The resistance against the French colonialists was victorious, the North completely liberated. The Party and the State advocate to build a modern regular army. In order to meet the demand for military apparel, on February 18, 1957, “Technical sewing workshop”, referred to as X20 – the predecessor of Company 20 was born. In December 1962, the General Department of Logistics tasked X20 under the regulations of the Defense Enterprise. By April 1968, the General Department of Logistics issued Decision No. 136/QD ranked 5 light industry for 20 garment enterprises.
On February 12, 1992, Garment Factory 20 was transformed into Garment Company 20. In July 1996, Garment Company 20 established the Textile and Clothing Enterprise, and at the end of 1997 established the Textile and Clothing Enterprise. On March 17, 1998, the Minister of National Defense issued Decision No. 319/1998/QD-QP on the change of the name of Garment Company 20 to Company 20.
The third quarter of 2003 received more 20b and 20c enterprises from Lam Hong Company/Military Zone 4 and Binh Minh Garment Factory from Vietnam North Company/Military Zone 1. In the fourth quarter of 2001, Company 20 received the factories 198, 199 of 198/General Staff and My Dinh workshop of Company 28/General Logistics Department.
Currently, Company 20 is one of the large-scale textile and garment enterprises with strong capacity of the military in particular and the Vietnamese textile and garment industry in general. With achievements in the past 50 years, the Company has been honored twice by the Party and the State to be awarded the title of “Labor Hero Unit” in 1989 and 2001. Up to this time, the Company 20 has implemented the Decision No. 1360/QD-BQP dated July 1, 2005 of the Ministry of Defense on the equitization of the Company 20 of the General Department of Logistics and the Decision No. 3967/QD-BQP dated December 28, 2007 of the Ministry of Defense approving the plan and converting the Company 20 of the General Department of Logistics into a joint stock company, from January 1, 2009 the Company officially operates under the model of shares with the new name X20 Joint Stock Company.
Some of the Company’s traditional songs
1. Conduct of the Corporate Segment 20
2. The love of the Company 20
