VietNamNet Bridge - Forbes has released the FORBES 30 under 30 ASIA list, including under-30 talents in many areas in Asia, with 300 young people in 10 sectors chosen.

They are seen as capable of creating breakthroughs and changing the face of their industries.

For months Forbes correspondents from around the region looked for the 300 best and brightest millennials who are disrupting and changing the faces of their industries.

To make it happen, Forbes assembled over a dozen reporters from China to Australia, India – and about as many countries in the region – to research and come up with thousands of nominations covering all industries.

 They then looked through and cut the list down to a few hundred names that were sent to a panel of 30 judges, who helped decide who made the final cut.

The outcome was a group of 300 young and driven entrepreneurs and game-changers who are contributing to their industries in a significant way. These include a mix of brilliant sports stars, leaders in technology and those who are doing great things to change the world around them.

With 10 categories in total, the 30 Under 30 Asia list highlights inspiring young leaders in various fields covering consumer technology, enterprise technology, the arts, health care & science, media, social entrepreneurship, finance, industry and retail.

Here are some names from Vietnam:

1/Dinh Nhat Nam, 26

Founder of Urban Station

Nam is the founder of Urban Station, a coffee chain with a local take, popular among young Vietnamese. It has 38 stores nationwide.

His experience has turned him into a beverage entrepreneur planning to take on more ventures this year. Together with a new investor group, he is launching a new chain of cafes in China, where coffee consumption is growing, and is involved in another project which involves importing high-quality beverages from Singapore to Vietnam.

2/Tran Duc Viet, 24

Youtuber, JVevermind

The US-educated man who described himself unabashedly as a “public figure” has engineered his own brand across Vietnam.

The career freelance video producer and director began shaping himself as a celebrity in 2011 under the name JVevermind. Viet also does online advertising for brands and companies. He writes scripts, acts and edits, as well.

He is the first Vietnamese to receive a Youtube Golden Play Button Award for exceeding 1 million subscribers.

3/Le Hoang Uyen Vy, 28

Deputy CEO, Vincommerce

The graduate of Georgetown University with a finance degree is Deputy CEO of Vietnamese online retailer Vincommerce.

Vy joined the firm  with 650 retail outlets and 11,000 employees after founding the fashion website Chon.vn in 2009 as well  as Aiya, a restaurant chain that serves Vietnamese street food indoors. In 2014, Vy served as the Chair of Unicef Next Generation Vietnam, leading initiatives to support poor children.

At Vincommerce, she manages organizational development, personnel, and products.

4/Lam Thi Thuy Ha, 29

Cofounder, Triip.me

Ha sold her home to help start Triip.me in 2013, a sharing company platform for unique and private local experience, connecting people who desire to experience local culture with those who are looking to offer specially designed tours. Currently, the platform offers experiences in 92 countries and 635 cities with over 4,500 hand-picked tours.

Ha previously spent over nine years in the travel industry in HCM City. The mother of three has earned write-ups in international media and a Laureate Global Fellowship from YouthActionNet. Her service is expected to receive a seed investment of $500,000 in 2016.

5/ Luong Duy Hoai, 27

Founder and CEO, Giao Hang Nhanh

Hoai took advantage of a gap in Vietnam’s large e-commerce market by founding Giao Hang Nhanh (Fast Delivery) in 2012.

The locally-educated IT engineer is now CEO and employs 1,000 people. He works with five partners to provide logistics and collect payments.  The firm teams up with small online businesses to sell service in the country with more than 30 major e-commerce players and hundreds of smaller ones.

Giao Hang Nhanh covers most of Vietnam and averaged 10,000 orders per day by the end of 2014, outpacing the previous year.

6/ Le Hung Viet Bao, 29

Researcher, University of Chicago

Bao is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago majoring in number theory, one of the oldest branches of mathematics.

He received a mathematics doctorate from Harvard University after earlier studies at Cambridge University. Bao calls the relationships between numbers “surprisingly elaborate yet beautiful”. He believes the field has use in cryptography.

7/Ta Minh Tuan, 27

Founder, HELP International

Motivated by his father’s bout with cancer, Tuan founded HELP International Corporation to offer patients in Vietnam personal doctors.

With investor funding, the organization has helped more than 10,000 families. Tuan, who is widely recognized in Vietnam as a social entrepreneur, is also National Director of Junior Chamber International, a non-profit organization for people aged 18 to 40.

Investor funding began to pour into HELP a year after it was established.       

Forbes/VNN