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Résumé

Yang (Binh Duong) Nguyen

Travel partnerships and commercial operations

I help travel businesses grow their partner networks and keep commercial operations running. At VM Travel I was the CEO’s link to 20+ international partners and ran the company’s GetYourGuide channel. When a manual process starts slowing a team down, I build the tool that fixes it.

Looking for
Partnerships, business development, and executive operations roles in travel and tourism. Curricular internships welcome.
Based in
Milan, Italy. Available now, CET time zone.
Proof
Ran a ₫2.60B (about €85k) GetYourGuide channel over six months. CEO liaison to 20+ international partners. 4.9 out of 5 across 200+ guest reviews.
Education
MA in Tourism and Hospitality Management, IULM, with a Merit Scholarship. Two BAs, Hue University.
Languages
Vietnamese native, English IELTS 8.0, Chinese HSK 3, Italian A1.

Role fit

Business development and partnerships

Partner sourcing, proposals, contracts, and channel performance for tour operators, DMCs, OTAs, and travel brands.

Founder’s associate and executive operations

Executive support, trade events, cross-functional coordination, and reporting for founders and leadership teams in travel and hospitality.

Curricular internship

Available alongside the IULM MA for partnerships, commercial, or operations teams in Milan or remote.

Experience

Executive Assistant to the CEO

VM Travel

May 2025 to August 2026 · Hue, Vietnam

  • Acted as the CEO’s primary liaison with 20+ international partners, travel agencies, and event organizers across trade shows and overseas B2B delegations.
  • Ran logistics and stakeholder coordination for 30+ trade exhibitions and executive meetings.
  • Co-developed proposals, marketing collateral, and partnership contracts behind a 15% year-on-year increase in corporate partnerships.
  • Took day-to-day ownership of the GetYourGuide channel. Six-month window covering ₫2.60B in platform-reported revenue, 2,611 bookings, and a 4.85 average rating.
  • Cut partner response time by 30% by streamlining handoffs between sales, operations, and marketing.

Founder and operator

ScholarshipHub

2026 to present · Remote

  • Identified a fragmented scholarship workflow and built a bilingual operating system for discovery, preparation, deadlines, documents, and applications.
  • Own product strategy, design, engineering, growth, support, infrastructure, analytics, and commercial decisions.
  • Reached 837 GA4 active users, 64 registrations, 50 monthly active users, and the first paying customer in the early product stage.

Product strategy and full-stack delivery

Learn with Lisa

2026 · Client delivery

  • Turned one teacher’s public brand and private teaching workflow into a connected Vietnamese-first platform.
  • Delivered discovery, UX/UI, engineering, deployment, owner training, and a sanitized handoff.
  • Built the platform around a current $0 monthly operating-cost target using Cloudflare free allowances and unlisted YouTube.

Delegate and working group lead

Japan Model ASEAN Meeting 2026

February 2026 · International

  • Led a 4-person working group on a circular economy framework and co-drafted an ASEAN-Japan sustainable trade resolution adopted by consensus across 10 member states.
  • Delivered 3 speeches representing official country positions, contributing to a joint declaration adopted by 80+ delegates.

International Tour Guide

VM Travel

August 2024 to April 2025 · Central Vietnam

  • Guided 200+ private and group excursions across Central Vietnam for international travellers and delegations.
  • Held a 4.9 out of 5 average guest rating across 200+ reviews through tailored itineraries and cultural interpretation.
  • Coordinated daily service delivery with 20+ restaurants, hotels, transport providers, and internal operations.

English Teacher

The Liberal English Hub

October 2024 to August 2026 · Hue, Vietnam

  • Taught 50+ university students a year across reading, writing, listening, and speaking, aligned with CEFR standards.
  • Designed lesson plans, materials, and formative assessment tracking linked to a 20 to 30% average improvement in student performance.

Ground Service Staff

VietJet Air

January 2024 to March 2024 · Hue, Vietnam

  • Handled check-in and boarding for 400+ passengers a day across 10+ daily departures under aviation security and safety rules.
  • Coordinated baggage and turnaround handoffs between flight and ramp crews to protect on-time departures.

Ticket Counter Intern

Phu Bai International Airport

September 2023 to December 2023 · Hue, Vietnam

  • Processed 50+ time-sensitive last-minute ticket transactions per shift, reducing gate-side delays.

Trainee Teacher

Naresuan University

July 2023 to August 2023 · Thailand

  • Ran case-study sessions on SWOT and market analysis for 40+ undergraduate students with weekly individual feedback.

Education

MA in Tourism and Hospitality Management · Merit Scholarship

IULM University · Milan, Italy

September 2026 to present

BA in English Studies in Tourism

Hue University · Hue, Vietnam

Completed May 2024

BA in English Language Teaching

Hue University · Hue, Vietnam

Completed May 2024

Awards

  • Outstanding Achievements in Youth Union Activities · Hue University · 2020
  • Student with Five Good Merits · Hue University · 2020

Languages and contact

  • Vietnamese · Native
  • English · IELTS Academic 8.0
  • Chinese · HSK 3 and intermediate HSKK
  • Italian · A1, currently studying