This is the third time Forbes Vietnam has compiled a list honoring young faces who are active in various fields, having a positive impact in their industries and areas of work in Vietnam.
This year’s list, in addition to young entrepreneurs and founders of startups with remarkable success, also includes outstanding individuals in the fields of arts, entertainment, creativity, and sports.
Alongside young people engaged in social activities, there are scientists playing key roles in making breakthroughs in cutting-edge research sectors of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning.
90% of the individuals on the list have a university, college, or postgraduate education. When asked to choose key characteristics to describe themselves, the prominent traits selected by these young people were: risk-taking, setting high standards, being ambitious, and having ideals.
Success, for them, means loving what they do and fully utilizing their potential; very few chose fame, and none chose money to describe their success.
Statistics show that over 60% of those on this year’s Forbes Vietnam 30 Under 30 list were educated at universities abroad. Most have returned to work in Vietnam, while some are working overseas but remain strongly committed to contributing to Vietnam’s development.
While those in the entertainment industry build their careers and influence from the domestic environment, where the demand for entertainment is high, scientists have found foreign countries—especially major U.S. tech companies—to be the best environments to develop their capabilities.
The list includes:

1. Trần Mạnh Công (30 years old) is a co-founder of the Topica Founder Institute startup incubator program.
2. Phạm Anh Đức (29 years old) is the CEO and founder of ViCare, a platform for searching healthcare information and connecting users with medical services in Vietnam.
3. Bùi Quang Huy (30 years old), co-founded Rikkeisoft in 2012, a company specializing in software outsourcing services for the Japanese market.
4. Nguyễn Văn Quang Huy (28 years old), is the co-founder and CTO of Holistics, a company providing data infrastructure and business intelligence (BI Platform) services for enterprise clients.
5. Nguyễn Khôi (27 years old), is the CEO and founder of Wefit. This application is built on the principles of a sharing economy, serving both fitness enthusiasts and fitness service providers.
6. Lưu Thế Lợi (27 years old) is the co-founder and CEO of Kyber Network, a cryptocurrency exchange model that recently raised $52 million from over 21,000 members in more than 100 countries.
7. Dương Quỳnh Phương (30 years old) is the Vice President of NSI Ventures, an investment fund specializing in Series A/B investments in startups that have proven their business model and generated revenue.
8. Hà Thị Tú Phượng (25 years old), founder and CEO of METUB.
9. Nguyễn Lân Trung Anh (30 years old), President of XLE Sports & Entertainment Company, operating in the sports sector in Vietnam, managing sports clubs…
10. Nguyễn Thùy Linh Cát (27 years old), founder and CEO of Nguyên Sa Fashion (Catsashop) with a revenue of VND 50 billion in 2017.
11. Nguyễn Duy (28 years old), CEO of KOVA Trading JSC, specializing in high-end paint products.
12. Lê Cảnh Bích Hạnh (29 years old), CEO of Vascara, a women’s fashion brand with 100 stores. Vascara’s products currently focus on shoes and handbags, with 100% of the shoes made in Vietnam and handbags manufactured according to Vascara’s designs.
13. Trần Minh Long (29 years old), CEO of CEN Group Southern, a company with 450 employees, achieving revenue of VND 310 billion in 2017.
14. Phạm Thành Thái (28 years old), Ph.D., Amazon. In 2016, Thái graduated with a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University.
15. Lương Minh Thắng (30 years old) is a Ph.D. and a research scientist at Google Brain, a division focused on machine learning, a major branch of artificial intelligence (AI) at Google.
16. Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung is a female football player.
17. Nguyễn Trần Duy Nhất (28 years old), a martial artist. In May 2017, Nguyễn Trần Duy Nhất won the World Muay Thai semi-professional championship in the 60kg category.
18. Lê Giang (30 years old) is a visual artist and co-founder of Six Space in Hanoi.
19. Trần Dũng Thanh Huy (28 years old), a director of many short films such as “Nhìn sẽ thấy” (2006), “Chìa khóa cuộc đời” (2008), “Sự sống” (2008), “Chuyện ba người” (2009), “Đường bi” (2011); “The Pursuit” (2011), “Marble” (2011), “16:30” (2012).
20. Đặng Thành Long (27 years old), co-founder of Saigon Artbook – a 7-volume book series, and founder of inpages.org – an art space focused on promoting culture and art books.
21. Giang Quốc Nghiệp (28 years old) is a circus performer with over 15 years of experience.
22. Isaac (Phạm Lưu Tuấn Tài), 30 years old, is a singer and actor.
23. Sơn Tùng M-TP, stage name of Nguyễn Thanh Tùng, 24 years old.
24. Vũ Cát Tường, 26 years old, is also a famous young artist with more than 30 awards.
25. Trần Đức Viễn, 28 years old, is the director and CEO of FAPtv. FAPtv (Forever Alone People or Funny Action Program) is a prominent content development group on the Internet in Vietnam over the past two years.
26. Phan Hoàng Lan, 30 years old, works at the National Agency for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Development (NATEC) – Ministry of Science and Technology.
27. Nguyễn Mai Hương, 28 years old, is a psychology lecturer at the National University of Singapore, a member of the American Psychological Association, and the editor of the book series “Psychology at a Glance.”
28. Lê Nguyễn Thiên Hương, 30 years old, is the founder and coordinator of Actions for Son Doong.
29. Nguyễn Hoàng Phong, 23 years old, is the co-founder and operator of the knowledge-sharing platform Love of Knowledge (LOK).
30. Nguyễn Thị Thu Trang, 27 years old, is the founder and CEO of WildAct, a non-governmental organization established in 2013 that works in wildlife and environmental conservation in Vietnam.

Thus, nearly 60% of the individuals on Vietnam’s 30 Under 30 list have studied abroad! Come to NEEC to learn how to change your life with a U.S. degree!