Born and raised in Russia, Ms. Trang Ha (Russian name is Trana) is best known as a fashion model since middle school.
With the characteristics of her job, she has been able to travel to many places, see many famous pets in the world and have a special passion for dogs and cats.
However, when she returned to Vietnam to live and work, she realized that there are famous dog and cat breeds around the world, but in Vietnam, no one has imported to take care of them. So, she began to study expensive dog and cat breeds and how to bring them back to the country.
“Initially, I started this job just for the sake of passion, not really for business purposes. My biggest concern is how to bring them back to Vietnam safely, help them live a healthy and happy life with their new owners,” said Ms. Trang Ha.
Choosing the breeds of dogs and cats that are favored by the rich and the artists around the world to bring back to Vietnam, Ms. Trang Ha faced many difficulties when learning and approaching world-famous farms to import. legal in Vietnam.
“It took me regarding 1-2 years to approach and prove everything regarding myself in front of big reputable hatcheries abroad to let them know that I really have knowledge, passion and love for animals for them. very high requirements in all aspects from buyers. Some people even claimed that you can’t buy our dogs and cats with money, “said Trang Ha.
In particular, being the first to import expensive dogs and cats to Vietnam, the procedures and paperwork costs made her quite difficult. Not to mention the cost of shipping from abroad to Vietnam up to thousands of USD, depending on the time.
“Because it is a live animal business, the contract is available in advance, so sometimes following calculating, the profit is insignificant, not even enough for me to pay travel expenses, but the moment when our children and customers When we meet each other, being wrapped in tangerine is the time that makes me the happiest when doing this job, “said Trang Ha.
Over the past 8 years, with her love of animals and special passion for cats, Ms. Trang Ha has legally imported a series of cat breeds worth hundreds of millions of dong to Vietnam.
For example, Serval cats cost from 8,000-10,000 USD/cat; Caracal cats costing $10,000 or more; Box Cat (Lynx Cat) for $15,000-20,000. There are also lines like Ragdoll, Chinchilla, Mainecooon, Golden, British short hair; Muchkin, Napoleon, Muner, Devon, Persian Cat…
In particular, in 2019, she was almost the first person to bring the Savannal F1 cat line to Vietnam. “This is the world’s highest net basic value cat that Justin Bieber has ever raised and featured in a music video. For a beautiful, standard baby, the price is from 18,000-35,000 USD, “said Trang Ha.
Raising and sticking with many kinds of pets since childhood, when starting a business, Ms. Trang Ha had the most basic understanding of the characteristics of many species. In particular, working with passion and enthusiasm, she is not blinded by profits.
Many times, people who are not her customers but come to ask for advice, she is also available to spend the night talking and giving detailed advice on customers’ questions.
Because, for her, dogs and cats are like family members and can stick with them for the rest of their lives, so how to make the children healthy, happy and customers ensure financial and love. Loving them is paramount.
Busy with her job as a professional model, MC, actress, Ms. Trang Ha still arranges her time reasonably, looking to buy dozens of famous cat breeds around the world to Vietnam to serve the “rich people”. Vietnamese”.
In addition, she also designed a small hotel for dogs and cats with gothic style at home to serve as a place to stay and take care of the dogs and cats. When dogs and cats are imported to Vietnam, they will be monitored for a certain period of time before being sent to customers.
In particular, she also trains dogs and cats to become real actors and photo models to participate in projects of big brands and music videos of singers, taking photos for brands. fashion and the world’s leading magazines.
According to Ms. Trang Ha, in the future, owning world-famous cats will be more and more interested and may soon become a new trend in Vietnam.
However, she hopes that those who really want to raise the children must carefully study the information, avoid cheap or inexperienced buying, buying children who do not have full, legal documents or poor health. .
In addition, you must carefully consider whether you have enough economy as well as time, space and conditions to raise the children. “I’m very afraid of those who buy according to the trend, at first following liking it for a few days, then it’s boring, neglecting the children is really not good at all”, Ms. Trang Ha confided.
Photographer: Dinh Quan
Editor: Jackie Photographer SG
Muse: Trana Russia
Director: Trang Ha
Assistant: Nguyen Dinh Phong