Vietnam is entering a pivotal moment where innovation, talent, and technology are converging to reshape its role in Asia’s future. At the center of this shift are women who are not only leading organizations but also influencing how industries evolve — from AI and logistics to electric vehicles and workforce transformation.
In this special feature for International Women’s Month, the 10 Top Women’s Voices in Vietnam (2026) highlight leaders who combine execution, visibility, and real impact. More importantly, these women are not just part of the conversation — they are shaping it. Through their work, they offer valuable perspectives on leadership, innovation, and what it takes to build in today’s fast-moving environment.
Highlights
Thái Vân Linh
CEO of Skills Bridge
Thái Vân Linh is one of Vietnam’s most recognizable business voices, known for combining sharp investment experience with a practical commitment to professional development.
As CEO of Skills Bridge, she focuses on helping young professionals and emerging managers build the real-world capabilities needed to thrive in today’s workplace. Her work stands out because it connects education, employability, and leadership in a highly actionable way.
Moreover, Linh brings credibility from across finance, venture capital, and business strategy. Her leadership journey includes senior roles at VinaCapital and DFJ VinaCapital, and she was also a senior advisor at Openspace Ventures, a Singapore-based venture capital fund. Her wider public profile was amplified through her role as “Shark Linh” on Shark Tank Vietnam. As a result, she has become a trusted voice for career growth, entrepreneurship, and the skills Vietnam’s next generation needs most.
Readers follow her not only for inspiration but also for grounded insight on ambition, decision-making, and long-term success.
Nguyen Cam Tu (Selin)
Senior Manager, Leadership Development & Culture, Prudential Vietnam Assurance Private Ltd.
Nguyen Cam Tu (Selin) is emerging as a distinctive voice in Vietnam’s people-development landscape, bringing together career development, leadership growth, and human-centered learning in ways that feel both strategic and deeply practical.
At Prudential Vietnam, she works at the intersection of leadership development and culture, helping shape the internal capabilities that organizations increasingly need as they rethink talent, retention, and long-term growth.
With a background spanning coaching, facilitation, and professional development through platforms such as Maxwell Leadership, Points of You, Executive Coaching and Career Development Network, she has built a reputation for making leadership personal, accessible, and actionable. Her work stands out not only for its warmth and clarity, but also for its relevance to professionals navigating change in a fast-evolving world of work.
At the heart of her content and professional positioning is a clear mission: to help individuals grow with greater clarity, confidence, and purpose. In doing so, she is contributing to a broader conversation about the future of leadership and people development in Vietnam.
Christy Trang Le
Founder, Alabaster | President, Harrison.ai
Christy Trang Le brings a rare combination of global business experience, investment acumen, and deep interest in people development. As Founder of Alabaster, she invests in founders building hardtech companies with planet-level impact, spanning themes such as materials science, industrial biotech, semiconductors, enterprise AI, and digital health. Meanwhile, as President of Harrison.ai, she is helping support the development of AI-powered medical technology with real-world clinical applications.
Her credibility is reinforced by an exceptional career path that includes Oxford and MIT, early experience at McKinsey and in investment banking, leadership roles at Facebook and GoJek, and the successful establishment and sale of Misfit.
In addition, she serves on the board of Cookpad and as a trustee of Fulbright University Vietnam. What makes Christy especially compelling is not just her résumé, but the breadth of her thinking — across health, technology, investing, and talent.
Through initiatives such as CEOLAB, she is also creating space for emerging Vietnamese professionals and founders to learn, connect, and grow. She is a standout voice for anyone interested in high-impact innovation and globally minded leadership rooted in Vietnam.
Tammy Thị Phan
Founder & CEO, Blank Space Studio | Founder & Managing Partner, Blue Valley Partners
Tammy Thị Phan represents a new generation of leaders redefining how businesses are built at the intersection of technology, creativity, and human experience. With nearly two decades of experience across Silicon Valley, Southeast Asia, and global markets, she brings a uniquely global yet deeply contextual perspective to Vietnam’s evolving innovation landscape.
Her career spans leadership roles at Google, American Express, BCG, Accenture, and Masan Group, where she served as Chief Digital Marketing Officer. At Google, she played a key role in scaling digital adoption and building strategic partnerships in Vietnam. Across these roles, Tammy consistently operated at the intersection of technology, business transformation, and market expansion.
In a notable shift from corporate leadership to entrepreneurship, Tammy founded Blue Valley Partners, a venture platform focused on launching, advising, and investing in high-growth businesses across sectors such as sustainability, education, and experiential retail. This move reflects her belief that the future belongs to leaders who can combine corporate discipline with entrepreneurial creativity.
One of the flagship ventures in this portfolio is Blank Space Studio, Saigon’s first motion-paint art experience. Designed as a human-centered experience business, Blank Space integrates AI into operations, marketing, and customer experience to streamline workflows and personalize engagement. The philosophy is clear: use technology to enhance efficiency while enabling people to focus on creativity, connection, and community.
Tammy’s leadership stands out for its multidimensionality — blending business acumen, technological fluency, and creative expression. Her journey signals a broader shift in leadership today, where the ability to build across disciplines is becoming a defining advantage. For readers, she offers a compelling perspective on how AI and human-centered design can come together to shape the next generation of businesses.
Laura Nguyen
Advisor, Arcanic AI | Partner, GenAI Fund
Laura Nguyen is one of the most compelling women’s voices in Vietnam for anyone watching the future of AI, startups, and emerging technology. As a Partner at GenAI Fund, she is investing in AI-first technology companies across Southeast Asia. In parallel, her advisory work with Arcanic AI positions her close to the development of Vietnamese large language model innovation — an increasingly important area for the country’s digital future.
Her profile is especially strong because it bridges startup ecosystems, big tech, Web3, and public-facing thought leadership. Previously, Laura led Vietnam market development efforts for AWS and served as Head of Vietnam for Ava Labs. As a result, she understands both the infrastructure side of innovation and the founder side of building new markets.
Furthermore, she has helped nurture startup communities at scale, making her more than an operator or investor — she is also an ecosystem builder. Readers looking for insight into AI adoption, venture trends, and Vietnam’s tech ambition will find her perspective especially relevant.
Julie Nguyen Sivanthaphanith
Founder, Keystoners | Cross-Cultural Leadership & Execution Advisor & Executive Coach
Julie Nguyen Sivanthaphanith focuses on a challenge international leaders recognize only once they face it: credibility does not transfer across cultures.
She works with multinational organizations and international leaders operating in Vietnam and across Asia, where trust, alignment, and execution are shaped as much by context as by strategy. Her work looks at how this shows up in practice: how meaning is interpreted, how trust is built, and why alignment on the surface often breaks down once it meets execution.
Her work is grounded in two decades of experience across France, China, and Vietnam, including her role as Partner at AB InBev APAC. Having worked across corporate finance, marketing, and innovation, she understands how different functions think and operate – and how these differences become more complex in cross-cultural environments.
At the core of her perspective is a simple but often overlooked reality: in markets like Vietnam, context is not a backdrop. It actively shapes how messages are understood, how decisions move forward, and how execution unfolds.
Her voice stands out for connecting cultural nuance with business performance, offering a clear lens on what it takes to lead effectively across borders.
Thuy Le
Chairwoman of the Board of Directors, VinFast
Thuy Le stands as one of Vietnam’s most influential business leaders, with a profile that carries weight far beyond LinkedIn visibility. As Chairwoman of VinFast and a long-time leader within Vingroup, she represents a powerful example of strategic leadership at the highest level of Vietnamese enterprise. Her influence matters because it sits at the center of industrial transformation, electric mobility, and Vietnam’s global business ambitions.
In addition, her career reflects sustained leadership across finance, operations, and executive management. From CFO and CEO roles within Vingroup to key leadership positions at VinFast and Vinsmart, she has helped shape some of Vietnam’s most closely watched corporate moves.
Notably, she represents a kind of voice that is especially important in International Women’s Month conversations — one grounded not in commentary alone, but in large-scale execution. For readers, Thuy Le signals what bold, high-stakes leadership can look like when vision is matched by operational depth.
Tracey Trang Do
Head of People at Shopee Vietnam
Tracey Trang Do is a standout women’s voice in Vietnam because she brings people strategy into the center of business performance. As Head of People at Shopee Vietnam, she leads HR for one of the region’s biggest e-commerce platforms, helping shape talent strategy in one of the country’s most competitive digital sectors. Her professional identity is built around professionalism, integrity, and empathy — qualities that make her perspective both credible and highly relevant.
Furthermore, her background spans major organizations such as McKinsey and Lazada, giving her a broad view of recruitment, leadership pipelines, and talent systems across multiple markets. She has worked across Vietnam, Singapore, Kenya, and broader regional environments, which adds depth to her understanding of cross-border talent and organizational culture.
As a result, Tracey is not simply an HR leader — she is a strategic voice for how companies build resilient teams and people-first growth. Readers interested in leadership culture, employer value, and the evolution of work in Vietnam will find her insights particularly valuable.
Giang Pham
Founder – CDO, FEMALE HEALTH LAB (FHL) | Founder – CEO, bePrana Wellness
Giang Pham is bringing a critical and timely perspective into Vietnam’s leadership conversation: the shift from reactive healthcare to proactive, preventive well-being. Her work is grounded in a stark global reality — non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular conditions, cancer, and diabetes account for over 40 million deaths annually, yet many are preventable through early awareness, lifestyle changes, and better support systems.
As Founder of bePrana Wellness and FEMALE HEALTH LAB, Giang is building platforms that address the structural gaps in health literacy, particularly around female health and workforce well-being. Her approach goes beyond traditional wellness narratives, focusing instead on empowering individuals and organizations to become more self-aware, proactive, and intentional about long-term health and performance.
With a background that includes leadership experience at Eli Lilly and across Asia-Pacific markets, Giang combines corporate insight with entrepreneurial execution. Her work reflects a clear pattern: translating complex health challenges into accessible, actionable solutions. As a TEDx speaker and advocate, she continues to expand the conversation around how health impacts not just individuals, but entire organizations and economies.
Notably, her perspective aligns with a broader global shift. As the cost of preventable diseases is projected to reach $47 trillion by 2030, businesses are beginning to recognize well-being not as a benefit, but as a strategic priority. Giang’s voice stands out for connecting health, productivity, and leadership — positioning well-being as a foundational pillar of sustainable growth.
For readers, she offers a forward-looking lens on leadership: one where success is not only measured by output, but by energy, resilience, and quality of life.
Linh P.
Founder, LOGIVAN | Co-Founder, FreightPilot.AI
Linh P. is one of the clearest examples of how visionary founders can transform traditional industries through technology. As Founder of LOGIVAN, she has worked to modernize Vietnam’s fragmented trucking ecosystem by connecting freight demand directly with truckers, helping reduce waste, empty returns, and inefficiency in the logistics chain. More recently, through FreightPilot.AI, she has expanded that innovation agenda into AI agents for customs, freight forwarding, and logistics operations.
Her profile is especially compelling because it combines deep technical ambition with proven entrepreneurial execution. A Cambridge graduate and former Goldman Sachs technology analyst, Linh has built businesses that attracted major investor backing and industry recognition, including Forbes Asia honors and multiple innovation awards.
Furthermore, she is tackling infrastructure and logistics — sectors that are often overlooked in mainstream leadership conversations but are critical to Vietnam’s economic competitiveness. Readers can learn from her about resilience, systems thinking, and how AI can unlock value in highly traditional industries.
Beyond Recognition: The Women Redefining Vietnam’s Future
The 10 Top Women’s Voices in Vietnam (2026) represent more than individual success — they reflect a broader shift in how leadership, innovation, and impact are defined in today’s world.
Collectively, these women are shaping industries, building ecosystems, and influencing how businesses operate across Vietnam and Asia. From advancing AI and transforming logistics to redefining leadership and prioritizing well-being, their contributions are both timely and transformative.
Looking ahead, their influence is only set to grow. As Vietnam continues to rise as a regional powerhouse, these voices will play a critical role in guiding its trajectory — not just economically, but culturally and strategically.
Ultimately, their stories remind us that leadership today is not just about scale or authority — it is about vision, adaptability, and the ability to create meaningful impact. And in that regard, these women are not just participating in the future — they are actively shaping it.
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