M&A transactions hit nearly US$2 bln in first half
VGP – The 11th merge and acquisition (M&A) Viet Nam Forum, an annual event, will be held on August 6 in Ho Chi Minh City, according to the information released at a press conference on July 23.
The 11th merge and acquisition (M&A) Viet Nam Forum, an annual event, will be held on August 6 in Ho Chi Minh City, according to the information released at a press conference on July 23, 2019 |
Value of M&A deals in 2018 totaled US$7.64 billion, or 74.9% of 2017. In the first half of 2019, M&A transactions were worth US$1.9 billion, accounting for 53% of the amount recorded in the same time last year.
More than 4,350 M&A deals worth US$48.8 billion were executed in Viet Nam during the past decade (2009-2018).
The year 2017 witnessed an M&A boom with a total value of transactions amounting to US$10.2 billion, a growth of 175% over 2016.
The market size in 2017 increased by nine-fold against 2008, of which the record deal of the decade was US$4.8 billion that ThaiBev (
The M&A value in 2019 is expected to hit US$6.7 billion in 2019, equal to 88.16% of the previous year.
By Thuy Dung