Vietnam New HCMC Office Launch Party

As many of you will be aware, I was recently in Asia visiting and working with our teams in our Beijing, Shanghai and Ho Chi Minh City Studios.

Having grown out of our office in HCMC, we relocated in late November 2017  after three years in our previous premises, so were keen to have a launch party for our clients, colleagues and friends to celebrate our move, our growth from 1 to 30 over the last three years, and to showcase some of our amazing projects being designed and delivered across Vietnam.

Matt Young has done an amazing job of growing the GSA brand in Vietnam, engaging with the tier 1 market, collaborating with our Australian offices, and delivering great design and service in Vietnam.  His goal is for GSA to be "the No. 1 go-to foreign design studio in Vietnam".

On Wednesday January 31, we dressed up the studio, a great Vietnamese tradition, and received many standing flower bouquets from so many of our clients, congratulating our progress and move to a new studio.

Thuy Nguyen, our Office Manager, arranged for a temporary green wall, great catering and live music, which was supplemented by MIP and Hung later in the evening.  We had about 100 guests, some speeches and I was able to have my photo taken with every staff member and several clients.

The feedback from clients on Matt Young, Sam Kwan, Sam Tran, Francesco Pontalti and their team was amazing; very positive and complimentary.

Our work was displayed on every monitor and screen in the studio, which enlightened everyone of the wide range and quality of our work, which in Vietnam covers every one of our five sectors.

The atmosphere and positive vibe throughout the evening was a great testament to Matt’s leadership, spirit, passion and energy, on the back of which we will see ongoing growth and prosperity out of Vietnam

by Mark Sheldon, Managing Director