The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) on June 6, 2006 opened its new, dedicated Trade Services Centre which is located at 235 Dong Khoi St, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.
At the opening ceremony, HSBC was horoured by the presence of His Royal Highness the Duke of York, KG, KCVO, ADC, UK Special Representative for International Trade and Investment.
Mr. Alain Cany, President and CEO of HSBC in Vietnam said “Our Trade business has seen significant business volume growth over the past two years putting pressure on existing resources. Our current premises inhibit further growth and the new dedicated Trade Services Centre will enable current and future business growth to be effectively supported in an appropriate, customer-friendly, business environment”.
Leveraging on its strong global network which spans over 9,500 offices in 76 countries and territories, award wining track record and local in-depth knowledge, HSBC in Vietnam offers a full spectrum of innovative trade products and services with an aim to make its customers’ supply chain as efficient, seamless and trouble free as possible. The HSBC Group was founded in 1865 to facilitate trade between Asia and Europe and trade has since featured as a major strength of the Group (for over 141 years). In Vietnam, HSBC has the best and largest trade services operations among foreign banks and is the market leader in terms of service quality & diversified products. HSBC’s leadership in trade finance and services in Vietnam is evidenced by the presentation of the Best Import- Export Bank in Vietnam title granted by Vietnam Economic Times in 2005.
Ms. Bui Tuong Minh Anh, Head of Trade Services of HSBC in Vietnam, said “The new Trade Services Center will allow us to further expand our operation to cater for our rapidly increasing trade volumes, which go in line with the excellent growth in import/expert businesses that Vietnam has experienced during last few years. Our new Trade Services Center will continue to offer full suite of trade services solutions ranging from traditional documentation services to highly sophisticated structured trade transactions. In addition, putting the relevant staff together in one dedicated centre is purposely designed to provide a 'one stop' shop for our Trade customers”
In Vietnam, HSBC is the only bank to provide clients with different value-added services:
Instant@dvice which offers alternative means to receive a non-negotiable copy of the clients’ import export documentary credit and any amendment(s) and advices automatically via e-mail free of charge, Document Tracker, which enables customer to track and trace trade documents internationally sent via DHL 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at no charge and DCExpress, which will be advised throughout Vietnam by domestic couriers (to all main cities in 61 provinces in Vietnam) within 24 hours.
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