Vietnam has become a destination for Indonesian investors to set up business in Vietnam thanks to the ever-improving investment environment and the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). At the Conference named “Vietnam – Indonesia: Strengthening trade cooperation in palm oil and paper industries” that was recently held in Hanoi, the Indonesian Ambassador in … Read more
In 2017, if nothing breaks through, M&A value will not easily surpass the value in 2015 and 2016. This will require a boost from businesses and the Government to take advantage of opportunity from foreign capital flows. In 2016, the value of worldwide M&A transaction reached 3.5 trillion USD, decreased by 27% compared with the … Read more
In recent years, foreign investors spent approximately 3 billion USD to buy shares in more than 3,000 enterprises in Vietnam, in which most of them purchased over 50% of the shares. It indicates that investment trends through the model of merger and acquisition (M&A) are booming strongly in the market. According to the report from … Read more
The billion-dollar acquisitions of Thai billionaires have brought Thailand to become a formidable force in M&A activities in Vietnam and Asia. Big C Vietnam has fallen into the hands of billionaire Tos Chirathivat – the boss of Central Group (Thailand) from Casino Group (France) for 1.05 billion USD. In 2015, this group also spent about … Read more
The market for M&A transaction in Vietnam is expected to boom in 2015 with many M&A activities in banking industry. According to experts, there will be new capital flowing into the M&A market of Vietnam with a total forecasting value up to 20 billion USD over the period from 2014 – 2018. Particularly in 2014, … Read more