VietNamNet Bridge – They are the big businessmen in their fields and their names appear regularly on local newspapers. However, they have been well known for the activities relating to the showbiz, rather than business activities.

Le Dinh Hung, Director of Tan Cuu Long Gold, Silver and Gemstone Company

Better known as “Hung Cuu Long,” once playing a supporting role in a television film, but businessman Le Dinh Hung were present all a lot of showbiz events. His name and images regularly appear on local newspapers, next to the well-known artists in the renovated traditional long addresses (ao dai).

Hung’s business has been better known in HCM City, while he remains unknown in the north. Most recently, Hung has stirred up the public with the statement: “It is quite normal to spend money to buy fame.”

Nguyen Quoc Cuong, Deputy General Director of Quoc Cuong Gia Lai Group

The businessman has turned up before the public as the lover of Ho Ngoc Ha, a famous model and singer rather than as the deputy general director of the family run company Quoc Cuong Gia Lai.

Being a businessman, but Cuong, who is also the spokesman of the group, has not appeared in the activities relating to Quoc Cuong Gia Lai. He has been seen more in showbiz events, and better known as “Cuong dollar,” the owner of the original luxury car collection.

Quoc Cuong Gia Lai has caught the special attention in recent days, after it reported the heavy losses for the last three consecutive quarters. Meanwhile, Cuong dollar still turns up at many showbiz events.

Cuong’s collection is so famous that he became the portrait in the stories of some foreign newspapers. Most recently, Cuong appeared in an image with a yellow Lamborghini Aventador worth over one million dollars. Cuong once intended to organize a super-car race in 2012, when his business faced big difficulties. However, the event has been suspended for indefinite time.

Tran Bao Son, General Director of Soho New York Corp

He is a big businessman in the fields of real estate, finance investment and pharmacy, who is now the President and General Director of New York-based Soho New York Corp with a representative office in HCM City.

However, he has turned up before the public more as an actor than a businessman. He regularly escorts his wife – a famous actress and businesswoman – to showbiz events.

With some secondary characters and one leading role in the films made in 2012, the name Tran Bao Son, in thoughts of many people, remains the name of an actor.

Pham Huy Can, the owner of Bun Ta chain

He is the founder of Hollywood Night brand, the brand of dinner meetings for businessmen and celebrities of the Vietnamese showbiz.

Over the last three years, Huy Can name has regularly appeared next to the names of Vietnamese artists. Can’s business also has some “artistic characteristic” which might be the reason why Thanh Lam, one of the four pop divas in Vietnam, decided to hold a press conference to introduce her album at a Bun Ta shop.

A Bun Ta shop was once set up in the Hoan Kiem lake area, but the shop has closed.

Ha Hung Dung, President of Indochina Airlines

Before acting as the President of the private air carrier Indochina Airlines in 2008, Dung had been well known as a talented musician, the author of a lot of famous songs.

Dung’s name has repeatedly appeared on local newspapers over the last three years, when his airline incurred heavy losses, which forced him to stop flying since 2009.

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