Posted date: 05/19/2010 at 11:41 AM

Ho Chi Minh City – May 19, 2010, Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company of Vietnam Ltd. (“Dai-ichi Life Vietnam”) has announced the grand opening of its new office at The Gilimex Building, 24C Phan Dang Luu Street, Binh Thanh District, HCMC. This is the 3rd office in the HCM city and also the 54th office of Dai-ichi Life Vietnam in the country. This highly equipped new office will expectedly motivate the sales force in generating new business and also providing upgraded customer services in HCM city .

As the economic centre of the country, HCMC is the most dynamic and developing market which provides many opportunities and challenges for enterprises to achieve their business goals. Relating to Dai-ichi Life Vietnam, the total premiums  in HCMC accounted for nearly 30 % of the company total in 2009 and this figure is expectedly growing to 35% in 2010. More investments in expanding and equipping the offices in HCMC have once again determined the target of effectively developing this important market.

Mr. Takashi Fujii – Chairman cum General Director of Dai-ichi Life Vietnam said: “The new office in HCMC plays an extremely important role in the company’s business development plan in Vietnam. It is considered as the leading business office of Dai-ichi Life Vietnam all around the nation. We do hope that with our strong and careful investments in the recent times, the office will strongly motivate our business operations in Southern area particularly and all the nation generally. We also believe that the company can provide customers with better services throughout our nationwide office network”.

Dai-ichi Life Vietnam currently manages 54 offices, serving more than 500,000 customers. The company has been on the way to achieve its target of 10% marker share in 2012 and affirm the commitment of “Lifetime partner” with Vietnamese people through many investments in office network to provide better services.