After graduating from Mo University, instead of choosing to stay, Son decided to return to Vietnam to start his career, then applied to Thanh Hoa University to improve his military skills.
Nguyen Anh Son (born in 1998) is a former student majoring in Russian at Nguyen Hue High School for the Gifted (Hanoi). During his high school years, Son planned to study engineering in Russia, but because he realized that he was more suited to business, he changed his direction to study abroad in the US.
In addition, this decision partly comes from family “tradition”. Son’s parents are former students of Hanoi University of Science and Technology. Both own a construction company. It was his parents who became the “fire-bearers” who helped Son pursue this path.
Mr. Son then chose to study Business Administration at the College of Charleston (USA). According to Son, the years of studying here helped him build a solid foundation in management and administration. It took the Vietnamese guy only about 3 years to complete this course.
Mr. Son was admitted to the Master of Business Administration program at Tsinghua University (China). (Photo: NVCC)
After graduating, realizing that “there are more and more opportunities in Vietnam than staying in the US to work”, Son decided to return home and establish his own company specializing in the production and construction of aluminum bars and rolling doors. Starting a business in a field full of “sharks”, Son said that he was lucky to have both his parents, who were always ready to support and back him up, even though he made many mistakes.
“20-30% of my first customers were introduced by my parents. As a “small fish” swimming alone, it will be very difficult to survive,” Son frankly admitted.
But instead of depending, in more than 4 years as CEO, Son continuously sought new directions and expanded his customer base. Realizing that he still had many shortcomings in managing and orienting the company's development, the 9X decided to study an additional Master of Business Administration (MBA) program to supplement his missing knowledge.
This time, Son wishes to study in China, in which Tsinghua University - the leading school in Asia - is considered by Son as "the best choice".
Tsinghua University's MBA program requires applicants to have at least 3 years of experience in addition to demonstrating exceptional qualities, future orientation and suitability for the program. The 1998-born man had 6 months to prepare his application, including the GMAT exam, essays and recommendation letters.
In the essay, Son writes about his own experiences running his own company at a very young age. In addition, Son also points out the bilateral relations between Vietnam - China and Vietnam - the US in trade and comments on the development of import-export and investment in Vietnam.
However, what made Son confident that he had done well was the interview round. The interview with leading professors of Tsinghua University and experts only lasted 10 minutes, but the candidate had to answer dozens of questions.
“The questions were very intense, both to determine authenticity and to test the candidate's ability to withstand pressure, such as information about the company such as revenue, implementation costs, number of employees, management methods, future orientation... If you don't do it for real and have a firm grasp of the data in hand, the professors can easily assess the authenticity of the profile," Son said.
Son is the first Vietnamese student to study the global MBA program at Tsinghua University. (Photo: NVCC)
Having gone through the recruitment process for the past 4 years also helped Son understand the purpose of interviews. Therefore, the 9X answered every question honestly, from withdrawing from the company's advisory board and promoting a trusted manager to CEO during his 2 years of studying for an MBA, to how his parents helped him in the early days of starting a business.
Thanks to that, Son was admitted to the MBA program with a 50% tuition scholarship. He also became the first Vietnamese student to study the global MBA program at Tsinghua University.
Up to now, Son has studied here for 4 months. This period of time is considered by Son to be “very valuable but also extremely challenging”.
“My classmates are all entrepreneurs or managers at the world’s leading corporations. Tsinghua also gave me the opportunity to approach investors in large Chinese companies or many famous CEOs in Asia and the world,” Son said.
In addition to his current company, Son has opened another company specializing in import-export consulting for Vietnamese and Chinese businesses. The Vietnamese guy aims to develop supply chain optimization solutions, creating conditions for Vietnamese businesses to easily access international markets.
Source: https://vtcnews.vn/chang-trai-lam-giam-doc-o-tuoi-22-gianh-hoc-bong-thao-si-dai-hoc-thanh-hoa-ar919887.html
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