The 70-year-old Buddhist monk of Son Kim Group still “screams fire” or “internal minister” builds the foundation for the Ly Qui family.
Mrs. Nguyen Thi Son – “The Queen Mother” screams fire, behind the empire Son Kim Group
When it comes to successful businesswomen in Vietnam since the 1980s, surely no one does not know Mrs. Nguyen Thi Son. Businesswoman U70 Nguyen Thi Son is known as a strong woman. She is the founder of the illustrious Son Kim family.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Son comes from a family with a tradition in apparel. In an interview, Ms. Son shared: “As a family with a tradition in the textile industry, my parents are Bac Ninh, lived in Hanoi, and immigrated to the South in 1954. While in Hanoi , my mother owns a silk fabric shop. After that, my family lived in Hue for 2 years. In Saigon in 1956, my mother decided to open a factory to sew Dai Thanh brand clothes, wholesale at the markets of Thu Duc, Tam Hiep, Ong Ta, Truong Minh Giang, Go Vap, Cho Lon, Ben Thanh and other provinces. Central…”.

Thanks to her accumulated experience, Ms. Son has been a manager of a state-owned garment enterprise Legamex, Rector of the School of Business Administration, Director of the Institute of Legal Sciences and International Business and many other titles. Therefore, Son Kim Group (formerly known as Dai Thanh) has great strength in the textile and garment industry, high fashion and holds many trillion-dollar real estate projects in a prime location.
She lost her husband very early, raised 5 children under one arm, but she not only raised her children to grow up to be human but also actively supported them from experience, knowledge to finance; so that all 5 people have become the top entrepreneurs in HCMC.
It is known that the founder of Son Kim Group is the mother of 5 entrepreneurs who are running companies in many different fields, including real estate (Son Kim Land), trading business, services, catering, housing. goods (Son Kim Retail), pharmaceuticals (Nanogen-Bio), interior design (Duy Quan), tea and coffee (Golden Mountain), fashion production (VERA), online sales, TV channels ( GS.SHOP).
Although she is at the age of seventy years old and does not hold any specific position in Son Kim, Ms. Nguyen Thi Son is still considered the most powerful woman in the family. Many people even liken her to the “old Buddha family” or the “emperor emperor” of Son Kim.
Ms. Hong Trang said that her mother “is a woman with hidden power, but she is too busy to have much time for her children.
Instead, my mother is observant and has an overview of my children’s business, so she can easily detect where it is not reasonable to give suggestions.”
In 1998, Ms. Nguyen Thi Son transferred to the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and was appointed Rector of the School of Business Administration (CBAM) under VCCI. After joining the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Lawyers Association (VLA), Ms. Son was appointed Director of the Institute of Legal Sciences and International Business in 2006.

At the age of 60, Ms. Son founded Southeast Asia Education Development Investment Joint Stock Company and Duy Tan Middle School and High School. At the age of seventeen, she gradually transferred the job of educational management to her grandson Nguyen Hoang Viet.
Outside of work, Ms. Son is also passionate about Facebook. Recently, she also shared her feelings when turning 73 years old, reminiscing about her business life.
“The old woman is a person who diligently reads, learns, and researches in each field related to her career. Since then, she writes down the knowledge she has learned in the form of passing on experiences to others. so the knowledge is remembered for a long time”, said businesswoman Nguyen Thi Son.
The secretive businesswoman Nguyen Thi Quynh Nga – who laid the foundation for the upmarket culinary empire of the Ly Qui family
The Ly Qui family is famous as a culinary corporation, selling home furniture, no one can surpass them in terms of the number of properties in Vietnam. This family founded many restaurant chains and cafes from the era when Western cuisine was newly introduced to our country such as Ciao, Terrace, Ibox, Goody, Paris Deli, Fly Cupcake Garden, Maxim’s Nam An, An, An Vien, Thanh Nien, Gloria Jean’s… Besides, the family furniture business has contributed to the ‘huge’ assets and countless large properties.

Mrs. Nguyen Thi Quynh Nga – Ly Qui Khanh’s paternal grandmother.
If Ly Qui Khanh is famous for art, Ly Qui’s house is known through chains of restaurants and cafes from the time when Western cuisine was just introduced to our country.
Although it was not until the life of businessman Ly Qui Trung (belonging to the second generation), the property of the Ly Qui family really expanded. But few people know that the people who laid the foundation for the Ly Qui family were journalists Chanh Trinh and Nguyen Thi Quynh Nga.

Designer Ly Qui Khanh and grandmother – private businesswoman Nguyen Thi Quynh Nga
Ms. Quynh Nga is a veteran businessman and the owner of Thanh Nien restaurant (the oldest Vietnamese rice restaurant in Saigon) that has existed in the heart of District 1 since 1989. For the past 33 years, this place has always been. is always the first choice for family meals of many generations of Saigon people.
According to many sources, the Ly Qui family owns a lot of luxury and expensive real estate in the city center, each family member lives in luxurious penthouses and villas.
Grandma Ly Qui Khanh’s house is said to be a super-large villa in Binh Duong and extremely private. It is so wide that to go from the entrance to the door, you have to drive a few kilometers. Inside is a resort complex with a garden, several standard swimming pools. This is a place where friends and upper-class partners of this family often hang out to socialize.
Female tycoon Truong My Lan – leader of the Chinese real estate family Van Thinh Phat with a huge fortune
After 15 years of participating in the real estate market, Truong My Lan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Van Thinh Phat Company, has built a huge fortune with a series of real estate projects with prime locations in Ho Chi Minh City. .
Ms. Truong My Lan (also known as Truong Muoi) was born in 1956, is a rich Vietnamese-Chinese businesswoman in Vietnam. Ms. Lan is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Van Thinh Phat Company, which owns many golden lands in Ho Chi Minh City. Her husband is Eric Chu Nap Kee, a real estate businessman in Hong Kong.

Mrs. Truong My Lan and her husband
In 1992, Ms. Truong My Lan established Van Thinh Phat Company Limited (formerly Van Thinh Phat Private Company was established in 1991) operating in the field of commerce and business of restaurants and hotels. According to the National Business Registration Portal, VTP Group currently has a charter capital of VND 13 trillion, with Ms. Truong My Lan holding the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ms. Truong Hue Van holding the position of General Director.
10 richest and most prestigious families in Vietnam: Billions of dollars in assets, occupying many socio-economic fields
Currently, Van Thinh Phat with a total capital is higher than VinGroup, and is under the “leadership” of Chinese-born female billionaire Truong My Lan – Chairman of the Board of Directors and Ms. Truong My Linh – General Director.
Initially, the company was in the field of commerce and business of restaurants and hotels, then expanded its activities to the real estate business.

Van Thinh Phat and its subsidiaries currently own many real estate projects with prime locations in Ho Chi Minh City such as Union Square, Times Square, VTP Office Building, Duxton hotel… Highlights in which the Times building is The 40-storey Square has a prime location when it owns two fronts Nguyen Hue and Dong Khoi.
This group also owns many other projects such as: Sherwood Residence luxury serviced apartment building, An Dong commercial hotel, Bonville Land residential area, Sterling Residence luxury residential area and Lambert luxury apartment complex Residence.
The owner Van Thinh Phat also surprised the giants in the real estate industry many times when he stood out to acquire golden land in Ho Chi Minh City such as the acquisition of Vincom Center A tower (later Union Square), Thuan Kieu Plaza, Saigon Peninsula…
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