Coming Home; Henry Nguyen was a toddler when his parents spirited him out of Vietnam. He always thought of himself as an American -- until he finally returned to Saigon

Henry Nguyen peers out the business-class window of the Vietnam Airlines jet as Saigon begins to take shape below. He marvels at the undulating curves of the Saigon River and surveys the thicket of tall buildings that makes up the city's center. As the jet purrs closer, a crazy quilt of blue, yellow and red cinder-block homes emerges from the haze. "It just looks like chaos," he murmurs. His office is on the 15th floor of a glass-and-steel downtown building on a busy street that leads to the Saigon River. The high-energy atmosphere suits Henry, a Harvard graduate who went to business and medical school at Northwestern University. As lead general partner of IDG Ventures Vietnam, Henry must figure out how to invest $100 million of the Boston-based firm's money in technology start-ups.

Source: The Washington Post

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