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    Bartender / bar director

    Ngo Kim Uyen

    Discipline
    Bartender / bar director
    Portrait of Ngo Kim Uyen

    Portrait of Ngo Kim Uyen

    i. Biography

    At Ne Cocktail Bar Ha Noi, the bar manager is not only supervising the floor; the job also carries responsibility for the room’s timing, tone, and handoff between staff and guest. In Uyen’s case, that reads as poise under pressure and a disciplined eye for service that feels composed from the outside because it is carefully managed inside. Her work at Ne Cocktail Bar in Hanoi sits in a setting where atmosphere and technique carry equal weight, and where small adjustments can change how a night is read by the guest.

    In that context, Uyen’s position functions as both anchor and point of coordination. The craft here is control without friction: keeping the moving parts aligned while making the service look clean, direct, and settled. Winner of World Class Vietnam in 2024 gives that profile a second marker of standing. The award places Uyen within the competitive side of the trade, and it sits alongside her role at Ne Cocktail Bar Ha Noi as evidence of the same standards at work.

    The distinction does not replace the day-to-day discipline of bar management; it confirms it. Taken together, the current role and the 2024 title give a compact account of the work: Hanoi as base, Ne Cocktail Bar as the room, and World Class Vietnam in 2024 as the external measure.

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    The Essentials - Current role: bar manager at Ne Cocktail Bar Ha Noi. - Venue: Ne Cocktail Bar in Hanoi. - Award: winner of World Class Vietnam in 2024.

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    • Where does Ngo Kim Uyen work?

      She works at Ne Cocktail Bar in Hanoi.

    • Who is Ngo Kim Uyen?

      She is A bar manager at Ne Cocktail Bar Ha Noi.

    • What is Ngo Kim Uyen known for?

      She is known for bar management and a World Class Vietnam win in 2024.

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