Recently, many businesses have been established in Vietnam with women at the helm, demonstrating some level of effectiveness. Is it time for female leaders or a feminine management style to dominate in these businesses?
Emmanuelle Gounot, CEO of Intrepid Vietnam, shares her views with TheLEADER about how to close the gap in e-commerce, and some advice for the young female generation to thrive in their career.
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Gender inequity is a complex and layered challenge. Diversity goals or women leadership initiatives alone are often not enough to close the gaps.
Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, founder of Singapore-listed Thai Beverage, has expressed his keen interest to invest in a wide range of industries beyond beverage in Vietnam.
Appearing staggeringly in the bold and powerful red outfit as usual at Vietnam Private Sector Economic Forum held last week, Tan Hiep Phat Group deputy CEO Tran Uyen Phuong shed light on her refusal to be a billionaire yet undertaking a grander task to help enhance the international stature of Vietnamese entrepreneurs.
The two new billionaires have total asset value of $3 billion.
Truong Hai Automobile JSC (Thaco) owned by billionaire Tran Ba Duong has taken a further step in the field of agriculture after entering the strategic cooperation with Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) Group owned by Doan Nguyen Duc.
Unilever’s profit sharply jumped last year with the after-tax profit of roughly $165 million, up nearly 40% compared to 2016, thanks to strong revenue growth and steady cost control.
Oil prices have approached $70 a barrel and Vietjet Air will have to adjust its profit plan in case they exceed this threshold.
Bamboo Airways may pose a risk of competition with Vietnam Airlines or Vietjet Air; however, this prospect will only happen as early as 2019.
Being a billionaire by owning billions of dollar of assets, many Vietnamese businesses use these assets to secure their loans or related companies at banks.
The status of each country today is not only its historical and cultural traditions but also economic power including the wealth of its billionaires.
Economic expert Pham Chi Lan is optimistic about the country's development as Vietnamese billionaires named in Forbes's list of the world's billionaires are investing in many important sectors.
Phu Long Real Estate JSC, which is part of billionaire Phuong Thao’s Sovico Group, received VND2.3 trillion (US$ 101.4 million) of additional capital before acquiring a 50 per cent stake in Splendora urban project and replacing Korean investor Posco E & C.
