Wife of Southeast Asia’s richest man returns to second place in Vietnam’s billionaire ran…

Pham Thu Huong, wife of Southeast Asia’s richest man Pham Nhat Vuong, has returned to the second place in net worth among Vietnam’s top billionaires.

Huong, the deputy chairwoman of Vietnam’s largest listed company Vingroup, saw her wealth rose 1.4% Monday to $4.2 billion, ranking 1,004th globally, according to real-time data by Forbes.

Vingroup shares traded at the highest in over a month at the time of publishing, having risen almost 15% in the last five days.

Vuong, Vingroup chairman, remained the richest person in Vietnam with $37.3 billion in wealth. On Monday morning he was the third-biggest wealth gainer in the world with $468 million added to his net worth.

In the third place among Vietnam's billionaires, low-cost airline Vietjet’s chairwoman, Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, had $4.1 billion in fortune, ranking 1,026th.

The fourth place was occupied by Pham Thuy Hang, Huong’s sister and also a deputy chairwoman of Vingroup. Her wealth rose 1.4% to $3 billion.

The wealth of four other Vietnamese billionaires was mostly unchanged. Steel giant Hoa Phat Group chairman Tran Dinh Long ranked fifth with $2.4 billion, followed by Techcombank chairman Ho Hung Anh, who had the same net worth.

In the seventh place was VPBank chairman Ngo Chi Dung, while chairman of retailer and consumer goods producer Masan Group, Nguyen Dang Quang, rounded up the list with $1.1 billion.

The eight Vietnamese billionaires had a total wealth of $55.8 billion, with Vuong's family accounting for 80%.