Doanh nhân Phạm Thị Thu Hằng: Thành công từ niềm đam mê giáo dục

Businesswoman Pham Thi Thu Hang: Success from education passion

Having worn Ao Dai at domestic and foreign events, Ms. Thu Hang - CEO of VietStar Training and Consulting JSC (VIETSTAR), and Deputy Representative of Paris Graduate School of Management (PGSM) in Vietnam always leaves the impression of a gentle, attractive businesswoman full of bravery. She has successfully fulfilled her passion for education and training and always strives to enhance Vietnamese people's management capacity, position and image in the international arena.

Ms. Thu Hang was born in Hai Phong which is commonly known as Phoenix Flower City, and established her career in Hanoi. She has the subtlety and gentleness of the Ha Thanh people. Her journey of pursuing passion and success shows the fierce bravery, but also the femininity of the "descendant" of female General Le Chan. For her, Education – Knowledge, Ao Dai - Vietnamese traditional culture are her love and passion in career.

From passion to start-up

When she was a student, she had a great love for Vietnamese Ao Dai. She hopes that Vietnamese women will shine in the international arena with knowledge associated with the image of Ao Dai.

For her, the Vietnamese Ao Dai carries the national breath and enhances the beauty of women and the Vietnamese cultural identity. For more than 20 years, she has worn Ao Dai in all domestic and foreign events. The image of businesswoman Thu Hang charming with ao dai has left a deep impression on friends, colleagues and international partners.

After graduating with a Master's degree from Paris Graduate School of Management in France, Ms. Thu Hang worked at many domestic and foreign enterprises and she has finally chosen education and training. “I want to have access to global knowledge, thereby contributing to the success of Vietnamese managers in the international arena. I always do my best to learn from my professors, partners, and colleagues every day. Recalling the early days of starting up, I always chose for myself a corner in all training classes to learn and to observe people learning.”

Passion's Success

Her burning passion and devotion have led her to high-level and post-graduate training for more than a decade. She has spared no efforts to go to the US, Korea, Singapore, France... to invite famous professors to Vietnam to teach... At the same time, she is constantly researching to develop training programs according to the characteristics of enterprises and global trends. That long journey has left her imprints:

Graduate training

As Deputy Representative Paris Graduate School of Management in Vietnam, her educational management achievements are marked by the Management of the International Executive MBA Program (Executive MBA) - a cooperation program between PGSM (France) and Vietnam's most prominent universities in the past 12 years. These are a few of the most prestigious MBA programs in Vietnam, contributing to the supply of high-quality human resources for domestic economic groups, commercial banks, non-banking financial institutions and other types of businesses.

High-level training

As CEO of VIETSTAR, she has successfully organized senior management training programs for big corporations such as the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN), Vietnam Electricity (EVN), Viettel Group, PetroVietnam Camau Fertilizer JSC (PVCFC), Northern Power Corporation (EVNNPC), Power Generation Corporation 2 (GENCO2), Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Joint Stock Company (BSR)… and directly managed to consult projects on strategic management, risk management, communication management, and BSC/KPI system for many large organizations.

Transform from the challenge

When the Covid-19 pandemic occurred, all overseas training activities were affected. Training programs in big cities such as Lisbon, Madrid, Milan, Boston, Indiana, San Diego, Paris, Singapore, Busan and so on must stop from 2020. Faced with that challenge, she said, “It took some time for me to shape, organize, be patient, learn and find new directions… However, I saw an opportunity for me and my organization to transform from the challenge. And we made it”.

Regarding Postgraduate training, we have applied information technology advancements since the early days of program operation. We have flexibly adapted and switched to online training and ensure uninterrupted training.

In terms of high-level training and business consulting, we cooperate with leading consulting organizations such as KPMG, promote Training, Workshops and Forums to share experiences among leaders and managers in the region through digital platforms…”

The road ahead

As an educational manager, with 12 years of working with PGSM, inheriting and promoting the available experiences and advantages of a leading French training brand, and good cooperation with other Vietnam's top universities, she will continue her path of quality graduate training in Vietnam.

As a business leader, since 2021, she has established Vietnam - Singapore Board Forum which is a peer forum for business leaders of the two countries to share governance experiences and solutions to maintain growth, create value, and tighten the excellent relationship between Vietnam and Singapore.

Most recently, on February 25, in Singapore, under the witness of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and senior leaders of Vietnam and Singapore, she represented to sign a strategic cooperation agreement with Singapore Management University (SMU) in Management Capability Enhancement and Digital Transformation for Vietnamese businesses, and promote collaboration between the two countries through the co-organization of Vietnam - Singapore Board Forum (VSBF) from 2022.

With nearly 15 years of successful implementation of her passion for education and training and efforts to improve management capacity, position and image of Vietnamese people in the international arena, Ms. Pham Thi Thu Hang deserves to be the typical face representing of Vietnamese women in the period of global integration with talent and success. Her contributions and imprints on that "silent transformation" journey will continue to be recognized, contributing to bringing Vietnamese knowledge and culture to integrate firmly with the world.