Eunice Tan
From Vietnam to Singapore,
A Nail Therapist’s Journey
Feature Story | July 2019
Nguyá»…n Trần PhÆ°Æ¡ng Quyên shares her journey from being a small town girl in Vietnam to a nail salon
business owner in Singapore.
From left to right: A young Queenie sitting by a river in Vietnam, Queenie celebrates her daughter’s 3rd birthday in Singapore, Queenie signing the shop lease for La Boutique Vietnam.
Photo by: Nguyá»…n Trần PhÆ°Æ¡ng Quyên
Nguyá»…n Trần PhÆ°Æ¡ng Quyên, or known to clients as Queenie, is the Vietnamese boss of La Boutique Vietnam in Singapore. The nail salon was founded in 2013.
She moved to Singapore just two months after meeting her Singaporean husband, who died of cancer in 2019. She is now raising her child and running her own nail salon. It has not been an easy journey for her but the humble businesswoman still considers herself lucky.
Watch the video to find out how she went from a small town girl in Vietnam to being her own boss in Singapore.
Was also published on The Urbanwire, an E-Magazine by Ngee Ann Polytechnic's Film and Media Studies.