The positive signs in the stock market recently have helped Vietnamese billionaires, including Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, become richer.

Once dreaming of becoming a university lecturer, Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao finally became a businesswoman and billionaire. Others became billionaires though they did not complete or even attend university.

Four Vietnamese entrepreneurs have been named in the list of the world’s richest people in 2020 by Forbes magazine.

Pham Nhat Vuong, president of Vingroup, and Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, CEO of Vietjet Air and vice president of Hdbank, top the 2019 list of Vietnamese stock billionaires.

Two of the five richest people in Vietnam had a poor start to the new year as they saw their net asset worth decrease.

Swift 247 was established in early 2019 to provide cargo transport service via technology, connecting transport modes and via air with its strategic partner Vietjet Cargo.

The CEO of budget airlines Vietjet Air and dairy firm Nutifood have been selected in the top 25 Asian Power Businesswomen list.

As the richest Vietnamese person with total assets worth $8.1 billion, Pham Nhat Vuong only ranks ninth among the wealthiest billionaires in Southeast Asia, according to Forbes.

VietNamNet Bridge - The list of the richest stock billionaires has changed recently with the appearance of many new names after their businesses listed shares on the bourse.

VietNamNet Bridge - Everyone complains that airports are getting overloaded, but economists and businesspeople say this is a good sign that the national economy is robust.

Vingroup, owned by Pham Nhat Vuong, and Vietjet, owned by Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, two dollar billionaires on Forbes’ 2017 list of the world’s billionaires, had good business performances in 2016. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Forbes magazine has published the list of 100 most powerful women in the world, including a Vietnamese woman.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese who found their names in Panama Papers have described it as a ‘normal thing’. However, experts say that in most cases, it is ‘abnormal’. 

Among organizations and individuals of Vietnam named in the Panama Papers are Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, Chair of Sovico Holdings, and Chair of SSI Securities Company Nguyen Duy Hung. How did they explain this inclusion on the list?

VietNamNet Bridge – The CEO of Vietnam’s first private low-cost airline VietJet Air, Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, is anticipated to become the first female USD billionaire in Vietnam after VietJet launches its initial public offering.