Female billionaire Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao makes a special impression on the investor community.

(Chinhphu.vn) - At the Techcombank 2025 Investment Conference on the morning of July 9, female billionaire Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao shared impressively about the development journey of the Vietjet brand and the aspiration of an entrepreneur who wants to contribute to making Vietnam a regional economic center, a powerful country with global status.

Female billionaire Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao - who has accompanied the development of Vietnam's capital market since its early days - Photo: VGP/PD

According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, who has been involved and accompanied the development of the Vietnamese stock market, since the event of the gong to open the first trading session of Vietjet shares (code VJC) on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HoSE) to date, the investment value of shareholders accompanying Vietjet has increased about 5 times, showing that it is also a sustainable and strong development process of Vietjet since the milestone of listing on the stock market.

The airline currently owns more than 120 modern aircraft, transporting more than 220 million passengers on domestic and intercontinental routes. In 2024 alone, Vietjet will expand its flight network to India, China, Indonesia, Kazakhstan and Australia - connecting Vietnam with economic , tourism and cultural centers of nearly 4 billion people.

"We bring Pho Thin and Vietnamese bread on the plane as a proud invitation to international friends. And "bring the bell to strike foreign lands" with Vietjet Thailand, currently operating 20 aircraft and among the leading airlines in this country", the female billionaire shared and emphasized that: "For us, aviation is not just a means of transportation, but a developing infrastructure, a bridge connecting dreams, knowledge and opportunities".

Accordingly, Vietjet is building a comprehensive aviation ecosystem, from engineering, logistics, training, research to cooperation with engine and aircraft manufacturers, global technology partners such as GE, Pratt & Whitney, Airbus, Boeing... The goal is to turn Vietnam into a regional and world aviation hub, with technological competitiveness, quality and human resources.

As a typical Vietnamese entrepreneur, Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao said that the business community and entrepreneurs share the same aspiration to make Vietnam a regional economic center, a powerful, humane country with global status - Photo: VGP/PD

Aspiration to make Vietnam a regional economic center

To realize those aspirations, Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao has accompanied the Government and the Ministry of Finance since the early days of the capital market. Because according to Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao's assessment, the capital market plays a pivotal role in long-term growth, alongside bank credit.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao said that she and her businesses had the opportunity to accompany from the beginning. From the program of repaying Russia's debt with goods, to issuing the Government's first international bonds and with the project of establishing the first joint stock banks (including Techcombank).

For the investor community, Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao's companionship is also associated with many big facts in market development. At this time, the Vietnamese stock market is bustling with billion-dollar trading sessions, recalling the boom period of 2021. At that time, HoSE fell into a state of overload and prolonged order congestion, Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao herself proposed the initiative and together with the resources and capacity of domestic private enterprises, carried out a rapid 100-day rescue, successfully deploying a technology solution to help the market operate stably for more than 4 years, contributing to strengthening confidence and protecting investor interests.

After 30 years of investing and developing businesses, Dr. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao said that her aspiration is now greater: to make Vietnam a regional economic center, a powerful, humane country with global status.

"We started our business journey more than 30 years ago with a simple aspiration: to contribute to the development of the country with real values. Today, that aspiration is bigger, to make Vietnam a regional economic center, a powerful, humane country with global status. Our aspiration is not only to grow, but to serve. Not only for businesses, but also for the community and investors," Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao shared.

Phuong Dung

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