Vietnamese billionaires are getting richer, earning nearly 1 billion USD in just 24 hours

(Dan Tri) - Billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong has nearly 1 billion USD more in just 24 hours, breaking his own record to set a new record with assets of 13.7 billion USD.

The stock trading session on August 26 surprised investors when it increased sharply after 2 sessions of adjustment, decreasing by nearly 70 points.

In this recovery session, VN-Index increased by nearly 54 points, to 1,667.63 points. However, liquidity was somewhat cautious with a value of about 40,868 billion VND.

Group of stocks positively impacting the market (Screenshot).

The VN30 large-cap group exploded with all 30 stocks increasing, of which 4 stocks hit the ceiling, including MWG (Mobile World Investment), SSI, VHM (Vinhomes) andSHB (Saigon - Hanoi Bank). Notably, SSI had the largest trading volume in the group, reaching more than 94.3 million units.

VHM shares hit the ceiling price of VND105,200/unit. VIC shares ( Vingroup ) also increased by 3.44% to VND135,500/unit. Both codes are at their highest price in history, helping billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong's assets increase sharply.

After only 24 hours, this billionaire has added nearly 1 billion USD. According to Forbes, Mr. Vuong's assets this afternoon reached 13.7 billion USD, ranking 195th on the list of the world's richest people. Mr. Vuong also broke his own record when for the first time his assets nearly reached 14 billion USD.

In addition, many other stocks such as HPG, MSN, VJC, HDB also increased sharply, thereby increasing the assets of Vietnamese USD billionaires. Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao - Chairwoman of Vietjet Air, Permanent Vice Chairwoman of HDBank - owns assets of 3.7 billion USD, second only to Mr. Vuong.

HPG shares increased by 4.8% with trading volume reaching nearly 52 million units. Billionaire Tran Dinh Long - Chairman of Hoa Phat - added 112 million USD, up to 2.7 billion USD.

Cash flow also favored banking stocks, as many codes increased sharply today. In addition to MSB and SHB, many other codes also increased by over 5% such as SSB, MBB, NVB, EIB. Some stocks contributed the most to the index's increase, such as TCB, ACB, STB, VPB, HDB, EIB, MSB.

During the strong market recovery session, foreign investors net bought more than 928 billion VND. The codes that were net bought strongly were MSB, VIX, MWG.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/kinh-doanh/cac-ty-phu-viet-ngay-cang-giau-them-thu-gan-1-ty-usd-chi-trong-24-gio-20250826152902236.htm