Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Vu Dai Thang attends Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) Forum 2019, August 6, 2019 |
The value of M&A transactions increased from US$1.1 billion in 2009 to US$7.64 billion in 2018. The total value of transactions in the decade hit US$55 billion. However, the value of M&A transactions in the first half of 2019 leveled off at US$1.9 billion, equal to 53% of the same period last year.
According to the statistics of the Foreign Investment Agency, under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, foreign investors spent US$2.64 billion to purchase shares.
Positive factors are opening a new era for M&A activities in Viet Nam with a number of opportunities for breakthrough and making M&A become a crucial investment attraction channel in the time ahead, said Thang.
M&A market in Viet Nam expects strong developments in the issuance and realization of policies as well as connectivity, trade transactions and innovation of buyers and sellers.
He stressed the need to accelerate the equitization process and capital withdrawal in the upcoming time.
By Thuy Dung