VietNamNet Bridge – The year 2013 witnessed a series of successful merger and acquisition (M&A) in the real estate sector. The biggest deal was valued at VND9.8 trillion.

Thirty speakers and 450 participants joined the 2013 Vietnam M&A Forum in Ho Chi Minh City today, co-organised by Vietnam Investment Review and AVM Company, aiming to sharing opportunities and the outlook in a $5 billion market.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) by Singaporean companies in Vietnam reached 72 million USD during the past 12 months, accounting for 9 per cent in terms of quantity and 3 percent in terms of value of all M&A deals.

Nov. 7 – Following amendments more than five years ago to two major laws regarding investment activities in Vietnam – namely the “Competition Law” and the “Law on Investment” – the country’s mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market has increased from US$299 million in 2006 to US$1.7 billion in 2010. Furthermore, M&A activities for the first nine months of 2011 have reached over US$2.6 billion, doubling the value seen in the same period last year.

Many experts have considered restructuring and equitization of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) as a big opportunity for the M&A (mergers & acquisitions) activity in the coming time.

HA NOI — The total value of merger and acquisition (M&A) deals in Viet Nam reached US$1.5 billion in the first quarter of this year, a conference in Ha Noi heard on Thursday.