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For the first time, a list of the "Richest" People in Vietnam was published recently from Dai Doan Ket newspaper.
The list is led by Truong Gia Binh, President of the Corporation for Financing and Promoting Technology (FPT Corp.), whose (paper) wealth has more than doubled since the listing of FPT shares in December.
The list looks primarily at public shareholdings in listed companies and overlooks private wealth from real estate and privately held business.
For this reason Dai Doan Ket divided its Vietnamese rich list in two: those who owe their riches to shares in public companies and others engaged in private businesses.
There are undoubtedly many names missing from these lists, but according to Dai Doan Ket, here they are:
Vietnam's Richest Individuals & Families
PUBLIC
1. Truong Gia Binh, Chairman and CEO of FPT, who has VND2,300bil ($143.75mil).
2. Nguyen Duc Kien, Deputy Chairman of ACB, who holds 10mil shares of the bank worth VND1,500bil ($93.75mil).
3. Tran Mong Hung, Chairman of ACB, who holds 14mil shares of the bank
4. Nguyen Duy Hung, Chairman of SSI, VND800bil ($50mil)
5. Le Van Quang, Chairman of Minh Phu Seafood, VND1,100bil ($68.75mil). His 20-year-old daughter has VND480bil ($30mil).
6. The members of the Tran family, who hold VND3,200bil worth of shares ($200mil) in Kinh Do Bakery Company.
PRIVATE
1. Vo Quoc Thang, Director General of Dong Tam Joint Stock Company and Doan Nguyen Duc, Chairman of Hoang Anh Gia Lai Company, who have more than one trillion dong.
2. Tram Be, shareholder of Phuong Nam Bank and Trieu An Hospital, who has more than VND1tril.
3. Nguyen Thi Huong, Chairman of Hoan Cau Company, who has VND2tril ($125mil), mostly in real estate.
List is very incomplete
This list is very incomplete. Someone should do better.
How about Bitexco, Khai Silk, Huy Hoang, Thai Tuan and others?
Thanh Nien has a few more names to add to the list...
Last year, Tien Phong newspaper reported that a Vietnamese-American living in the US, Tran Dinh Truong, has total assets worth $1 billion and that he is the richest person of Vietnamese origin at present.
It also lists other potential candidates including Vu Van Tien, president of the Hanoi General Import Export Company, Dao Hong Tuyen, owner of Tuan Chau Island in coastal Quang Ninh Province.
Another candidate is Tran Van Cuong, president of the Nam Cuong Trade and Tourism Company, which operates luxury hotels across Vietnam with investments estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars.
Then there are business leaders like Dang Le Nguyen Vu, owner of Trung Nguyen Coffee, Vuu Khai Thanh, of Biti’s, Thai Tuan, of Thai Tuan Textile Company, Vo Truong Thanh, of Truong Thanh Wood Processing Company, and Vo Minh Hoai, of Sun Spa Resort in Quang Binh Province.