CHUC Nguyen and NGO Vu operated Van Bielry with their children along the Northeast Sandy Boulevard for decades, but they are ready to try something new.
Portland, Oregon – A longtime company from Portland is closed along the Northeast Sandy Boulevard.
Van Tin jewelry Served customers for decades near the eastern Edge of the Hollywood district of the city.
The couple who launched the company after arriving from South Vietnam retired, and to the chagrin of their father, the adult children of the couple are also ready for a break.
“They have enough, or something like that?” Chuc Nguyen joked that his children refused to take over the shop. “They don’t want to manage anymore!”
Her daughter, Robin Nguyen, said that she understood her father’s frustration, but she and her brother do not have enough family members to help manage the store.
“In its generation, the company has been taking place for generations. In the United States, it is not necessarily practical,” she said.
The closure is bitterness for the family. The wife of Nguyen, NGO Vu, knows many regular customers by name.
Many flood in the store after spotting the many fence panels. A regular even brought a cake to the family on Tuesday.
“It is a long -standing family business, and some customers have come here for 40 years,” said Robin, who has helped manage the shop in recent years with his brother and sister.
His brother Jason said he was sad to close the store, but he is ready to go to Europe and Asia.
“I have been working here for 40 years. I think it’s time to move on,” said Jason.
The family has not set a final date for the fence. They hope to sell everything before closing for good doors, but they expect it soon.
The members of the Hollywood Boosters Business Association say that the region has seen a number of companies close, but in the past four months, they have carried out six major commercial sales with waiting development projects, including a new fitness planet in the old Rite Aid building, a new catering area in northeast Sandy, renovated apartments and a mission chocolate shop.
The Nguyens hope to see more small family businesses open where customers can get a personalized service.
“You want jewelry to explain what the materials are,” said Robin, “then you want a place that can serve you over time. You don’t understand that when you buy things online.”