Billionaire Jack Ma arrives in Hanoi by private plane

Mr. Jack Ma arrived at Noi Bai airport by private plane last night, preparing to attend many activities in Vietnam.

Billionaire Jack Ma and some friends and bodyguards arrived at Noi Bai airport at around 8:30 p.m. on November 4. Some of his entourage will continue to Vietnam today.

On November 6, billionaire Jack Ma will meet with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. After that, he will have a working session with Governor of the State Bank - Le Minh Hung.

Billionaire Jack Ma's plane parked at Noi Bai airport. Photo: Anh Duy.

After these activities, Jack Ma will attend the Vietnam Electronic Payment Forum (VEPF) - opening at 8:30 tomorrow morning (November 6) at the JW Marriott Hotel (Hanoi). This is the first time he has attended a forum on this field in Vietnam.

During the program, the billionaire will have a dialogue session revolving around his experience in developing e-commerce, mobile e-payments in China (via the Alipay application) and Alibaba's globalization story.

Alibaba boss Jack Ma will have many activities in Vietnam this time. Photo: Reuters.

That same afternoon, the billionaire will speak to more than 3,000 students at the National Convention Center (Hanoi). The event will take place from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

The program aims to encourage the entrepreneurial spirit, daring to think, daring to do, and never giving up of the young generation; creating opportunities for students to interact and learn from one of the most inspirational billionaires in the world today.

Jack Ma is a famous Chinese self-made billionaire, with a fortune of 39.6 billion USD, according to Forbes. He was born in 1964 in Hangzhou, and was an English teacher before co-founding the e-commerce company Alibaba in 1999.

The company had revenue of $23 billion in the 12 months through March. Alibaba went public in New York in 2014, in what was then the world’s largest IPO. In addition to e-commerce, Alibaba operates in financial services, online payments, cloud computing, logistics and feature films.

According to VNE