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Speaking at the event, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen The Phong said that the forum aims to evaluate and update M&A opportunities and trends in Viet Nam and review the activities of M&A over the recent decade.
The forum is held in the context that Viet Nam’s macro-economy has achieved good outcomes with the GDP growth of 6.8% in 2017 and 7.08% in the first half of 2018, the highest figure recorded over the recent 10 years.
In 2017, the total M&A value in Viet Nam set a record of US$10.2 billion, an increase of 175% against the previous year.
Remarkably, Viet Nam Beverage Co Ltd, a unit of Thai Beverage, was the only investor seeking to buy all shares of Vietnamese brewer Sabeco on offer worth nearly US$5 billion.
In the first half of 2018, the total value of M&A transactions in Viet Nam was estimated at US$3.35 billion, equal to 139% of the same period in 2017.
It is expected that the M&A value in 2018 may reach US$6.5 billion, equal to 63.7% in 2017. In the mid-term period, the scale of M&A market in Viet Nam may exceed US$5 billion in the 2014-2016 phase, heading to US$6-6.5 billion.
By Thuy Dung