Dang Thi Hoang Yen

Dang Thi Hoang Yen is President of Tan Tao University, Chair of the Vietnam-US Business Forum, Member of ESCAP Business Advisory Council, Member of ASEAN Business Advisory Council, and Member of World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on South-East Asia.

She graduated from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics. She worked for the Vietnamese Government for 13 years, then moved on to create her first own company in 1993.The company is now known as Tan Tao Group and it grew into the leading Industrial Park & Infrastructure Developer in Vietnam. Tan Tao Group created hundreds of thousands jobs across Vietnam and provided a solid platform for the country’s rapid economic progress. The Group has 21 subsidiaries across multiple sectors including land development, construction and media broadcasting. ITACO – the publicly listed subsidiary of Tan Tao Group, promptly became one of nine blue-chip stocks to be established as part of the Global Russell Vietnam Index 10and the Standard & Poor’s Vietnam 10 Index. According to the 2011 ranking of Vietnam’s top 1000 companies with the highest corporate income tax contribution conducted by the Vietnam Report Company in coordination with VietnamNet and Tax magazine of the General Department of Taxation, ITACO is ranked 129th and 35th among Vietnam's top 200 private companies with the highest corporate income tax contribution. In parallel with running successful businesses in Vietnam, she has also achieved her success in the establishment of real estate development companies namely US Southern Homes LP and US Southern Corporation in the US.

Dang Thi Hoang Yen is the mother of 3 daughters: Nguyen Phuong Anh ̣(b. 1985), Nguyen Dang Hai Anh (b. 1990), and Dang Nguyen Tam Anh (b. 2007).

She is also actively engaged in social and charity activities with the establishment of ITA Scholarship, ITA Medical Aid and ITA Veterans Assistance for the purpose of providing education, medical support and financial assistance to the needy in Vietnam. Annually, thousands of scholarships are awarded to outstanding students nationwide.At the same time she donated and founded Tan Tao University (TTU), the country’s first Vietnam–American University that is accredited on US Education standards that will enable its scholars to spend their 3rd year in the US. Graduates from TTU can also be admitted to post-graduate programs internationally.

Dang Thi Hoang Yen has been awarded with numerous significant prizes and merits such as: Humanitarian Award 2011 by San Francisco - Ho Chi Minh City Sister City Committee, the Prime Minister Certificate of Merit (2009), Golden Rose Award (2008), Typical Entrepreneur Award (2006, 2007), Business Super Star Awards,Long An Province People Committee’s Certificate of Merit (2007, 2008, 2009), Ho Chi Minh City People Committee’s Certificate of Merit (2006, 2007)…