Dai-ichi Life Vietnam honourably receives the Third Class Labour Medal Award
The awarding ceremony was honoured to welcome the attendance of Mdme. Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh - Member of the Party’s Central Executive Committee, Vice President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Mr. Le Van Khoa, Vice Chairman of HCMC People’s Committee, Mr. Junichi Kawaue – Consul General of Japan in Ho Chi Minh City, Leader from Ministry of Finance, Mr. Shigeo Tsuyuki – Representative Director, Vice Chairman of Dai-ichi Life Holdings, business partners, as well as domestic and international media agencies.
On behalf of the State leaders, Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh performed the protocol of awarding the Third Class Labour Medal to Dai-ichi Life Vietnam.
On the occasion of this significant event, Dai-ichi Life Vietnam’s CSR Foundation “For A Better Life” handed-over the symbolic cheque of one billion dong to the National Fund for Vietnamese Children to perform disadvantaged children-supporting programs during two consecutive years 2018-2019.
In the solemn scene of the ceremony, Mr. Takashi Fujii - Chairman of Dai-ichi Life International Asia Pacific, cum Chairman of Dai-ichi Life Vietnam, said in emotion: “Today is a very special day with great pride and significance in the history of establishment and development of Dai-ichi Life Vietnam when we receive the Third Class Medal right on the occasion of Dai-ichi Life Vietnam’s 11th Anniversary in Vietnam (18/01/ 2007 – 18/01/ 2018). On behalf of all employees and financial consultants of Dai-ichi Life Vietnam, I would like to express my sincere thankfulness to the Government of Vietnam for their ongoing support and facilitating the business operations of Dai-ichi Life Vietnam, also my deep gratitude to all customers and partners for their trust, affection and companion with us in building common value for community, as well as contributing to the economic development of Vietnam during the past 11 years. This valuable support and companion is the solid foundation and the driving force for all achievements of Dai-ichi Life Vietnam today and in many decades to come.”
After 11 years of operations, Dai-ichi Life Vietnam has grown up more than ten times in terms of total premiums, affirming its position among the leading life insurance companies in Vietnam with solid and sustainable development. Especially in 2017, with total premium revenue of more than 8,000 billion dong, accounting for 12% market share, Dai-ichi Life Vietnam has risen to the top three in the market in terms of total premiums. The company is serving 2 million Vietnamese customers through more than 1,200 staff, 70,500 financial consultants. Dai-ichi Life Vietnam is proud to hold the 3rd position in terms of customer service network with more than 260 offices and general agencies covering 63 cities and provinces nationwide.
“In the next path, consistent with the mission “Thinking People First”, we commit to continuing our efforts in bringing the best values for our customers and business partners; ensuring the sustainable development through harmonizing between business growth and company’s social responsibility, aimed at realizing our goal of becoming the best life insurance company in Vietnam. This is also the core value which has deeply imbued and spread out in the ethics, culture and business philosophy of Dai-ichi Life Vietnam”, Mr. Takashi Fujii shared further.
Not only striving in business, Dai-ichi Life Vietnam also paid great concern and care for social and charitable activities. Based on the criteria “Social activities must be from the heart and bringing realistic values for the people”, Dai-ichi Life Vietnam has so far pioneered and initiated various impactful philanthropy and community projects with the contribution of more than 22 billion dong, such as its annual blood donation, charity eyes surgery program, granting scholarships and warm jackets to disadvantaged pupils, granting life policies to kindergarten teachers, providing relief to families suffering disaster, etc. Dai-ichi Life Vietnam was honorably granted the “Corporate Social Responsibility Award” by Asia Insurance Review for two times, the 1st time in the year of 2013 with the project “For A Better Life” – providing clean drinking water for more than 24,000 pupils in the rural provinces of Vietnam, and the 2nd time in November 2015 with the project “Million bricks for a happy life” - building 10 bridges in the rural areas of Vietnam.