According to data from Forbes, topping the list of Vietnamese billionaires is Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong - Chairman of Vingroup (HOSE: VIC).

Mr. Vuong maintained his net worth at $4.5 billion. Last week (January 15-19), the "Vin" group of stocks recorded VIC increasing by 0.7% to VND43,300/share; VHM increased by 4.24% and VRE increased by 3.25%. In addition, in the US market, VFS shares of electric car company VinFast traded at $6/share, not much fluctuation compared to the beginning of the week.

The only woman on the list of Vietnamese billionaires is Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao - Chairwoman of Vietjet Air (HOSE: VJC). She is holding a net worth of 2.3 billion USD.

Ranked third in the list is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hoa Phat Group Joint Stock Company (HOSE: HPG) - Mr. Tran Dinh Long. The total net worth of this steel industry billionaire is 2.3 billion USD.

Following him are Mr. Ho Hung Anh - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Techcombank (HOSE: TCB) and Mr. Tran Ba ​​Duong - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Thaco. The two billionaires together own a net worth of 1.4 billion USD.

Notably, Mr. Nguyen Dang Quang - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Masan Group (HOSE: MSN) - once again appeared on the list of the richest people on the planet. His net worth reached about 1 billion USD. As of January 19, MSN shares were priced at 67,800 VND/share, up 4.63% last week.

According to the management report for the first 6 months of 2023, as of the end of March 2023, Mr. Nguyen Dang Quang directly held only 18 MSN shares. However, Masan Corporation currently owns nearly 446.3 million MSN shares (equivalent to 31.35%). In addition, Mr. Quang also holds more than 9.4 million shares of Techcombank, shares of Masan Consumer Goods Corporation (UPCoM: MCH)...

This is not the first time Nguyen Dang Quang has left the list of world billionaires and then returned shortly after. In 2019, he first entered the list of world billionaires with an estimated net worth of 1.3 billion USD.