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The boy who dropped out of studying abroad came back to Da Lat to build a lovely wooden house, work on a farm, and tell his own youth story.

“I started the project with a bicycle, a pot, and a dog so young people don’t tell me you have nothing,” Luan said.


The boy who dropped out of studying abroad came back to Da Lat to build a lovely wooden house, work on a farm, and tell his own youth story.

The young man left studying abroad and returned to Vietnam to go up the mountain and set up a farm in his youth

Vo Thanh Luan (born 1987) is known as the founder of the House of the Thanh Xuan Dynasty project – where deaf friends make organic soap from natural plants of Dalat by themselves. The goal of this community project, he said, is not only to create a job for the deaf but also to help them approach society and learn how to have a more self-controlled life.

In addition to the system of Teahouses of the Thanh Xuan Dynasty that was born later in Da Lat, Hoi An, and Saigon, managed by deaf friends and served by many people.

Recently, this guy recently released beautiful pictures like dreams on a youth farm that he had hidden from 3 years ago. This is considered to be the place to grow essential oils, the place that came from the original purpose is to let the hearing impaired have a place to go and call home.

But this year, when the epidemic broke out, changes took place, Luan opened the farm and welcomed visitors to experience making essential oils and learning how to make soap himself.

Luan shared: “What do we have, a farm overflowing with green hills and green grass and it has been 3 years. It is true that there is a selfish place to go home. This epidemic season, I am preparing to open a farm . “

Recently, Luan has just opened his farm, not for homestay but for the goal of having more people to experience a life close to nature, know how to make essential oils and make soap by themselves.

Luan’s family is in America but Luan chose to live in Vietnam and rather in Da Lat with the property of … a bicycle, a pot and a dog. He wants to prove that it all can start with “nothing”.




But what makes this guy think about it, regardless of fame, career or material, when many young people prove success with the amount of real estate they have, the money in the bank or the visa? stamped chi chit. But Luan chose a life rolled into life by both thinking and physical strength to … write his name in a different way.

Luan confided: “In 2013, if there was no storm in the Philippines, there would be no me in the Philippines. That year, as an ambitious young person, I only know how to talk through clothes, status, money earned The storm that took many lives made me wonder what the meaning of my life is for.

In my heart I longed to live in the middle of a large forest protected by nature. And more than ever I wished to have a home to go home because I lived away from home when I was very young, my family has settled abroad. My heart rose and needed to do something for my own homeland, for the underprivileged because in the middle of when I gave away all my belongings to return home, there were still many beggars on the streets of Manila. bastard.

Standing alone in the middle of a city giving away all my assets, I am determined to find myself, the mission of my life to help the disadvantaged back in the race of life, a project for the deaf. spring is born “


In the first days when I went to Da Lat, I did not have a place to live, I asked to live there, sometimes upstairs in someone’s house, now I have moved my things to live in my friend’s house. Everywhere I clean and repair, I sell land. The deaf children living in the same house did not have many skills at that time, so it was very difficult for us because we moved .

Start a business with a bicycle, a pot and a dog

Also experiencing extreme hardships without relying on his family’s finances, Luan self-reliant on writing his story with energy, not from investing a huge amount of capital.

The early days of the project’s journey began with a puppy, named Mup, Rotating marketing, selling soap bars and with small notes “the money will go to the Deaf children’s project and Deaf later “. Small soup day is still in a bag sticking out to welcome the wind to watch the steep slopes. Luan told himself: “Do not understand that Mup understands that happiness is simply climbing the slope and releasing the slope that is the peak of life” .

On the first day I went to Da Lat, I asked to go to the ground floor, which was both hot and cramped, but the host, a lot of generosity, opened up his heart so that Luan and his associates could rely on them while looking for accommodation. After that, my friends allowed me to stay for a few months from strange to familiar. Luan has told me that a project nurtured by such good things should never be forgotten today.

Rotating: “At this time, I borrowed and built a shop of the Youth period and also rented land for 7 years to build a farm in the Qing Dynasty. Actually, it was just a big roof for the children to have a place. In the early days, it was extremely hard, the rain fell with no place to stay, and the volunteers went under the concrete cover to avoid the rain or rushed into the corrugated iron house to avoid. When the girls do their best, sometimes the sun burns the skin, but after that, looking back, we can see that young people doing these things together make sense.

Besides, I want the farm to tell a feminist story, that more than 200 volunteers, of which 80% are female friends, helped us build this house. There are women who initially only wore yellow sandals and gave up the only car to Deaf – deaf friends to have a means of transport and we walked 10 kilometers a day . “




Currently the farm is open and as many people see the house nestled under the hill, the front view will see that the house is very small, but looking at the front side will be the A-shaped roof. accessible from this side. Passing through when a woman’s house has to go through is also the only entrance gate. Two blocks like Ying and Yang are connected to the reading room and in the middle of the house is the dining table with the only idea that no matter how angry you are, you must meet each other in the middle house and sit down to eat and talk.



Above the ground is a large oil extraction furnace, each time the extraction process is a ton of raw materials and is led down to soak in hot water as a concept to bring “yang” to the house. Simultaneously lead a stream of cool water flowing underground to mix with hot water to soak feet to cool down and hearing the sound of running water is quite fun.

“During the 3 years it was just a place to live, later the Deaf children became more mature and wanted to be independent, rent a room for more self-control. I realized, their forests are their lives. I am here, planting lemongrass, Rosemary to extract the remaining essential oils for the forest vanguard to regrow.

The result after 3 years is the green color of heavy rain that no longer affects the farm. Birds flew back and sang loudly in the early afternoon and afternoon. The squirrels also passed around, chirping, later stole the handmade soap I made. And I am also preparing to plant bananas for them to eat and will bring back the seeds that will regenerate the forest by itself, this idea makes me very happy, “ Luan very honestly shared about the fact that The house is the residence of the deaf children, where he continues to write.

Youth is not youth, finding oneself is youth

The pine wooden house bought with legal papers and no wood treatment, Luan wanted to see everything ruined with time to remind this impermanent life. At the same time, in order for the wood to carry the color of time over the years, the house is increasingly beautiful, simple and warm. The wooden walls are made of yin and yang, the house is very firm and warm when it gets cold because the wind cannot enter.










“The house is also a wonderful memory that was filmed in my 7th wish so I cherish and cherish every little corner of the house. Last epidemic, the farm was a safe haven when needed. Take care of us and we extract essential oils to serve the shop again. Business accordingly, recovers quickly “ , Luan said about his escape and also saved the life of Luan and the disabled. hearing through the season more favorable.

Many people are surprised because when people pour too much effort on a piece of land often want to own it. But Luan’s aim was not to buy the land back: “After the epidemic, my biggest dream was not 10 years of the project to own the land. On the day I leave, I will give it back to you. The landowner of a green forest and the people around understand that their land value, they understand how to exploit nature sustainably “ .

That is also the reason that although previously had intended to hide her own shelter, but recently the farm’s London opened. That was when customers stopped at the shop holding a 0 VND beverage bill as a passport to hear the next story of Thanh Xuan Period. The story about how essential oils were made, the essential oil did not say but it was as fragrant as what Thanh Xuan wanted to tell.




Moreover, this house will be like a “school” where people come here to learn how to extract essential oils, and then make natural soap cakes. Luan’s purpose is to help 1000 locals know how to make soap, Luan calls them benevolent soap cakes. They will also learn how to preserve fruits and vegetables for 3 to 5 years. How to rely on the forest and produce natural pine products through essential oil diffusers.

Luan’s dream is to live a life dependent on the forest and become a person giving away the skills of living a dependent on the forest. And then there will be a green forest again.

Luan thinks that being young and living for himself is not enough. How much money I have, time will pass through my fingers like a rain, I cannot be fully happy without being connected with everyone. When there are soulmates, sticking together sincerely, the youth will be happier and happier.

That is also why Luan is open to people to visit the farm. Luan wants someone to be able to meet those who live fully with their youth and bring youth to others, arousing youthfulness from young people, from people even starting with middle age.

Because youth is a splendid life, is the goal that you pursue, even though you can spend a lifetime. So we must not be wasted.

“Find yourself to know you are happy. Best when you do and persevere with it to the end. The mission of young people is to find new self-called Thanh Xuan” , Luan said.

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