Female billionaire and the dream of connecting Vietnam with the world

Talented, constantly striving, daring to dream and dare to realize dreams, female billionaire Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao shows that women can absolutely rise up, succeed for their organizations and contribute to the development of the country.

Witnessed by Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and French Prime Minister Jean Castex, Vietjet and Safran (France's leading high-tech group) signed a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement between the two sides.

Vietnamese airline dream

Few people know that the birth of Vietjet, a private airline, was conceived from the wish-filled question of a poor grandmother in a family with revolutionary contributions in the highlands: "How many tons of rice do you need to buy a plane ticket?". That seemingly simple question made businesswoman Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao realize the burning desire of the majority of Vietnamese people: to set foot on a plane to explore the country, explore the world and further, change their lives, connecting Vietnam with the world.

Billionaire Phuong Thao expressed her aspiration to build a regional and global airline, connecting Vietnam with the world, connecting people of all cultures.

From the plan to build a 5-star airline, the meeting with a highland grandmother made Vietjet's founder change his mind, establishing an airline that everyone could fly and enjoy flying immediately. Vietjet's birth became a breath of fresh air to breathe life into the monopolistic aviation industry. Initial doubts about the private aviation model were dispelled when Vietjet continuously expanded its flight network, making the flying dream of millions of people come true. With constant innovation and creativity, Vietjet's secret to success is focusing on service innovation and cost management. The airline is a pioneer in changing from paper airline tickets to electronic tickets and online payments, continuously improving operating procedures, aiming for standardization and streamlining. Vietjet owns one of the newest and most modern fleets in the world, with a team of staff from many countries, young, enthusiastic and with high team spirit. Vietjet's development journey, like many other businesses, has gone through ups and downs, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. This is an extremely difficult time for the entire world economy . However, this is the time when the source of energy, the will to overcome difficulties, the spirit of creativity and innovation are most clearly demonstrated in the Vietjet team. Faced with the need to stop transporting passengers and join hands with the Government to prevent the pandemic, Vietjet has shifted to transporting goods, taking advantage of this to recover. Vietjet has operated hundreds of flights to transport anti-epidemic forces, medical equipment and supplies, vaccines, etc. to epidemic areas and evacuated hundreds of thousands of passengers from epidemic areas, supporting the implementation of over 2 million test samples and millions of vaccine injections. Although the pandemic forced Vietjet to postpone some plans to expand to new markets, the airline has made every effort to make up for the lost time. The pandemic could not become a barrier but an opportunity for Vietjet to innovate, rise up with courage and rise strongly. Immediately after the pandemic was controlled, in just one year, the airline pioneered the opening of 33 new international routes, becoming the largest airline flying to Australia and India, while continuing to expand in major markets that it has exploited such as China, Japan, Korea and many new destinations in traditional Southeast Asian regions. Instinct and history have shaped Vietnam into an extroverted country. And Vietjet has become a bridge to bring Vietnam to the world, to bring the world to Vietnam. Anyone flying with Vietjet is proud and moved when the melody of the song "Hello Vietnam" is played. That song represents the global mindset of Vietjet, of billionaire Phuong Thao, Chairwoman of Vietjet's Board of Directors, expressing the aspiration to build an airline that is not only Vietnamese but also regional and global, connecting Vietnam with the world, connecting people of all cultures.

Vietjet was born to become a breath of fresh air to the aviation industry.

Leading the trend

In the Vietnamese business community, there are many talented female leaders who have made great contributions to the country's economy. However, successful women in the aviation industry like Ms. Phuong Thao are rare in the world, because this is considered a "territory" of men. The female billionaire always puts the protection and promotion of women's rights at the heart of corporate culture and always acts for equality for women. Vietjet is an airline that brings the dream of flying to many women, training female pilots, female captains, female mechanical engineers, and women in information technology. This diversity stems from Ms. Phuong Thao's respect for women's differences. Like many other Asian women, Ms. Phuong Thao certainly has to endure the pressure of "being good at both public affairs and housework". That pressure makes every woman try twice or three times harder than men. But female billionaire Phuong Thao has never felt held back because she is a woman. Regularly on weekends or holidays, Ms. Phuong Thao spends her precious time going to places where she can make her dreams come true.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, Chairwoman and General Director of SOVICO Group and Mr. Jean-Yves Le Saux, Director of Strategic Planning of UNESCO signed a Cooperation Agreement to implement the project “Connecting World Heritage Sites and Creative Cities recognized by UNESCO in Vietnam” in the presence of Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and UNESCO Director General, Ms. Audrey Azoulay.

Therefore, in addition to founding Vietjet, multi-industry businesswoman Phuong Thao, with her knowledge of a PhD in economics and automation, is interested in most areas of the economy. Not stopping there, she began to pay attention to supporting the fields of technology, education, healthcare, etc. to bring a better life to the people. Her businesses and the business community have been contributing to the growth of the private economic sector, helping to create the image of an integrated, self-reliant, innovative and developing country. Ms. Phuong Thao advises women entrepreneurs to be at the forefront of business trends, technology and automation trends, aiming for a multinational, multicultural environment to realize the dreams and aspirations of happiness and prosperity for each member of their organization. Those who are interested in the development and integration of the Vietnamese economy and the Vietnamese stock market know Ms. Phuong Thao with her desire to contribute to bringing the Vietnamese stock market with a national vision to develop by 2045, with the shortest roadmap to stand shoulder to shoulder with major markets such as London and New York, bringing an even brighter future to the country's economy. In 2021, when the HOSE stock exchange was constantly overloaded and congested, Ms. Phuong Thao proposed an initiative for Sovico Group and FPT to sponsor a technology solution to "rescue" HOSE. This solution later became a bright spot for the Vietnamese financial and economic sector in the context of the pandemic deeply affecting all aspects of the economy.

Regularly on weekends or holidays, Ms. Phuong Thao spends her precious time going to places where she can make her dreams come true.

Dreams from a compassionate heart

Any Vietnamese woman is taught the spirit of sacrifice, caring, meticulousness, grace, generosity, knowing how to give without asking for anything in return, always thinking of others before herself. And, women are often dreamy and romantic. For billionaire Phuong Thao, dreams are dreams that come from a compassionate heart, from the desire to bring the best things to the community. Those are big dreams that following her journey will see her always act like an angel to make those dreams come true. She has spread and realized those dreams to all her employees, to the community in many charity activities. During the Covid-19 period, her businesses organized many free flights to bring cadres, medical staff, vaccines, and supplies to epidemic centers; donated hundreds of thousands of meals in Ho Chi Minh City; sponsoring ambulances, testing kits for localities, etc. The businesswoman is also the one who promoted the construction of an online donation website for the Covid-19 Prevention Fund as a focal point to call for donations from within and outside the country to fight the epidemic. The fund has raised nearly 12,000 billion VND. During Tet, she organized many free flights to bring poor workers and orphaned students back to their hometowns to reunite with their families and relatives. Each flight takes off, happiness comes to every home. Regularly on weekends or holidays, Ms. Phuong Thao spends her time going to places where she can make her dreams come true. She often visits and gives gifts to children in orphanages, and distributes charity meals. Tens of thousands of gifts are also sent to many remote areas across the country during Tet every year. Quietly, the success of multi-industry businesswoman Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao and her team, along with the success of the business community and Vietnamese women, has contributed to bringing a prosperous and happy life to the people, developing the country, and connecting Vietnam more closely with the world./.

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