VietNamNet Bridge – A Vietnamese boy who inherited $100 million from an American billionaire is perhaps the most astonishing heir in Vietnam, along with the 1-year-old son of the boss of the Dai Nam tourism zone in Binh Duong province.

Abandoned child inherits $100 million

Nguyen Be Lory and his mother in the United States in 1998.

Nguyen Be Lory is the boy who inherited $100 million from Larry Hillblom, the owner of DHL, who had $600 million in assets. He is best known as a playboy billionaire. In 1993, when visiting Vietnam to invest in a hotel and a golf course in Phan Thiet, Hillblom had a quick affair with the maid Nguyen Thi Be. The woman became pregnant and then returned to her hometown. In late 1994, she gave birth to Nguyen Be Lory.

Billionaire Larry only knew about his child through a photo of the baby taken when he was several months old. On May 21, 1995, the billionaire died in a seaplane accident while he was flying from Pagan Island to Saipan.

After the death of the billionaire, other people assumed to be his illegitimate children claimed his huge fortune. Finally, in addition to large assets donated to medical research at the University of San Francisco, four boys, including Nguyen Be Lory form Vietnam, a boy from Guam and two from the Philippines were entitled to inherit the assets after proving in court that they were the children of the American billionaire in 1999 via DNA.

Nguyen Be Lory and his mother now live in a small town on the east coast of the United States. According to a source close to the family, in 2012 Lory turned 18 years old and allowed to control his assets which amounted to nearly $100 million. However, Lory was still in school so the family decided to invest the money in various areas. At the age of 21, Nguyen Be Lory will officially be the owner of the money.

One-year-old boy inherits hundreds of US millions

Huynh Uy Dung and his one-year-old son.

In 2013 Huynh Uy Dung, Chairman of the Dai Nam Tourist Site in Binh Duong province, surprisingly declared that he would transfer assets worth trillions of VND (hundreds of million USD) to his one-year-old son.

This testament was released on the first birthday of the child, the only son of Dung and his second wife, Nguyen Phuong Hang. From September 21, 2013, the baby named Hang Huu officially became the chairman of Dai Nam Joint Stock Company, with over 2,000 employees.

The baby also owns a huge fortune from his father, including Lac Canh resort, Dai Nam Van Hien theme park, Di An residential - administrative area, Song Than Industrial Parks 2 and 3 ... totaling tens of thousands of billions of dong. At present, he is the richest boy in Vietnam.

However, a short time later Dung said that the baby was not the president of Dai Nam but the owner of a charity foundation. Until the boy is 18, the foundation will be run by a 12-member council, including his parents.

Vung Tau man gives $100 million to family

Le An (white shirt) and the heirs.

Le An, a 70-year-old businessman in the southern city of Vung Tau,  recently chose seven people in his family to give his inheritance and the task of managing assets of VND2 trillion (over $95.2 million) for charitable purposes.

The heirs include his fourth wife, his daughter with the third wife, a cousin and four nieces and nephews.

Apart from the inheritance decision, Le An gave them a 17-page document on the management and administration of the Le An Charity Program.

Adopted girl inherits tens of million of USD

The big house left by Mrs. Phat.

In May 2011 a woman named Phat in Tan Phu District in HCM City suddenly died, leaving properties worth a trillion dong, without any testament.

The woman was a noodle seller. She was single and adopted a girl named Thach Ha Hue Lan. Because the woman died without a will, her assets belonged to her adopted daughter, according to the law. But Phat’s relatives claimed the assets.

In June 2011, while the dispute was still not settled, the adopted daughter unilaterally claimed her adoptive mother’s assets, including over 20 saving books worth several millions of USD. The dispute has yet to be resolved.

Phuong Thuy