the tower to form a display area for stone objects associated with wet rice agriculture.
A representative of the company said that the tower is installed with an audio system and color-changing lights to make the tower come alive, reflecting the process of rice grains ripening from green to golden yellow.
The Dong Do Cultural and Ecological Tourism Area covers an area of 20,000 square meters, with the highlight being the ecological stone mortar garden with more than 3,000 artifacts related to stone mortars and axes. These artifacts were collected by Mr. Tran Van Toan – Chairman of the Members’ Council of Dong Do Technical Trading Company over decades.
Mr. Tran Van Toan – Chairman of the Members’ Council of Dong Do Technical Trading Company
According to Kyluc.vn, Dong Do Technical Commercial Company (Bac Ninh) was established in 2008 as a driver training and testing center, as well as a motor vehicle inspection center for Bac Ninh Province.
Dong Do Technical Commercial Company has a large-scale investment with an area of more than 9 hectares, being the first and only test yard in Bac Ninh province.
With a large area of land outside the driving training school, Mr. Tran Van Toan has developed Dong Do into a multi-functional cultural tourism area with public works, entertainment, cultural experiences, and resorts.
According to business registration information, the director and legal representative of the company is Mrs. Tran Thi Thuy (born in 1968). The company has a charter capital of VND 50 billion, of which Mr. Tran Van Toan contributes 80% and Mrs. Tran Thi Thuy contributes 20%.
