E-Newsletter: FEBRUARY 2012

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Newsletter: February 2012

From the BBGV

Chuc Mung Nam Moi! Wishing you all great success in the year of the Dragon.

We look forward to seeing you all at our upcoming events:

BBGV HCMC Networking drinks night on 7th Feb 2012, Douglas Barnes our new Consul General and Director of UKTI will be there to meet you.

BBGV co-hosts Cancham's event "The Year Ahead: Executive Summary and Outlook 2012" on 7th Feb 2012.

BBGV Hanoi Business Thursday on 9th Feb 2012.

BBGV HCMC Luncheon "Vietnam Tertiary Education - Preparing Graduates for work?" on 17th Feb 2012.

BBGV HCMC Networking drinks night co-hosting with Eurocham on 28th Feb 2012.

BBGV HCMC Dress for Success Workshop with Huong Nguyen of Inspired Image on 1st March 2012.

BBGV HCMC Social Event St. David's Day Dinner on 1st March 2012 - TBC.

Advertising in our 2012/13 directory (published early June 2012) members will receive an early bird discount of 10% for all adverts confirmed by 29 Feb 2012 for more information click here .

We would like to thank The ABC International school for sponsoring our February e-newsletter. We have some available sponsorship slots for 2012: each edition costs 4,300,000 VND for the month, which is exclusive with your own logo at the top and banner logo at the bottom clicking into your website. Please contact Chi on membership@bbgv.org

We welcome new BBGV Members

New Corporate member: Mr Ivor Cosimo Jencks, Mr Stephen Bruce and Ms Nguyen Ngoc Lien from HONGKONG LAND LIMITED; Mr John Shigley and Mr Ian Garner from MGM GRAND HO TRAM.

New SME member: Andrew Menzies from THE DEVERE GROUP.

Additional member: Mr Bertrand Courtois new General Manager of SOFITEL SAIGON PLAZA; Mr Nguyen Kien from DRAGON CAPITAL GROUP LIMITED; Mr Nigel Russell and Ms Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy from AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL.

We would like to say thank you to all our new discount outlets who have joined us in Jan 2012 Au Parc Restaurant, Hotel Continental Saigon, Viet Star resort and Spa, Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers, May Pub; And our renew discount outlets who continue to support us VNC Vietnamese Language Training- Translation - Cultural Immersion Program, TransViet Travel Group, Dmedia Central, Konnect365, My Jobjob, One2One, VinaToday, B.E.S.T Localize, Bobby Brewers, Family Inn Saigon, May De Ville City Center, New World Hotel saigon, Ramana Hotel, Renaissance Riverside Hotel Saigon, Sea Star Hotel, The Nam Hai, Tan My Dinh Hotel, Vinpearl Joint Stock Company, Pomodoro Italian Restaurant, Pendolasco Italian Restaurant, Vigor Anbis Japan J.S Company, Hotel De L'opera Hanoi - Mgallery Collection, Sofitel Saigon Plaza, Tan Hai Long Hotel & Spa.

MEMBERS News

OFFICE MOVE NOTICE (Asian Tigers Transpo Int'l Vn Ltd)
From 16 January 2012, Asian Tigers Transpo International (Vietnam) Ltd., Ho Chi Minh City Office, located at 2nd Floor, 216 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street, Ward 6, District 3, HCMC, Vietnam.

WHO IS THE CONDUCTOR OF YOUR STRATEGY? (PwC)
A good orchestra is one with a good strategy, well executed by all its' musicians, to achieve their mission of good music enjoyed by the audience.

CIT AND VAT CHANGES (KPMG)
New Decrees on CIT and VAT (most will agree that this is the great start to the 2012 year)

BUSINESS CONFIDENCE ON A KNIFE EDGE HEADING INTO 2012 (Grant Thornton (Vietnam) Ltd)
Global business confidence is balanced on a knife edge heading into 2012 according to new figures from Grant Thornton's International Business Report (IBR). With the global economic outlook dominated by the crisis in the eurozone, fears are increasing that business growth will become even more difficult than in 2011.

“BIG BANG” WINS BIG HONOUR FOR EIGHT YEAR OLD HO CHI MINH CITY BOY (British Council)
A misspelling of London's famous Big Ben captured the hearts of judges and saw eight-year-old Nguyen Song Anh win first prize in an international art competition.

TAX ALERT (KPMG)
Alternative Corporate Income Tax (CIT) incentives for export enterprises under Official Letter 2348/BTC-TCT dated 3 March 2009.

NEW ADDRESS OF HOGAN LOVELLS OFFICE IN HANOI, VIETNAM (HOGAN LOVELLS)
Hogan Lovells office in Hanoi is moved to new address: Sentinel Place, Unit 602, 6th Floor, 41A Ly Thai To Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi, Vietnam

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