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Le Yen Thanh, the man who said no to Google



Le Yen Thanh, the man who said no to Google

The 9X generation man is called the “the golden boy of Vietnam information technology’, or ‘9X Viet talent’. To Vietnamese youth, he is better known as the talented engineer who refused a $6,000/month salary offered by Google Singapore and returned to Vietnam to start his business.

Thanh has just nine workers and earns money 10 times lower than that offered by Google Singapore.

“I just want to learn more. This is the only reason,” Thanh said when asked about the reason behind his decision.

“Google is a giant. As part of Google’s staff, I would be just a tiny part with no influence and voice and will never be able to do something great,” he explained.

Born in 1994, many of these entrepreneurs are young but have already become rivals of prominent businesspeople. 

Thanh has won more than 100 awards in information technology (IT). He is the creator of BusMap, software which find buses in Hanoi and HCM City, with 300,000 downloads so far.

Pham Anh Tai, the 'fashion scrap dealer'

Born into a family of architects, the young Hanoi man studied to become an architect. When he was a university student, he succeeded with small projects selling toys on Moon Day and sugarcane on Tet days. 

Explaining why he decided to become a ‘fashion scrap dealer’, Tai said there are numerous fashion shops which sell brand-new products and that he would not be able to compete with them.

With a passion for shoes, Tai decided to ‘buy from those who have spare things and sell to those who need things’. With just VND8 million, Tai imported 20 used pairs of shoes and sold them to friends and relatives. 

After a period of doing business, Tai began thinking of creating a fashion brand of his own. Following success with his first shop, Tai opened the second one recently.

Nguyen Thi Hien Luong and her fashion brand for men

Luong took many jobs and worked as a hired worker before running her own business. With a hobby for shopping and passion for fashion, just a short time after she finished junior college, she opened a fashion shop for men.

In August 2016, she opened the first shop. Her company has 27 shops in 18 cities/provinces in the central and southern regions and the Central Highlands.


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