3 VIETNAMESE WERE HONORED AS POWER BUSINESSWOMEN IN ASIA

Yesterday, Forbes announced list of 50 power business women in Asia with three representatives from Vietnam.

Three Vietnamese representatives include Ms. Cao Thi Ngoc Dung (President and CEO of PNJ JSC), Ms. Thai Huong (President of TH Milk Group) and Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao (President and Co-founder of Sovico Holdings).

1. Ms. Cao Thi Ngoc Dung - Phu Nhuan Jewelry JSC

Ms. Ngoc Dung founded and built brand “PNJ” from a small shop of Jewelry in 1998, then, PNJ was listed on the Stock Exchange in 2004; until now, Ms. Dung has held 17% of shares. PNJ has considered as the leader of Vietnam Jewelry market with over 3,000 staff and 200 shops. Beside that, in 2015, the revenue of PNJ reached 350 million dollars and the profit was 23 million dollars.

2. Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao - Sovico Holdings

Ms. Phuong Thao studied in Russia, Soviet Union, in 1990s. Now, she assumes the role as the president and Co-founder of Sovico Holdings with registered capital up to 1 trillion VND (approximately 53 million dollars). Furthermore, this company also has held shares of HD Bank and Vietjet Air.

3. Ms. Thai Huong – TH Group

Ms. Thai Huong also appeared Forbes list of last year, although she participated in milk market from 2009 with the commitment of changing this sector.

In last year, she invested 2.7 billion dollars to Russian Agriculture, especially a 500 million dollars farm with 350,000 cows providing 1.8 million litters of milk each year.

In 2015, the revenue of TH Group achieved 215 million dollars with the profit up to 45 million dollars.

In past, she also founded BAC A BANK with total assets nearly three billion dollars.

To select this list of 2016, Forbes based on many criteria such as the revenue of companies, the role of candidates in companies and the level of job involvement.