The Top 10 billionaires on the Vietnam Stock Exchange

CafeF have released their latest rich list, here are the top 10 richest Vietnamese businesspeople, all of whom are owners of large companies with assets totaling between VND5.844 billion and VND173.462 billion.
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Pham Nhat Vuong - Chairman of Vingroup (VIC)

The Vingroup Chairman Vuong holds first place in the list and leads the pack by some distance. Currently, he directly holds 8.7 trillion VIC shares and indirectly holds a further 989 million more VIC shares through a 92.88% stake in Vietnam Investment Group JSC. In total, Vuong has assets worth VND173.462 billion. (Photo: Cafeland.vn)

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Tran Dinh Long - Chairman of Hoa Phat Group (HPG)

Long became the second private plane owner in Vietnam after buying a US$4.9 million aircraft in 2010 and holds second place on the list. He holds a total of 534 million HPG shares and his total assets are worth VND21.314 billion. (Photo: Viettimes.vn)

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Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, President and CEO of Vietjet Air (VJC)

Thao is currently Southeast Asia’s only female billionaire and became the regions first female to be named on the 2017 Forbes list of Self-Made Women Billionaires in the world. Thao is also an influential entrepreneur in both the finance and real estate sectors. She directly holds 47 million VJC share and indirectly holds a further 93 million more respectively. She also has 35 million shares invested in Indian bank HDFC. Her assets are worth VND20.951 billion. (Photo: Vietq.vn)

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Trinh Van Quyet - President of a real estate development group FLC

The FLC President Quyet currently owns assests that total VND16.120 billion. At present he owns, 150 million FLC shares, 382 million shares in construction company ROS and 3.1 million shares in ART. (Photo: Tien Phong)

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Pham Thu Huong, Vingroup’s deputy chairwoman and wife of Pham Nhat Vuong

The wife of Pham Nhat Vuong makes it to number 5 on the list. She holds 151 million shares in Vingroup and has total assets worth VND14.048 billion. (Photo: Zing)

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Bui Thanh Nhon, chairman of Ho Chi Minh City based real estate developer Novaland (NVL)

The Novaland chairman currently owns 190 million shares in the company and has assets worth VND12.179 billion. (Photo: Danviet)

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Ho Xuan Nang, chairman of Vicostone (VSC)

Nang currently has assets worth VND9.755 billion. The majority of these assets come from his direct ownership of 5.6 million VSC shares and indirectly holding a further 115 million shares. (Photo: Cafef)

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Pham Thuy Hang - Vice President of Vingroup and sister of Pham Thu Huong

Hang holds 100 million VIC shares with total assets of VND9.382 billion.

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Vu Thi Hien, wife of HPG Chairman Tran Dinh Long

The wife of the HPG chairman currently holds 154 million shares in the company with total assets of VND6.174 billion.

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Nguyen Duc Tai- Chairman and CEO of The Gioi Di Dong JSCI (MWG)

Taking the final place in the Top 10, Tai holds 8.2 million MWG shares with total assets of VND5.844 billion. (Photo: Brandsvietnam.com)

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