The Opening Celebration for the Representative Office in Vietnam for HSBC Life (International) Limited was held on 24 January 2007 at the Sofitel Metropole Hotel, Hanoi.

To mark the opening of our representative office in Vietnam, we have held a cocktail party for over 100 esteemed guests and friends including senior government officials, industry leaders, corporate clients and business partners, along with Mr Vincent Cheng, Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited.

First row from left to right : Mr David Fried (Regional Head of Insurance, Asia Pacific), Mr Vincent Cheng (Chairman, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited), Mr Bruce Howe (Deputy Regional Head of Insurance, Asia Pacific). Second row from left to rigt: Mr Alain Cany (CEO, HSBC in Vietnam), Mr Douglas White (CEO, HSBC Insurance Brokers (Asia-Pacific) Holdings Limited)

Mr Bruce Howe, Deputy Regional Head of Insurance, Asia Pacific and the Chief Representative of our office in Vietnam, is receiving the Representative Office certificate from Mr Hoan, Director, General of Insurance Department, Ministry of Finance.