The richest of the new entrants is Pham Thu Huong, Vingroup’s vice chairwoman, who has a net worth of US$2.2 billion as at Feb. 2, 2026.
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This screenshot of Forbes’ real-time billionaire list shows the three new Vietnamese billionaires. |
Born in 1969, Huong has a master’s degree in International Law from Ukraine. She is the wife of Pham Nhat Vuong, the group’s chairman and Vietnam’s richest man. She directly owns a roughly 4.4% stake in the group.
Also joining the list is Huong’s younger sister and another Vingroup vice chairwoman, Pham Thuy Hang, who has a net worth of $1.5 billion.
Hang, born in 1974, graduated with a degree in Russian from Hanoi University. She owns nearly 3% of the group.
The third new billionaire is VPBank chairman Ngo Chi Dung, whose net worth is estimated at $1.1 billion.
Born in 1968, Dung graduated from the Russian State Geological Prospecting University and holds a PhD in Economics from the Russian Academy of Sciences. He has a 4.14% stake in VPBank.
Vietnam now has eight billionaires, with Vuong still the richest.
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Seven of Vietnam’s 8 billionaires. From top to bottom, left to right: Vingroup chairman Pham Nhat Vuong, Vingroup vice chairwoman Pham Thu Huong, VietJet Air chairwoman Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, VPBank chairman Ngo Chi Dung, Masan chairman Nguyen Dang Quang, Hoa Phat Group chairman Tran Dinh Long, Techcombank chairman Ho Hung Anh. Graphics by VnExpress/Trong Hieu |
However, his wealth has fallen by $7 billion from the end of last year to $21.1 billion.
Three other Vietnamese billionaires, namely Vietjet chairwoman Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, Techcombank chairman Ho Hung Anh and Hoa Phat Group chairman Tran Dinh Long, also saw their net worth decline during the same period.
These decreases were caused by drops in the share prices of their respective companies.
However, Nguyen Dang Quang, chairman of Masan Group, saw his wealth increase by $100 million, driven by a 7% rise in his conglomerate’s shares.
Forbes calculates an individual’s net worth based on the value of their stock holdings and other assets such as real estate, artworks and yachts.
