Closing Vietnam’s leadership gap — and shaping the country’s next era.

Vanguard is the platform where successors, C-suites, founders, and returnees converge to build institutions that last and connect Vietnam’s growth to global influence.

Vietnam is racing toward a $1 trillion economy — but our leadership infrastructure is lagging. Founders are aging, successors remain untested, and professional managers aren’t scaling with growth. This is Vietnam’s single greatest strategic risk: the leadership gap.

Vietnam Vanguard exists to close that gap and prepare the leaders who will carry the country into its next era.

WHO WE SERVE

  • Successors — heirs of Vietnam’s family businesses and conglomerates.

  • Professional C-Suites — senior leaders running Vietnam’s growth engines.

  • Entrepreneurial Builders — high-growth founders evolving from hustle to institution.

  • Returnees — overseas Vietnamese (Việt Kiều) and global executives committed to Vietnam’s rise.

Vision

to cultivate leaders who transform Vietnam’s growth into global influence — shaping institutions, ideas, and companies that stand among the world’s best.

Mission

to turn Vietnam’s leadership gap into its greatest opportunity — by developing leaders who can scale companies, shape industries, and represent Vietnam on the world stage.

Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh — Vietnam Ambassador to the US (2014 - 2018)

Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh — Vietnam Ambassador to the US (2014 - 2018)

“Vietnam is on the verge of entering a new era of development and growth. The world is changing around us, and we must bridge the generational gap to carry this country forward.”

Leadership

Cuong Dang, Founder and Chairman Vietnam Vanguard

Cuong Dang
Founder, Chairman

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Board of Directors

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    Chrystie Dao (Singapore Representative)

    Managing Partner

    RCCA (Resu Consulting and Capital Advisory)

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    Thai Binh Nguyen

    Deputy CEO and Board Director

    REE Corporation

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    Harry Hoang Nguyen (Founding Member)

    Business Development Director

    Rose Villa, Orient Plastic

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    Quang Pham

    General Partner and Executive Investment Committee Member

    ABB Private Equity

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    Mike Nguyen

    Senior Principal Consultant, The World Bank

    Former Senior Director, Strategy & Operations — Intel Corporation

Strategic Partners & Supporting Enterprises

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It heralds the emergence of a new generation of leaders — pioneers rather than followers, proactive doers instead of mere dreamers, true changemakers rather than mere thought leaders. With the courage to venture into the unknown and fortified by their unwavering belief, resilience, and conviction, they shape, every day, what will become Vietnam’s future identity.

They stand as the Vanguard of Vietnam’s economic and cultural transformation.