David at Ho Chi Minh City: 2007

27 September 2007

David at Nanyang Technological University - Entrepreneurship + Innovation Week 2007

http://dwassociates.blogspot.com/ (Real Entrepreneurs)http://asiaspeakersbureau.blogspot.com/ (Creativity & Innovation)
http://aboutdavidwee.blogspot.com/ (Servant Leadership)
http://davidasb.blogspot.com/ (Grow your business)
http://www.davidwee.com/ (DW seminars & Workshops)

12 September 2007

Why HO Chi Minh City, why Vietnam now?

Key competitive advantages – Large population with young, high literacy rate, hard working and skillful workforce, competitive labour cost, reasonable industrial land cost, plenty of natural resources, weak local currency, political stability.
150th WTO member since January 2007
Vietnam Area 331K sq km, population 85M, 70% of population under 40 (Abundant young, educated labour force at low price. Under 30, 57%). GDP US$61B, GDP per capita US$820
HCMC – 2,095 sq Km, GDP growth 12.2%, GDP per capita US$1,970. More than 76 universities & colleges with more than 380K students. 8M people, the biggest city and economic center of Vietnam. GDP per capital US$3,010 by year 2010. US$6,000 by year 2020.
Car ownership 2.5%, motorcycle 94%, fixed phone 77%, mobile phones 58%, internet 15%. Average household size 4.8.
More than 97K companies (Over 30%) of Vietnam) registered in HCMC (2006)
Most banking services are available in Vietnam – cheques not popular (banks transfer is preferred)
Major exports of Vietnam – Crude oil, Garments, textiles, footwear, seafood, coffee, wood products
Major Imports of Vietnam – Machine, spare parts, petroleum, steel, electronics, PCs and components, plastics.
Industry with high potential – consumer good, retail, real estate, tourism, telecommunication, health care and education.
Growth in Asia (Year 2006, 8.2%) – second to China (Year 2006, 10.4%). India third at 7.8% and Singapore fourth at 6.6%.
Singapore is second top investor in Vietnam (as of July 2007) after Japan. Taiwan third and Korea fourth. Who from Singapore – Capital land, Keppel land, Centrepoint properties, Asia-Pacific Brewery, APL, UOB, SIA ….
Corporate Income Tax – standard rate 28%, preferential rates 10%, 15%, and 20% for a period of 15 years, 12 years and 10 years are available depending on the scope of activities and location.
Value Added Tax rates – 10% standard for most goods/services, 5% on certain sensitive and essential goods and services, 0% exported goods and services.
Expatriates personal income tax is at a flat rate of 25% on their Vietnam sourced employment income. Expatriates spending 183 days or more in Vietnam during the applicable tax year will be treated as a tax resident of Vietnam.
Contribution to social and health insurance are only required for Vietnamese staff; i.e. not applicable to expatriates. Employer 17%, employee 6%.

23 August 2007

Seminars and Workshops by David Wee

Founder and CEO, DW ASSOCIATES PTE LTD

David Wee is the Founder and CEO of Asia Speakers Bureau (ASB) and DW Associates Pte Ltd, a company empowering creativity and knowledge.

David has achieve a track record for bringing a new fast moving consumer goods company from zero to S$8M turnover and personally opening new accounts with all major department stores, and chain stores in Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and Thailand.

With more than 20 years business development and marketing experiences in fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), Branding and OEM, he had the opportunity to conduct businesses in 18 geographic markets and on most international consumer fairs in Europe, USA, Australia and the Far East.

David prior career has been performing front-line, business development functions across a wide spectrum of industries including Consumer Health & Beauty Care, Pharmaceutical, Food & Beverage, Lifestyle, Fashion, Household, Toys, Office Supplies, Stationery, Corporate Gifts, Car Accessories, and Office Furniture.

These responsibilities have included positions as CEO, General Manager, Senior Manager - Sales & Marketing, Operations Manager, Financial Controller and Internal Auditor.

David served two terms as President of The Singapore Institute of Management, Marketing Executives Group. He has also served in the committee of Singapore Manufacturers' Federation, Lifestyle Industry Group and the Singapore retailers Association working committee for National Skills Recognition systems together with Ministry of Manpower and Standards Board. David is an active member of MACRI (Malaysian Association of Creativity & Innovation), and Lions Club of Singapore.

David is the primary developer of Entrepreneurial leadership and creating new space in a crowded market™, and he is active in giving back to the society by sharing his experience and knowledge of Entrepreneurial & Servant Leadership, Creativity, Innovation and Team-building in public seminars and workshops organized by Asia Speakers Bureau™, IQPC Worldwide, Asia Business Forum, IBC Asia, Informa Group, Singapore Institute of Management, Marketing Institute of Singapore, Asia Pacific Management Institute, University of Technology Sydney, National Community Leadership Institute, Singapore Business Federation, Singapore Manufacturers’ Federation, Jobs DB, JobStreet, Universitas Pelita Harapan (UPH - Jakarta), Indonesian Manager Club (Surabaya), Jakarta Health Conferences, International Rotary Clubs and many others.

He has also spoken on SkyQuestcom live web cast to global audience including Malaysia, Singapore, China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, and India.

Participants of his workshops, seminars and corporate clients include Johnson & Johnson, Braun, Becton Dickinson, Kelly Services, Baxter, Bayer, Reuters, Guthrie, Unilever, DHL Express, TNT Express, Singapore Petroleum Company, Petronas, American Express, Veolia Water, Ajinomoto, CPF Food, Robinsons, Guardian, Montblanc, Frasers Hospitality, Brewerkz, Mobile One, SingTel, Siemens, IBM, Panasonic, YKK Holding Asia, Tyco Electronics, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, NCS, Alcatel - Lucent, OSIM International, UMW Equipment, Singapore Exchange, Merrill Lynch International, ASME, SMa, STADA, IPOS, SAF, SAFRA, Singapore Police Force, Singapore Civil Defence Force, IDA SINGAPORE, Ministry of Health, Immigration & Checkpoints, National Parks Board, JTC Corporation, PSB Corporation, ST Electronics Singapore, General Hospital, MUIS, CIAS, CAAS, SilkAir, Comfort Delgro, Century 21, ERA, NUS, SMU, NTU, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Polytechnic, ITE, Taylor’s College, Deloitte & Touche, Citibank, Bank Central Asia, Prudential Life, NTUC Income Insurance, AXA Life, Great Eastern, AIA, Amara Hotel, Acer Sales & Services, Dynacast, Siam Pharmaceutical, Pharmanex, Usana, Nu Skin, Unicity, Indo Food, T-Systems ITC, Check Point Software …

In addition, he has authored and published numerous articles in the area of the NEW Normal, entrepreneurship, concept of leadership, servant leaders, team-building, getting buy-in, shameless marketing, outsourcing your marketing, customer service, communication, knowledge-sharing, fear of failing, build on ideas, creativity, leverage on core competency, corporate culture, problems in teams, why people leave … and what will make them stay.

http://dwassociates.blogspot.com/ (Real Entrepreneurs)http://asiaspeakersbureau.blogspot.com/ (Creativity & Innovation)
http://hochiminhcitydavid.blogspot.com/ (Create your own Blue Ocean)
http://aboutdavidwee.blogspot.com/ (Servant Leadership)
http://davidasb.blogspot.com/ (Grow your business)
http://www.davidwee.com/ (DW seminars & Workshops)