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The team behind HOPE CORP

The founding team combines four rare capabilities at once: AI/IT expertise in a G7 environment · international sales management · cross-border Economic Law · the heritage of Eastern medical wisdom. This is a moat that's hard to copy — no competitor has the same combination.

Founding team & Board

Three people · Three lenses · One mission

Nguyen Van Hung — CEO & Founder HOPE CORP
CEO & FOUNDER

Nguyen Van Hung

The Tao Engineer — engineer of the Tao

Left Vietnam for Japan at 18 — lived and studied in Japan for 7 years, then continued working with Japanese environments & companies for 12+ years total (BrSE in G7 technology then international Sales). Pursued a Master's in Economic Law to complete the legal protection side of cross-border business. Founded HOPE CORP to bridge Vietnam's Eastern medical heritage — rooted in Yin-Yang and Five Elements — refined through Tue Tinh and Hai Thuong Lan Ong — with modern AI, writing thousand-year-old wisdom into code the world can read.

  • 🇯🇵 7 years IT in Japan — BrSE → Sales Manager → Founder
  • 📈 50K+ Community · $300K Revenue
  • ⚖️ Pursuing Master's in Economic Law
  • 🌿 Healthcare Founder · Holistic Ecosystem

"I build systems that listen. Where the Tao meets the algorithm."

Pham Ngoc Thanh Tam — COO Founder HOPE CORP
COO & FOUNDER

Pham Ngoc Thanh Tam

Head of Growth & Community · Macrobiotics Specialist

Macrobiotics specialist and co-founder of HOPE CORP, leading a 100,000+ member community centered on Eastern lifestyle principles. Transforms domain authority into sustainable revenue and expands HOPE CORP's marketing capacity through content, community-building, and strategic partnerships.

  • 👥 100K+ community leader
  • 🌿 Macrobiotics Specialist · Health Coach
  • 📊 Head of Growth — HOPE CORP
  • 🎤 Workshop speaker on natural wellness

"Community is not an audience. It's a flowing river that nourishes itself."

Nguyen Hoang Hai — Board Member HOPE CORP
BOARD MEMBER · FUNDRAISING COACH

Nguyen Hoang Hai

Former CEO Canavi · Forbes 30 under 30 Asia 2017

Strategic advisor on fundraising and institutional design for HOPE CORP. Track record building and scaling technology companies — from Canavi founder to CFRO VinCSS — helps HOPE CORP structure international fundraising and govern by investor-ready standards.

  • 🏆 Forbes 30 under 30 Asia 2017
  • 💼 Former CEO Canavi
  • 🛡 Former Board Member & CFRO VinCSS
  • 📚 Fundraising Coach HR1 Vietnam · Board Member VuaCua

"Series A doesn't buy a star. They buy an institution."

Knowledge Lineage · 2000+ years of heritage

From ancient Eastern principles to IKI's modern AI framework

IKI's knowledge base inherits from the essence of Eastern medicine — bridging the 2000+ year-old foundational principles with two classical Vietnamese physicians — and systematized into a training dataset for the AI Engine.

~3000-200 BC · Public domain
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Yin-Yang · Five Elements

Foundational principles of Eastern medicine · 2000+ years

The theories of Yin-Yang (I Ching, ~3000 BC) and Five Elements (Huang Di Nei Jing, ~200 BC) — public-domain heritage of Eastern civilization. The core principles that IKI uses to build the 5-constitution framework: Cold / Hot / Deficient / Excess / Damp.

14th century · ~1330–1400
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Tue Tinh

Father of Vietnamese traditional medicine

Author of "Nam Duoc Than Hieu" — the work that established Vietnam's traditional medical system using Vietnamese herbs. The philosophy "Vietnamese medicine for Vietnamese people" runs through IKI's spirit.

18th century · 1720–1791
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Hai Thuong Lan Ong

Le Huu Trac · Vietnam's great physician

Author of "Hai Thuong Y Tong Tam Linh" — a 28-volume Vietnamese traditional medicine encyclopedia, crystallizing knowledge of constitutions, pathology, pharmacology, and longevity practices. The central knowledge source for IKI's personalization framework.

Current scientific advisor

Dr. Ngo Duc Vuong

Scientific advisor to HOPE CORP — systematizes Yin-Yang/Five Elements and Vietnamese traditional medicine (Tue Tinh, Hai Thuong Lan Ong) into IKI's training programs and knowledge base.

HOPE CORP is the legal entity owning both the IKI brand and the "Ngo Duc Vuong" trademark — operating with transparency and accountability to customers, partners, and community.

Compliance note: IKI Academy's knowledge base is for lifestyle & wellness education — not medical advice and not a substitute for diagnosis/treatment by licensed healthcare professionals.

Unfair Advantage

Four rare capabilities at once — no competitor has the same combination

The sum of these four dimensions creates a natural moat that can't be copied by capital or speed alone.

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Deep IT/AI in G7 environment

7 years as BrSE in Japan + 12+ years working with Japanese companies — not a bootcamp, not a Silicon Valley tech-bro. This is systems thinking forged in the world's most rigorous technical culture.

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International-grade Sales management

From BrSE to Sales — learning to persuade people through standard frameworks. The "Expansion" side of the Build · Expand · Defend triangle.

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Cross-border Economic Law

Pursuing a Master's in Economic Law while working — enough to structure businesses that scale across borders without compliance/IP breakage. Extremely rare for founders with technical roots.

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Eastern medical heritage

Direct connection to Dr. Ngo Duc Vuong and a 40+ year research legacy. This is a one-of-a-kind dataset — unbuyable, unborrowable, unoutsourceable.

The combination of these four = one unique identity in the market: The Tao Engineer. The raw material for building a lasting institution — not personal celebrity.

Health Coach Team

Service Layer — Our specialist accompanists

HOPE CORP's Health Coach team — trained through the IKI Academy curriculum based on classical knowledge — handles live teaching at IKI Academy, Q&A in the community, and 1-1 consultations for users needing deep personalization.

Service layer in the IKI platform model:

  • IKI Academy — Live teaching, course Q&A
  • IKI Community — Moderation, content verification
  • IKI Companion 1-1 — Personal consultation for special constitutions
  • IKI App — Review & verify AI recommendations for complex cases

For more on Health Coaches and subject-matter advisors, see the IKI Academy page.

Contact & Partnership

Interested in HOPE CORP?

Press, strategic partners, investors, or applicants — all can reach out directly to the founding team.

Email contact@ikihealing.com Open IKI Web App ↗