Vietnam’s 16 Go-To Recruiters for IT Talent
A curated list of Vietnam’s most respected IT recruiters, featuring standout individuals who consistently deliver top tech talent across industries. ↓
Vietnam’s tech industry has been booming, powered by a new generation of talented engineers and ambitious startups. Behind this growth is a select group of standout recruiters who connect companies with top IT talent. From agency founders and HR tech innovators to in-house recruitment leaders and headhunters with vast networks, these individuals have shaped how Vietnam hires for tech.
Below is a curated list of Vietnam’s best IT recruiters – recognized for their influence, industry knowledge, and ability to deliver top-tier candidates in the fast-moving digital economy.
- Bryan Lee
- Lydia Lee
- Lan Phuong Nguyen
- Bùi Thị Lan Phương
- Thùy (Kim) Phan
- Toàn Nguyễn
- Tiêu Yến Trinh
- Hoàng Lê Mỹ Hạnh
- Hoàng Hải Nguyễn
- Bryan Hoang
- Hieu Tran
- Hoa Nguyen
- Binh Nguyen
- Phuc Pham
- Maya Nguyen
- Thanh Le
Below we provide more detailed profiles of each recruiter.
Bryan Lee
Bryan led Glints Vietnam, a fast-growing tech talent platform from Singapore, and made it the company’s strongest business unit regionally.
Under his tenure, Glints Vietnam grew to 50+ staff and launched community initiatives for young IT professionals. Bryan is active on LinkedIn, sharing career development advice and hiring trend observations. He was featured on Vietcetera’s podcast as a voice on Vietnam’s talent market, emphasizing the rapid growth of digital jobs.
Now in a regional role, Bryan continues to champion Vietnam’s tech talents and often posts thought leadership content for job seekers and employers.
- LinkedIn: Bryan Lee
Lydia Lee
Lydia is known as a “Top 5 IT Recruiter in Vietnam,” boasting over 30,000 LinkedIn connections. She founded Lydia JobTech, leveraging her extensive IT recruitment experience to connect tech talents with opportunities.
Lydia frequently shares hiring insights on social media and has built a personal brand around IT recruitment. Her active engagement with the tech community and large network make her a go-to recruiter for many companies.
- LinkedIn: Lydia Lee
Lan Phuong Nguyen
Lan (often known as Jane) is a seasoned IT recruiter at Luxoft, where she focuses on hiring software engineers and tech experts across Asia-Pacific.
She has a significant following on LinkedIn (nearly 20,000 followers), reflecting her active presence in sharing job openings and career tips. With a background in Economics from Ho Chi Minh City and years of tech recruiting experience, Jane is recognized for her ability to attract top talent in software development.
She also engages with tech communities and forums to stay on top of industry trends.
- LinkedIn: Lan Phuong “Jane” Nguyen
Bui Thi Lan Phuong
Bui (Scarlett) has over 9 years of IT/Telecom recruitment experience, including 7 years as a dedicated IT headhunter at Navigos Search, Harvey Nash, and HR2B.
She later led tech hiring at Vingroup and YNV Group. Known for her 30,000+ LinkedIn connections and as admin of the “Hot IT/Telecom Jobs in Hanoi” Facebook group (3,700+ members), Scarlett is a fixture in Hanoi’s IT recruitment scene. She’s lauded for filling tough technical roles under tight timelines and for her broad network of both local and expat IT professionals.
- LinkedIn: Bùi Thị Lan Phương
Thuy (Kim) Phan
Phan is a Recruitment Team Leader at HR1 Vietnam (a leading executive search firm) and a LinkedIn LION (LinkedIn Open Networker) with the maximum 30,000 connections.
With years of IT headhunting experience, she specializes in placing tech candidates in both startups and large enterprises. Thùy actively posts job openings, hiring advice, and industry insights on LinkedIn, making her a well-known name among tech job seekers. Her broad network and responsiveness on platforms like Zalo/WhatsApp have helped countless IT professionals find their next roles.
- LinkedIn: Phan Thị Bích Thùy
Toan Nguyen
Toàn is the co-founder of Recruitery (now rebranded as Aniday), an innovative hiring platform launched in 2018.
With a background in tech, Toàn has been pivotal in modernizing how companies crowdsource recruiters to find IT talent. During the 2020 Covid-19 downturn, he created a Facebook group that amassed over 4,000 members in one week to connect laid-off tech workers with jobs. Toàn regularly shares hiring trend analyses and startup recruitment tips on LinkedIn and tech blogs.
Under his leadership, Recruitery has become a go-to platform for many startups seeking engineers in Vietnam.
- LinkedIn: Toàn Nguyễn
Tieu Yen Trinh
Think global, act local’ thus has become a skill set that every organization’s HR has to master.
Tiêu is a high-profile HR thought leader and the founder of Talentnet, Vietnam’s leading homegrown HR consulting and recruitment firm. She has led Talentnet since 2007, growing it from a small executive search agency into a comprehensive HR solutions provider.
Trinh is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and has been a judge/advisor for programs like Vietnam’s Best Places to Work. On LinkedIn, she shares insights on leadership, HR tech, and the future of work, and her posts often garner significant engagement.
Trinh’s motto of “think globally, act locally” guides Talentnet’s approach – helping many multinational and local tech companies find and retain top IT talent while adapting to Vietnam’s culture.
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LinkedIn: Tiêu Yến Trinh
Hanh Hoang Le My
Hoàng is celebrated as the “golden girl” of recruitment at FPT Software in Da Nang, Vietnam’s central tech hub. With nearly a decade at FPT, she rose to lead the Talent Acquisition team for the Đà Nẵng branch, which has hundreds of engineers.
Mỹ Hạnh was honored in FPT’s “Under 35” awards for her stellar contributions in hiring and is praised for her enthusiasm and leadership in employer branding. She actively engages with tech graduates via Facebook and university events, and her LinkedIn often features FPT’s latest openings and internship programs.
As one of the key IT recruiters in Da Nang, she bridges the gap between local talent and big tech projects in the region.
- LinkedIn: Hoàng Lê Mỹ Hạnh
Nguyen Hoang Hai
Hoàng is the founder of Canavi JSC, a recruitment platform initially focused on female empowerment in careers and now expanded to various sectors.
As CEO, he has navigated hiring trends through challenging times, offering insights on how different industries contract or grow (he was featured in Vietcetera’s “Top Talent Hunters” series). Hoàng Hải often writes about recruitment innovation and startup hiring on his personal blog and speaks at HR tech events. His online presence highlights Canavi’s mission and his advocacy for leveraging technology to streamline recruitment in Vietnam.
Bryan Hoang
Bryan is the founder of JT1, a leading IT recruitment firm established in 2016 that specializes in sourcing software engineers and IT experts.
He has grown JT1’s reputation internationally, providing tech staffing solutions across Vietnam, Japan, and Southeast Asia. Bryan actively shares success stories of tech placements and HR service awards – under his leadership, JT1 was recognized as a top HR outsourcing company in Vietnam.
His LinkedIn profile and company blog reflect his passion for matching IT talent with the right roles, and he often gives career advice to developers looking for opportunities abroad.
- LinkedIn: Bryan “Hoang” Pham
Hieu Tran
Hieu is the co-founder and CEO of TopCV, one of Vietnam’s largest tech-driven recruitment platforms. Founded in 2014, TopCV started as an online CV builder and quickly grew to a platform with millions of monthly visits.
Tran, a former developer, has fostered a strong community of IT job seekers by offering resume tools, salary surveys, and career events. He mentors at startup programs and often posts on Facebook and LinkedIn about recruitment technology and AI in hiring. Under his leadership, TopCV secured Series B funding and partners with global HR firms, solidifying Hieu’s status as a young leader in Vietnam’s HR tech space.
- LinkedIn: Trần Trung Hiếu
Hoa Nguyen
Hoa is a veteran headhunter and an Associate Director at EV Search, a prominent executive search consultancy founded in Vietnam.
She honed her IT recruitment skills at Harvey Nash Vietnam and other firms before rising to a leadership role at EV Search. Hoa specializes in placing mid-to-senior level IT professionals and is reputed for her strong network in the software and fintech domains. Online, she brands herself as “Hoa Nguyen (Headhunter)” and actively shares job postings and career tips on LinkedIn and Facebook.
Her approachable persona and consistent engagement make her a trusted name among both candidates and employers.
- LinkedIn: Hoa Nguyen
Binh Nguyen
Nguyễn is the founder of TopDev, a leading IT recruitment platform in Vietnam that boasts over 300,000 developer profiles. Under Bình’s guidance, TopDev secured a seven-digit USD investment from a Korean HR giant to expand its services.
Bình is deeply embedded in the developer community – he launched events like Vietnam Web Summit and regularly conducts IT salary surveys. His social media content often covers tech career advice and the state of Vietnam’s developer market.
By focusing on developer education and career programs, Bình has positioned TopDev as not just a job site but a cornerstone of the IT ecosystem, connecting talent with top tech employers.
- LinkedIn: Nguyễn Hữu Bình
Phuc Pham
Phuc leads the Vietnam operations of Robert Walters, a global specialist recruitment firm. Starting as a recruiter in 2014, he now oversees five division teams and shapes strategy for Vietnam’s market.
Phúc is deeply involved in executive tech placements and is regularly featured on Vietnam TV (VTV4) discussing talent trends. He also appeared on Vietcetera’s podcast to share insights on attracting overseas Vietnamese tech talent back home. Phúc maintains an active LinkedIn presence, where he shares the firm’s whitepapers (like tech salary guides) and engages with professionals on career advice.
His mix of local understanding and global best practices makes him a top IT headhunter in Vietnam.
- LinkedIn: Phúc Phạm
Maya Nguyen
Maya pioneered the Page Executive brand (executive search arm of Michael Page) in Vietnam in 2019. With 10+ years of recruitment experience across Singapore and Vietnam, she specializes in C-suite and senior IT roles, helping both multinationals and startups build leadership teams.
Maya is known for her consultative approach to talent strategy, advising companies on succession planning and digital leadership needs. She frequently shares thought leadership content on LinkedIn and has been recognized internally with multiple Top Biller awards. As one of the few female headhunters at the partner level, Maya is a role model and mentor in Vietnam’s recruitment community.
- LinkedIn: Maya Nguyen
Thanh Le
Thanh is the Country Director of Adecco Vietnam, a branch of the global HR solutions giant. A versatile and experienced recruitment leader, Thanh previously headed divisions in accounting/finance and HR at other firms before joining Adecco.
Since taking over from her predecessor in 2023, she has driven Adecco’s tech talent acquisition services and often provides commentary on labor trends in Vietnam’s IT sector. Thanh is active on LinkedIn, using it to promote job opportunities and share hiring best practices (particularly around workforce upskilling). She blends global standards with local insight, reinforcing Adecco’s brand as a top IT staffing provider in Vietnam.
- LinkedIn: Thanh Lê
Wrap Up
While these individuals offer valuable industry expertise, deep networks, and a track record of working with startups and tech firms in Vietnam, their services often come at a premium price tag or with limited availability.
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Lou Reverchuk