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Global Vietnamese Intellectual Elite

Top 100 experts, scientists, and senior leaders of Vietnam with international influence

Global Vietnamese Knowledge Elite 

Top 100 experts, scientists, and high-level leaders of Vietnam and Vietnamese descent with international influence


Nguyễn Đức Khương

Senior Fellow, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge. Member, Vietnam’s National Advisory Council on Science, Technology, Innovation, and Digital Transformation. Stanford University's Top 2% Scientists list: 2020-2025 (Single Year Data). Stanford University's Top 2% Scientists list: 2025 (Career Long Data). Tatler Most Influential Vietnam 2025.

Nguyễn Đình Quý

R&D Manager at Mitsubishi Electric, Boston, USA; Director of Innovation Network, AVSE Global; Co-founder, VietSearch. PhD and Bachelor's from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. "Vietnamese Talent" Award 2019, "Golden Book of Creativity" 2021.

Đinh Thanh Hương

CFO, France – CIB Securities Services at BNP Paribas, France, the CEO of Knowledge & Projects at AVSE Global. 


Tạ Bích Loan

Former Head of Entertainment Program Production – Vietnam Television


Vũ Minh Khương

Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. LKYSPP Research Excellence Award (2012), LKYSPP Teaching Excellence Award (2009, 2011)

Nguyễn Trung Kiên

Deputy Director of Viettel Group, bringing more than 25 years of experience in research and development in semiconductors, integrated circuits (ICs), and telecommunications technologies.

Quy Võ-Reinhard

Co-Founder and President of dHealth, and the Founding Partner and CEO of V-Space Global. “The Most Influential Woman in Blockchain in Europe” (‘Blockshow Europe 2018’), “The Female Digital Innovator of 2020” in Switzerland

Phan Mạnh Tân

PhD, Solutions Architect specializes in designing scalable, resilient, and intelligent systems that drive critical business value. Dx Solutions Lead APAC at HCL Software

Lê Thị Nguyệt Minh

Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. Principal Investigator at the Institute for Digital Medicine and Lead Principal Investigator of the EVANTICA Research Program. Also holds editorial and leadership positions in international journals and professional societies dedicated to extracellular vesicle research.

Trần Văn Xuân

PhD., Co-founder and Chairman of Brain-Life, a neurotechnology company developing AI-powered brain-computer interface (BCI) solutions to enhance cognitive performance, mental wellbeing, and healthy ageing. Author of 85+ scientific publications, inventor of 6 patents

Nguyễn Trung Dũng

Chairman of the Vietnam Higher Education Network of Entrepreneurship & Innovation (VNEI) and the Hanoi Innovation & Startup Association (HANISA); CEO of BK Holdings; Lecturer at Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST).

Chử Đức Hoàng

PhD, Chief of Office, National Technology Innovation Fund (NATIF), Ministry of Science and Technology. VP of the Vietnam Association of Young Scientists and Engineers (VAYSE); Coordinator of the LIF Vietnam network (Royal Academy of Engineering, UK); Chairman and advisor to research institutes on technology strategy, application, and transfer. Author of 70+ scientific, technological, and policy publications on AI, IoT, biomedical engineering, and green technology.

Trần Phương Trà

Director of the Master's Program in Public Policy & International Cooperation at Audencia (France).

Nguyễn Trọng Thức

Digital Transformation and Supply Chain Expert specializing in SAP, ERP implementation, and Business Transformation.

Vinh Nguyễn

Founder of Patsense Inc., former Research Data Scientist at Meta, expert in AI, data science, and large-scale optimization.

Phạm Thái Bình

Founder and CEO of BCA Partners, specializing in investment banking, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), corporate restructuring, and strategic advisory.

Dương Nguyên Vũ

Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Complex Systems, Vice Provost of Graduate Education, Chief Scientific Officer of Center for AI Research at VinUniversity

Mai Thanh Phong

Professor, Ph.D., President of Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM).

Nguyễn Hoàng Phan

Chartered Insurance Practitioner, expert in insurance contracts and digital transformation. Currently leads the Regional Documentation & Governance function at Chubb Asia Pacific. Leading innovation in contract engineering, transforming unstructured contract data into structured, trusted enterprise intelligence.

Phan Bách Thắng

Professor, Dr., President of the University of Health Sciences, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM).

Hoàng Hà

Expert in data governance, data analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI), currently serving as Data Governance Manager and Data & Analytics Leader at Nestlé.

Nguyễn Thu Anh

Professor in Global Health at the University of Sydney. Inaugural Executive Director of the Sydney Vietnam Institute. Global health leader, medical doctor, and researcher with advanced degrees in epidemiology and social science.

Phạm Tân Hạnh 

Postdoctoral researcher at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital ; Ph.D. in Robotics and Deep Learning from the Florida Institute of Technology, USA

Nguyễn Hữu Vũ Khoa

Founder of FAM3 and Secretary-General of the GOE Alliance, pioneering the development of Vietnam's on-chain economy.

Nguyễn Thị Thu Trà

PhD in Strategic Management and Educational Management. Deputy Director at Cnam University's Directorate of Research (France), and Director of the Executive Talent Development Network at AVSE Global.

Phạm Đăng An

Mr. Pham Dang An is Deputy General Director of Vu Phong Energy Group, General Director of VP Carbon, and Board Member of EVNPECC3. With an MBA in Strategy and an MSc in Mental Health Psychology, his work explores human-governed, AI-assisted investment readiness frameworks for distributed energy, carbon solutions, and industrial energy transition in Vietnam.

Thái Thị Thanh Mai

Director of Social Business Creation at HEC Montréal, Canada. Editorial Board Member of the Journal of International Economics and Management. Recipient of the King Charles III Coronation Medal (January 2025). Recognized as one of the Top 50 Women Leaders in Education by Women We Admire. Former Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Vương Bá Quý

CEO and Founder, InnoSearch. PhD in Computer Science, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Bachelor's degree with distinction from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Former Technology and Product Manager at Meta and Google. Recipient of the First Prize at the Trí Tuệ Việt Nam Awards 2007.

Nguyễn Trung Khánh

Founder of TK25 Technology Inc. (2016), MPP (Fulbright). A winner of the Third Prize at the 2nd Ho Chi Minh City Innovation Awards and the First Prize at the IoT Startup SHTP (Saigon Hi‑Tech Park, 2018). He designs localized digital‑economy models that link public policy with grassroots innovation.

Trương Xuân Vinh

Dr., Principal Scientist and Group Leader at the A*STAR Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment and an Adjunct Professorship at the National University of Singapore. Author of 83 peer-reviewed publications, holding 11 patents and proprietary know-hows

Hoàng Minh Phương

Founder and CEO of GraphicsMiner, a company with a human-computer interaction (HCI) lab leveraging simulation and AI technologies. GraphicsMiner was featured by Google Cloud as a customer success story for its use of cloud infrastructure to scale AI solutions.

Trần Duy Hào

Awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy in Science and Technology by IAU, Founder & CEO of StarGlobal 3D, the primary inventor of a US-patented 3D/360 Smart Interactive Digital Twin platform

Nguyễn Thị Quỳnh Trang

Chief Executive Officer of Teach For Viet Nam; previously worked at KPMG, VPBank Securities, and Groundwork South Yorkshire (United Kingdom); holds an MBA from Sheffield Hallam University.

Phùng Văn Phúc

Ph.D. in Computational Mechanics. Lecturer at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HUTECH). Ranked among the world's top 2% most influential scientists for 7 consecutive years (2019–2025), according to the Stanford University–Elsevier rankings. Ranked among the world's top 1% scientists in Aerospace Engineering for 5 consecutive years (2022–2026), according to Research.com.

Phan Tuấn Ngọc 

Software Engineer, Founder of RikSoft Co., Ltd, with years of hands-on experience in both outsourcing and product development

Đỗ Hữu Hưng

CEO Accesstrade Vietnam, Vice Chairman VECOM, Building Southeast Asia’s AI Commerce Ecosystem

Nguyễn Hoàng Đạo

Automotive MCU IP Verification Engineer, Leading Design Verification Project at Infineon Technology Hight End Automotive MCU. Reduce cost, compact project timeline, increasing quality by successful Integrating AI workflow to the Semiconductor developing. Formal Arm CPU Architecture Engineer at Renesas Japan.

Nguyễn Thời Trung

Assoc. Prof., Director of Institute for Computational Science & Artificial Intelligence, Van Lang University (VLU). Member of Scientific Council of National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED), major in Mechanics - Engineering. Top 1% Highly Cited Researchers (Clarivate Analytics, Web of Science, America) in 2021, top 2% of worldwide scientists with top citations for 7 consecutive years (2019 - 2025) by Stanford University

Thảo Phạm

Director at Grok Global Services Vietnam, experienced International Education Professional, Leadership Portfolio in Global Expansion

Khiêm Trần

General Partner, Expara Vietnam, more than 11 years in venture capital, Involved in 20+ startup accelerator and innovation programs, Participated in 50+ early-stage technology startup investments

Đinh Hùng Cường

PhD, R&D Director in the Sea Water Chemical Institute in Japan. Co-Founder of HCH-Techsol, collaborating with a team of scientists in Vietnam to develop sustainable and circular materials for green agriculture. Author of more than 20 scientific publications in reputable journals and holds over 10 patents with strong potential for industrial and real-world applications. 

Trần Phúc Hồng

Senior Vice President at TMA Technology Group, a leading Vietnamese software company with nearly 4,000 engineers and clients across 30 countries. Managing Director of TMA Innovation and Vice President of the Vietnam Digital Technology Alliance (VNITO).

Chrystie Dao

Managing Director of Vietnam Silicon Valley Foundation and Board Member of Vietnam Vanguard. Founder CEO of Innovators Hub Asia, a regional venture-building platform connecting corporates, startups, investors, and innovation ecosystems to accelerate AI adoption, digital transformation, and business growth.

Bùi Đức Trí

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Pharmacology at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS). Main Researcher of the EVANTICA Program, an extracellular vesicle (EV) research initiative funded by A*STAR. Co-founder of EVCertis Pte. Ltd., a biotechnology company focused on the development, standardization, and commercialization of extracellular vesicle technologies for biomedical research, technology translation, and pharmaceutical applications.

Yến Trần

Associate Professor of Innovation, Strategy and Entrepreneurship at Edinburgh Business School.  Visiting Research Fellow at Cambridge Judge Business School. With a strong international academic background across continents, her research is within the areas of Innovation, Strategy and International Entrepreneurship (IE-IB).

Nguyễn Hoài Tưởng

PhD,expert in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Big Data, Digital Transformation, and Innovation. Lecturer and Director of NEXT Lab at the International Francophone Institute (IFI), Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU). Member of the Scientific Council of AFRIA (Francophone Association for Artificial Intelligence, Switzerland). Co-founder and General Manager of Titops, an AI-driven technology company developing intelligent solutions for education, workforce development, and enterprise digital transformation

Majo George

PhD, the Dean of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Economics and Finance (UEF), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. A key architect of cross-border academic collaboration, Dr. George has played a pivotal role in strengthening ties between Vietnam and India through the India – Vietnam Higher Education Consortium

Võ Đức Thắng

Assistant Professor at the College of Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST or Taiwan Tech), specializing in chemical engineering. Advisor to the Office of International Affairs (OIA) at Taiwan Tech and as Co-Principal Investigator of the INTENSE Program in Vietnam. President of the Vietnam Innovative and Intellectual Network in Taiwan (VIN Taiwan)

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