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He spent most of his career as a second-tier coach in South Korea. At 58, he took the Vietnam job and became a national hero. On June 12, 2026, his two worlds won on the same day — and at 66, his next stop is Thailand.
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Vietnamese actor Liên Bỉnh Phát won Best Actor at Taiwan's Golden Bell Awards, the first Vietnamese recipient in the ceremony's 60-year history. A former tour guide who started acting at 26, he donated half his prize money to migrant worker organizations.
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Math Olympiad silver. Stanford. Google Brain. xAI. OpenAI. Phạm Hy Hiếu spent fifteen years reaching the front lines of AI. Seven months later, he took his family home.
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He was airlifted out of Saigon at 12, went to Yale, spent 15 years in investment banking. Then he quit, went to culinary school, and opened a Michelin-starred restaurant in a wet market.