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Vietnam Founders & Conglomerates
Expert guides, analysis and tool comparisons on Vietnam Founders & Conglomerates from the kurums.com Startup desk — written for business decision-makers and updated as the market moves.
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- Updated Sep 13, 2026
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Trương Gia Bình: The Scientist Who Turned FPT into a Global Software House
A Moscow-trained physicist, twelve colleagues and a Bangalore study trip produced Vietnam’s only globally known software company.
Trần Bá Dương: The Mechanic Who Built Thaco
A mechanic from Huế turned a coastal sand flat into thirty factories and Vietnam’s biggest private industrial group, without ever listing.
Nguyễn Thị Phương Thảo: The Billionaire Who Built an Airline and a Bank
From fax machines in Moscow to Vietnam’s biggest domestic airline and a top private bank, without letting one business pay for the other.
Phạm Nhật Vượng: From Instant Noodles in Ukraine to Vietnam’s Largest Conglomerate
The noodle maker who became Vietnam’s richest man and now funds cars, taxis and a railway with property cash.
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