Born and raised in western Germany, Vi Thanh Tuan felt the need to break out of his comfort zone (i.e. working for the same company for eight years in his hometown). He came to Vietnam in 2016, and has now established a stable career and life. He currently serves as the Head of Supply Chain Planning & Design AP with Schaeffler Vietnam, a global industrial manufacturing company. In today’s Homecoming episode, he shares what he did when he first arrived in Vietnam and how opportunities...

Born in Germany and raised in four continents, Mai Vo is an explorer, to say the least. She currently serves as the Programmes and Partnerships Lead at Google in the UK. But with COVID-19 changing the way we all live, Mai thought of coming back to Vietnam to be closer to her family. The moment she arrived, she felt the calling to contribute to Vietnam’s development.   In this new Homecoming episode, Mai Vo shares about her discoveries as she explores Vietnam, and her passion project Overseas...

When My Holland came home to Vietnam four years ago and established EQuest Asia, she was bombarded with challenge after challenge — from the tedious paperwork she needed to complete to get her business legalized to not knowing who to ask for guidance. But My chose to see these challenges as opportunities, a proof of resilience and optimism that’s innate to the Vietnamese. In this new Homecoming episode, My shares both the troubles and joys of coming home, and the many misconceptions of...

After decades of studying and living abroad, thousands of Vietnamese return to Vietnam every year, bringing with them big dreams of carving their mark on businesses and other endeavors. In the first episode of our new Homecoming series, we invited successful entrepreneurs – Vu Le, head of strategic partnership and business development for Grab, and Ninh Tran, human resource director at Siam City Cement – to know more about their journey from Singapore to Vietnam. This Homecoming episode is...