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finance<br />
Living Your Life<br />
By Paul Mclardie<br />
The vast majority of people<br />
working in Vietnam have<br />
health insurance through their<br />
employer. However, what<br />
happens if you fall ill and can’t<br />
return to work? Do you know<br />
how long your sick benefits<br />
will last?<br />
Paying for your children’s<br />
education, rent and day-today<br />
life will start to eat away<br />
at your savings and soon<br />
enough, you may find yourself<br />
on a plane back home, even<br />
if you want to stay here.<br />
So, what can you do?<br />
There are two alternatives:<br />
either live off your savings or<br />
consider purchasing disability<br />
insurance.<br />
Living off of your savings<br />
will only last as long as you<br />
can make it last. Think about<br />
how much you earn. Add<br />
to that the things that your<br />
employer may already pay<br />
for—your rent, car, flight allowances<br />
and the children’s<br />
school fees. Next, look at the<br />
value of your savings. If you<br />
wish to continue leading the<br />
life you have at the moment,<br />
your savings may quickly<br />
diminish.<br />
You could take a regular<br />
income from your savings,<br />
leaving the pot untouched<br />
and living off the interest. But<br />
how much will you actu-<br />
ally need to replace the lost<br />
income? For example, for you<br />
to have an income from your<br />
savings at 5 percent of USD<br />
$40,000, you would need to<br />
have a savings in excess of<br />
$700,000. Not many people<br />
have that.<br />
The second option is to<br />
have separate critical illness<br />
or income protection insurance.<br />
These are plans that<br />
you can pay into monthly.<br />
Like automobile or house<br />
insurance, you only get paid<br />
if something happens to<br />
you. The price of these plans<br />
varies depending on factors<br />
such as your age, occupation<br />
and general health.<br />
You wouldn’t think twice<br />
about taking auto or home<br />
insurance, so why not insure<br />
yourself?<br />
Please make sure that<br />
your health insurance is up to<br />
date and the level of cover is<br />
more than what you think you<br />
require, but also have a look<br />
at income protection insurance.<br />
The first may save your<br />
life; the latter will let you lead<br />
it how you want.<br />
Contributed by Paul<br />
McLardie, Partner at Total<br />
Wealth Management. Paul.<br />
mclardie@t-wm.com, www.twm.com.<br />
listings<br />
living<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 3754<br />
www.canchamvietnam.org<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 />
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, D1<br />
Tel: 3821 5423<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 tripods<br />
and reflectors, the shop offers the best<br />
equipment and service in HCM City.<br />
Pham The<br />
11 Le Cong Kieu, D1<br />
An authorized service center for Nikon<br />
camera that also specialises in repairing all<br />
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 collector.<br />
The owner’s more collectible pieces<br />
are pricey, but entry-level manual focus<br />
SLRs from the 70s and 80s are affordable.<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 and<br />
repair centre with an attractive showroom<br />
featuring some of the latest in accessories<br />
and audio. English-speakers on staff. Honours<br />
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 credit<br />
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 stores<br />
in town. Known for good, efficient service,<br />
in-house maintenance and after-sales<br />
repair on the second floor.<br />
SYS Vi Tinh Saigon<br />
96C <strong>Nam</strong> <strong>Ky</strong> <strong>Khoi</strong> <strong>Nghia</strong>, D1<br />
www.vtsaigon.com<br />
A superb place with an excellent reputation<br />
for after-sales service with competent<br />
English speaking staff and a wide range<br />
of products and services. Freeware and<br />
shareware also available on the store<br />
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 />
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 and<br />
strategic growth markets.<br />
flamingo Corporate Services<br />
Indochina Park Tower, Room 606,<br />
4 Nguyen Dinh Chieu, D1<br />
Tel: 2217 1662<br />
www.flamingovn.com<br />
Provide optimised immigration solutions<br />
and services such as visas, work permits,<br />
resident permits, police clearances,<br />
authentication, certification and apostille in<br />
Vietnam and worldwide.<br />
Grant Thornton<br />
Saigon Trade Centre, 37 Ton Duc Thang,<br />
D1 Tel: 3910 9100<br />
www.gt.com.vn<br />
International business advisors specializing<br />
in auditing, management consulting,<br />
corporate finance, risk management and<br />
information technology.<br />
inspired image<br />
42/2A Ho Hao Hon, D1<br />
Tel: 091 635 2573<br />
www.inspiredimage.co.uk<br />
Image consultant and personal stylist.<br />
Previous clients include business leaders,<br />
TV presenters and busy professionals.<br />
Phuong Nguyen Consulting<br />
TPC Business Center, 92-96 Nguyen<br />
Hue, D1 Tel: 3829 2391<br />
www.pnp-consulting.com<br />
Specializing in business facilitation, conferences,<br />
education counselling, marketentry<br />
research and IT/business consulting.<br />
Rouse & Co. international<br />
Abacus Tower, 58 Nguyen Dinh Chieu, D1<br />
Tel: 3823 6770<br />
www.iprights.com<br />
Global intellectual property firm providing<br />
a full range of IP services including patent<br />
and trade mark agency services.<br />
Star Management limited<br />
92-96 Nguyen Hue, D1 Tel: 3897 2765<br />
www.starlimited.com<br />
Business advisory services for companies<br />
investing in Vietnam, business/project<br />
advancement and a range of business<br />
development services.<br />
Towers Watson Vietnam (formerly<br />
Watson Wyatt and SMaRT HR)<br />
Sun Wah Tower, 115 Nguyen Hue, Suite<br />
808, D1<br />
Tel: 3821 9488<br />
Global HR consulting firm specializing in<br />
executive compensation, talent management,<br />
employee rewards and surveys,<br />
HR effectiveness and technology, data<br />
services and total rewards surveys.<br />
DECOR<br />
Antique Street<br />
Le Cong Kieu Street, D1 between Nguyen<br />
Thai Binh and Pho Duc Chinh<br />
A Variety of antiquesand faux antiques<br />
from Thailand, China and Vietnam<br />
including silverware, compasses, lighters,<br />
brass knockers, urns, vases, abacuses,<br />
religious and pagan statues, candlestick<br />
holders, furniture and watches.<br />
anupa Boutique<br />
84 Pho Duc Chinh, D1 Tel: 3915 1473<br />
Retails in unique and affordable range of<br />
consol and coffee tables, trays, mirrors<br />
and lamps in a range of different textures<br />
such as leather resin, bamboo and<br />
walnut.<br />
asian fish<br />
34 Mac Thi Buoi, D1<br />
Boutique-style arts and crafts store selling<br />
locally made gifts and souvenirs, all designed<br />
by the Japanese owner. Products<br />
include clothing, bags, crockery, sandals,<br />
chopsticks and jewellery.<br />
Aquarium Street<br />
Nguyen Thong Street, D3 between Vo<br />
Thi Sau and Ly Chinh Thang<br />
Dedicated street has everything one<br />
needs to display fish: tanks, decor, feed,<br />
filters and the fish themselves.<br />
Budget Housewares Street<br />
Corner of Pasteur and Nguyen Dinh<br />
Chieu<br />
Stock up on shower heads, kitchen<br />
supplies (juicer, spatula, grater, etc.),<br />
coat racks, clothes hangers, pots, pans,<br />
champagne flutes, bowls, coolers, trash<br />
bins, ironing boards, magazine racks and<br />
the like.<br />
Chau loan<br />
213 Dong <strong>Khoi</strong>, D1 Tel: 3825 7991<br />
Gallery based in a colonial shophouse<br />
stocking mainly Vietnamese-themed oil<br />
paintings and images of Buddha. Also<br />
deals in better-known reproductions.<br />
Decosy<br />
112 Xuan Thuy, D2 Tel: 6281 9917<br />
Producer of a large selection of European<br />
styled furniture and interior fittings,<br />
specializing in wrought iron and patine<br />
(distressed) wood finishes. Also stocks a<br />
wide- range of decorative accessories,<br />
crockery and fixtures. Custom design<br />
services available upon request.<br />
Dogma<br />
175 De Tham, D1 Tel: 3836 0488<br />
www.dogmavietnam.com<br />
Located upstairs from Saigon Kitsch,<br />
this art gallery deals in Vietnamese propaganda<br />
posters, apparel, accessories<br />
and random paraphernalia. Large prints<br />
are sold at US$60 each and small prints<br />
cost US$25.<br />
Minh Boutique<br />
15 Nguyen Thiep, D1<br />
Lacquerware pieces, tea boxes, teapot<br />
warmers, ice buckets and sake drinking<br />
sets all handmade in Vietnam. Also sells<br />
a range of silverware, egg holders and<br />
ice tongs.<br />
OUT-2 STUDiO<br />
L6 Fafilm annex<br />
6 Thai Van Lung, D1 Tel: 3825 6056<br />
STUDIO@OUT-2.com<br />
www.out-2.com<br />
Studio space for independent designers<br />
to showcas their wares, sell their work<br />
and meet with clients. Open Monday t<br />
Saturday 10am to 6pm.<br />
Phuong Mai<br />
213C Dong <strong>Khoi</strong><br />
www.phuongmai-gallery.com<br />
Gallery specialising in original oils by<br />
Vietnamese artists. The works here are a<br />
mish-mash of styles but do contain some<br />
standouts, particularly well-known local<br />
artists La Hon, Quy Tam and Pham Trinh.<br />
Sapa<br />
125 Ho Tung Mau, D1<br />
Offers a better selection of hill tribe<br />
handicrafts than most of its rivals.<br />
Concentrates mainly on the hand-woven<br />
clothing of the indigenous tribespeople of<br />
the region. There is also a line in ladies’<br />
shoes and the standard range of silk<br />
wraps and bags.<br />
Son & Then Photogallery<br />
94 Mac Dinh Chi, D1<br />
Adorning the walls of this gallery-cumcafé<br />
are a number of photographs by<br />
local photographers mostly focusing on<br />
tasteful female nudes. Smaller prints start<br />
at US$20 while larger works can reach<br />
US$500. Framing, consulting and delivery<br />
services are also available.<br />
Vietnam-Quilts<br />
64 Ngo Duc Ke, D1 Tel: 3914 2119<br />
www.mekong-quilts.org<br />
NGO enterprise specialises in quilts and<br />
Houses & Villas<br />
For rent in Dist.2, HCM: An Phu,<br />
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