The Journey of Cà Mau Fertilizer: 13 Years of Mission, Effort, and Achievement

On March 9, 2024, Cà Mau Petroleum Fertilizer Joint Stock Company (PVCFC, HOSE: DCM) commemorated its 13th anniversary of establishment. It has been an incredible journey for PVCFC since its inception, marked by continuous growth and success. Throughout these years, PVCFC has established itself as a leading player in the petroleum fertilizer industry, delivering high-quality products and services to customers both domestically and internationally. With a dedicated team of skilled professionals and a commitment to innovation, PVCFC strives to further enhance its position in the market and contribute to the sustainable development of the agriculture sector. As PVCFC looks back on its past achievements, it also sets its sights on the future, with exciting plans for expansion and diversification. Together, let us celebrate this milestone and look forward to the promising years ahead for PVCFC.

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Overcoming challenges and seizing opportunities, Ca Mau Fertilizer Factory has been continuously developing through comprehensive efforts in management, strategy, production, business, investment, corporate culture, and people. The 13-year journey of Ca Mau Fertilizer Factory is proud of its mission, efforts, and achievements.

THE STRENGTH OF A LARGE BRAND

At the end of last year, Ca Mau Ammonia Factory officially reached the milestone of 10 million tons of Urea production, marking a proud achievement in the creative work, innovation, research, and application of advanced scientific and technological knowledge by the PVCFC team. In 2023 alone, despite the unpredictable market, the Company has made impressive sales with a consumption rate of 1.267 million tons of fertilizers, the highest ever. By early 2024, the Company will officially enter the two demanding fertilizer markets of Australia and New Zealand.

Since its establishment, the Company has achieved a total revenue of over 96,000 billion VND, pre-tax profit of over 13,800 billion VND, and nearly 1,900 billion VND contributed to the state budget. Besides maintaining effective production and business operations, Ca Mau Fertilizer Factory also owns modern factory/workshops with the most advanced technology in Europe; a strong and skilled labor force with over 1,100 employees, including more than 400 highly skilled engineers who are innovative and in control of the system, ensuring stable, safe, and continuous production operations at 110 – 115% of capacity.

Throughout its 13-year journey of formation and development, Ca Mau Fertilizer Factory has been proving its great mission as the “Nurturer” of Vietnamese agriculture, growing robustly to reach the world. Starting with its core product, urea, Ca Mau Fertilizer Factory offers dozens of high-quality fertilizer products, advanced technology, as well as organic and microbiological products. The NPK Cà Mau factory with a capacity of 300,000 tons/year was established just in time to meet the high demand for premium fertilizers, successfully penetrating and developing in this strategic market.

Ca Mau Fertilizer products are currently available in more than 20 countries.

Ca Mau Fertilizer is reliable and trustworthy for its partners and customers. With over 2,000 distributors at home and abroad acting as deep companions, Ca Mau Fertilizer is always ready to serve farmers, contributing significantly to increasing productivity, improving the quality of agricultural products, and achieving effective and sustainable agricultural goals.

CREATING SUSTAINABLE VALUE, GREATER PROSPERITY

“Creating sustainable value, greater prosperity” is the guiding principle of action for Ca Mau Fertilizer in 2024 and throughout its development. With a focus on contributing to the development of sustainable green agriculture, PVCFC has set three main strategic directions for 2024: investment, sustainable development, and digital transformation. PVCFC believes that diverse products – natural resources, investment connections, and market expansion are the solid path for sustainable development in the new business context.

Recently, PVCFC has been investing in digital transformation activities, implementing major projects such as ERP management system, Big Data, DMS, CMS, etc., at various levels to effectively exploit information and data from the market, distributors, and farmers, which has yielded significant results within the unit. Continuing to invest and upgrade projects related to “Artificial Intelligence” and new projects to further improve online communication channels and quick response to farmers and distributors, allowing users to provide feedback and ask questions to the system, thereby promptly addressing their concerns.

The acquisition of the KVF Fertilizer Factory and product distribution cooperation with major partners such as the Van Thien Hoa Group have opened up new opportunities, enhancing the competitiveness of Ca Mau Fertilizer in both domestic and international markets.

PVCFC recognizes that the foundation for realizing its aspirations lies in its people. Therefore, the labor force is always guaranteed full rights and benefits in accordance with the law. Not only “Businesses for the Employees,” but PVCFC is also at the forefront of implementing gender equality using the GEARS tool, in addition to promoting its rich cultural heritage including the 7 Habits, 5S, Business Code of Conduct, etc.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY

The spirit of “Pioneering People,” the enthusiasm of Ca Mau Fertilizer’s young force flows in every living and working day, actively engaging in literature, art, creativity, training, and devoting themselves to the humanity and love of the community.

The Golden Seed Scholarship supports students to go to school and improve their knowledge.

Over the past 13 years, Ca Mau Fertilizer has carried out projects for education, healthcare, and support for people in difficult circumstances, with an estimated sponsorship amount of more than 500 billion VND. It has completed nearly 2,000 Solidarity Houses, 65 school projects, 15 health stations, hundreds of bridges and transportation projects in remote areas, as well as thousands of scholarships for poor students. Each completed project becomes a motivation for the Ca Mau Fertilizer workforce to strive even harder in fulfilling the “Nurturer” mission of Ca Mau Fertilizer for Vietnamese agriculture and the “growing people” cause.

With a new age comes a new chapter for a team of trust and responsibility. Ca Mau Fertilizer expresses its gratitude for the support from the Group, all levels of authorities, the trust of shareholders, customers, and farmers. The Company believes that with a steadfast mindset and strong determination, the Leadership Board, together with the workforce, will continue the glorious journey of serving the agriculture of Ca Mau Fertilizer with great success in the future.