According to Forbes' real-time billionaire ranking on July 28, Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong, Chairman of Vingroup's Board of Directors, owns assets of about 32.9 billion USD, an increase of 190 million USD in just one day. With this fortune, he ranks 65th in the world, and continues to hold the position of the richest person in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.
Meanwhile, Ms. Pham Thu Huong, Vice Chairman of Vingroup's Board of Directors, currently owns about 3.7 billion USD, ranking No. 148 on Forbes' list of world billionaires.
Thus, the total assets of Mr. and Mrs. Pham Nhat Vuong currently reach about 36.6 billion USD, approaching the 37 billion USD mark.
Not only leading the list of the richest people in Vietnam, Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong also creates a significant gap with the remaining USD billionaires in the country.
According to Forbes, Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao - Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Vietjet Air - currently owns about 3.8 billion USD, Chairman of Hoa Phat Tran Dinh Long has about 2.3 billion USD, Chairman of Techcombank Ho Hung Anh about 1.9 billion USD, Chairman of Masan Nguyen Dang Quang about 1.2 billion USD and Chairman of VPBank Ngo Chi Dung about 1 billion USD.
Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong's assets alone are currently higher than the total assets of all other USD billionaires in Vietnam combined, showing the widening gap between the richest person in Vietnam and the rest of the ranking.
Strong increase in assets along with the upward momentum of Vingroup shares.
The assets of Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong and Ms. Pham Thu Huong are mainly calculated by Forbes based on the value of shares held in Vingroup and enterprises in the ecosystem. Therefore, the developments of VIC shares and related enterprises have a direct impact on the asset value updated by Forbes in real time.
In 2026, Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong repeatedly appeared in the group of billionaires with the largest asset increase in the world when Vingroup shares continuously broke through. In the Forbes World's Billionaires 2026 list announced in March, his assets were recorded at 27.7 billion USD. In just less than 5 months, this figure has increased by more than 5.2 billion USD, to nearly 33 billion USD.
The increase in assets also helps Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong continue to consolidate his position as the richest person in Southeast Asia, while making Vietnam one of the countries with the strongest increase in billionaires' assets in the region in 2026.
