Chapter 3

Vietnam

Saigon Hub: Where Everyone Knows Your Name

In August 2012, Chris Quang Zobrist and 10 investors and entrepreneurs started Saigon Hub in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (formerly called ­Saigon, but changed after the Vietnam War1 ended in 1975, to honor revolutionary hero Ho Chi Minh). Soon after start-up, two friends Roy Hai Nguyen and Anh-Minh Do joined Chris to be actively involved in developing this unique start-up. All three friends share a passion of helping to develop the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Vietnam and strongly believe that Saigon Hub can make a significant contribution toward developing entrepreneurs. On the website (www.saigonhub.vn), Saigon Hub is described as “A world-class, coworking community and event space… ...

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