[Industry Speaker Series] View From The Top – Chat With CEO Of Mirae Asset Securities Vietnam
- “How does COVID-19 impact the global financial markets?”
- “How potential is Vietnam’s future economic growth?”
- “What is Venture Investment?”
As part of the Industry Speaker Series, students from VinUniversity’s College of Business and Management had the opportunity to bring forward questions about the financial sector and macroeconomics to Board of Directors of Mirae Asset Securities (Vietnam). Operating as a wholly Korean-owned company, Mirae Asset Securities (Vietnam) has been in Vietnam for more than 10 years and secured the #1 position in outstanding loans [for securities investment]. Mirae Asset is active in brokerage, equity research, investment banking through business restructuring and M&A advisory and proprietary trading.
Mr. Kang Moon Kyung, CEO of Mirae Asset Securities Vietnam discussed the overall picture of financial sector and that of Vietnam market in particular. As a country with young population coupled with the friendly growing business environment, Vietnam has a tremendously positive development prospect, according to Mr. Kang, and will soon become a destination for multinational companies. Therefore, students should hone necessary skills such as fluency in speaking English, presentation skills and learn how to work effectively in a team to thrive in the globalized business environment. After visiting the school and interacting with VinUniversity students, Mr. Kang Moon Kyung commented that VinUniversity students are immersed in a prestigious comprehensive university and thus enabled in every single way to become global citizens and to keep pace in a fast-changing world.
Quoting Mirae Asset Financial Group Park Hyeon Joo “God gives us two eyes as a gift, one to observe the present and the other to foresee the future”, Mr. Le Quang Minh, Head of Reseach Mirae Asset Securities Vietnam, advised VinUniversity students, who are set on finance and investment management, to stay ahead of the learning curve, especially the application of technology such as AI algorithms and Python, comprehension of data displays and “talking numbers” to stay up-to-date on market trends.
