issue 54 - AsiaLIFE Magazine
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listings<br />
living<br />
camera that also specializes in repairing<br />
all camera makes. Measurement equipment<br />
and spare parts also available.<br />
Shop 46<br />
46 Nguyen Hue, D1<br />
Small shop run by photographer and<br />
collector. The owner’s more collectible<br />
pieces are pricey, but entry-level manual<br />
focus SLRs from the 70s and 80s are<br />
affordable.<br />
finance<br />
BUSINESS GROUPS<br />
AmCham<br />
New World Hotel, 76 Le Lai, D1<br />
Business Centre, Room 323<br />
Tel: 3824 3562<br />
www.amchamvietnam.com<br />
AusCham<br />
TV Building, Suite 1A, 31A Nguyen Dinh<br />
Chieu, D1 Tel: 3911 0272 / 73 / 74<br />
www.auschamvn.org<br />
British Business Group of Vietnam<br />
25 Le Duan, D1 Tel: 3829 8430<br />
execmgr@bbgv.org<br />
www.bbgv.org<br />
CanCham<br />
New World Hotel, 76 Le Lai, D1<br />
Business Centre, Room 305<br />
Tel: 3824 37<strong>54</strong><br />
www.canchamvietnam.org<br />
Citi Bank<br />
115 Nguyen Hue St, D1 Tel: 3824 2118<br />
Citibank Vietnam offers a wide range of<br />
banking services to both consumer and<br />
corpo-rate. Services include Corporate<br />
and Investment Banking, Global Transaction<br />
Services, and Consumer Banking.<br />
In Vietnam for 15 years, Citibank has a<br />
presence in both HCMC and Hanoi.<br />
Eurocham<br />
257 Hoang Van Thu, Tan Binh<br />
Tel: 3845 5528<br />
www.eurochamvn.org<br />
German Business Group<br />
21-23 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, D1<br />
www.gba-vietnam.org<br />
Singapore Business Group<br />
Unit 1B2, 21-23 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai,<br />
D1 Tel: 3823 3046<br />
www.sbghcmc.org<br />
Swiss Business Association<br />
42 Giang Van Minh, Anh Phu, D2<br />
Tel: 3744 6996<br />
Fax: 3744 6990<br />
Email: sba@hcm.vnn.vn<br />
www.swissvietnam.com<br />
Hong Kong Business Association<br />
New World Hotel, 76 Le Lai, D1<br />
Business Centre, Room 322<br />
Tel: 3824 3757 / 3822 8888<br />
www.hkbav.com<br />
NordCham<br />
Bitexco Building, 19-25 Nguyen Hue,<br />
D1 Tel: 3821 <strong>54</strong>23<br />
www.nordcham.com<br />
CAMERAS<br />
Hung Hai<br />
75 Huynh Thuc Khang, D1<br />
A good place to purchase hard-to-find<br />
gear and some rare equipment, mainly<br />
auto focus lenses.<br />
Le Duc<br />
5B Huynh Tinh Cua, D3<br />
A shop for all your professional accessory<br />
needs. From lighting equipment to<br />
tripods and reflectors, the shop offers the<br />
best equipment and service in HCM City.<br />
Pham The<br />
11 Le Cong Kieu, D1<br />
An authorized service centre for Nikon<br />
COMPUTERS<br />
Computer Street<br />
Luong Huu Khanh, D1 between Nguyen<br />
Thi Minh Khai and Nguyen Trai<br />
This stretch of District 1 is literally wall to<br />
wall with small shops selling computers,<br />
printers, monitors and everything computer<br />
related, more so toward the NTMK<br />
end of the drag.<br />
iCenter<br />
142A Vo Thi Sau, D3<br />
Tel: 3820 3918<br />
Professional, polished Apple retailer<br />
and repair centre with an attractive<br />
showroom featuring some of the latest in<br />
accessories and audio. English-speakers<br />
on staff. Honours Apple service plans.<br />
Future World<br />
240 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, D3<br />
Authorized reseller of Apple computers<br />
and products, as well as some off-brand<br />
items like headphones. Excellent service<br />
and English-speaking staff. Accepts<br />
credit cards.<br />
Phong Vu Computer<br />
264C Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, D1<br />
Tel: 3933 0762<br />
www.vitinhphongvu.com<br />
The biggest and busiest of the PC<br />
stores in town. Known for good, efficient<br />
service, in-house maintenance and aftersales<br />
repair on the second floor.<br />
SYS Vi Tinh Saigon<br />
96C Nam Ky Khoi Nghia, D1<br />
www.vtsaigon.com<br />
A superb place with an excellent<br />
reputation for after-sales service with<br />
competent English speaking staff and<br />
a wide range of products and services.<br />
Freeware and shareware also available<br />
on the store website.<br />
CONSULTING<br />
Concetti<br />
33 Dinh Tien Hoang, D1 Tel: 3911 1480<br />
www.concetti-vn.com<br />
Consulting and research company for<br />
technology transfer and investment.<br />
Embers-Asia Ltd.<br />
Level 9, Nam Giao Building, 80-8 Phan<br />
Xich Long, Phu Nhuan Tel: 3995 9163<br />
www.embers-asia.com<br />
With a focus on experiential learning,<br />
Embers-Asia has been creating and<br />
delivering high-performance training and<br />
development solutions for<br />
corporations, embassies, international<br />
schools and NGOs throughout Southeast<br />
Asia since 2002.<br />
Ernst & Young<br />
Saigon Riverside Office Center, 2A-4A<br />
Ton Duc Thang, D1 Tel: 3824 5252<br />
www.ey.com<br />
Professional service firm specializing in<br />
advisory, assurance, tax, transactions<br />
and strategic growth markets.<br />
Flamingo Corporate Services<br />
Tel: 2217 1662<br />
Email: info@flamingovn.com<br />
www.flamingovn.com<br />
Specializes in business immigration,<br />
providing services like visas, work and<br />
resident permits, police clearance, APEC<br />
cards, authentication and legalization of<br />
work experience certificates and degrees<br />
in Vietnam and abroad.<br />
Grant Thornton<br />
Saigon Trade Centre, 37 Ton Duc<br />
The Tipping Point<br />
By Paul McLardie<br />
I did something very stupid<br />
last week; I downloaded<br />
the UK top 40 chart for my<br />
iPod. I just wanted something<br />
different to listen to in<br />
the gym. How was I to know<br />
that I would only recognise<br />
three or four of the artists by<br />
their names? I don’t know<br />
the exact date it started, but<br />
I have begun to turn into my<br />
parents.<br />
Years ago, when they had<br />
their 40th birthday party, I<br />
remember being a 13-yearold<br />
lad thinking how funny my<br />
mum and dad looked dancing<br />
to their music. Looking back<br />
though, it’s just what they<br />
knew and also what they<br />
enjoye. But when does the<br />
tipping point come? That moment<br />
when you prefer all your<br />
old stuff rather than listening<br />
to new stuff?<br />
It’s similar to one of the<br />
first things you learn in training<br />
when you start to deal<br />
with personal finances. It’s<br />
called the financial life cycle.<br />
Everyone at a certain point in<br />
life will be looking for different<br />
things and have new needs.<br />
For example, a couple in their<br />
20s saving up looking to get<br />
married has different needs<br />
to someone who is getting<br />
near retirement. It used to be<br />
all very dry and everyone got<br />
pigeon-holed into different<br />
groups or categories. Things<br />
have changed.<br />
Since starting to work<br />
abroad, you realise the old<br />
financial life cycle does not<br />
work. You can’t place people<br />
into groups just by their age<br />
and pre-ordained ideas about<br />
their needs. Anyone living<br />
abroad is here for a reason<br />
and for different amounts<br />
of time. It could be for the<br />
lifestyle, it could be for the<br />
money, it could be that you<br />
are running away from something.<br />
Who cares? The important<br />
thing is that you should<br />
be treated like an individual<br />
and not be influenced by an<br />
out-of-date and antiquated<br />
method of giving financial<br />
advice.<br />
If you are in your 20s and<br />
you want to start looking into<br />
retirement, it’s up to you. If<br />
you are heading for retirement,<br />
but your are just about<br />
to get married for the fifth<br />
time, good luck to you. All I<br />
know is that it may be some<br />
time before I try to rediscover<br />
my youth and for now I’ll just<br />
stick to my old music.<br />
Paul McLardie is a partner at<br />
Total Wealth Management.<br />
You can contact him at paul.<br />
mclardie@t-wm.com.<br />
70 asialife HCMC
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