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affluent life and visitors to Vietnam will
not want to miss setting foot in these
vibrant trade centres to quench their
shopping thirst.”
Hanh Nguyen reports that inter-
national visitors are contributing the
lion’s share of the shops’ current rev-
enues, meaning he is confident with
their chosen path: “Our project made
the city more appealing in the eyes
of visitors and that is what makes
us happy,” he says, underscoring his
commitment to developing the image
of Hanoi.
He remains confident that
an economic revival will result
in surging consumption and
therefore trade centers will
be benefit. However, time
will tell for Trang Tien
Plaza - for now, it re-
mains far too early
to call.
Jonathan Hanh Nguyen
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Born in 1951 in south-central Nha Trang city
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Previously the Philippines Airlines chief representative in the
Indochina and chief executive officer at Imex Pan Pacific Co (IPP)
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From 2004 to present: President-cum-chief executive officer at
IPP Group
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May 2012: honoured by the Philippines’ Lower House for
contributions in tightening two countries’ relationships
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2003: Awarded a Certificate of Merit from Vietnam’s Ministry
of Foreign Affairs
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2008: Awarded a Certificate of Merit from the Vietnamese
prime minister and was conferred third-class Labour Order
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2011: Awarded second-class Labour Order and the Friend-
ship Decoration.
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