Best investment and M&A deals for 2019-2020

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seems to be very much in line with the forecasts of many domestic and foreign organisations as Vietnam is one of the rare bright spots on the radars of international investors.

In November 2019, BIDV signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Hana Bank - the foreign strategic shareholder who owns 15 percent of BIDV’s charter capital. Particularly, BIDV issued over 603.3 million shares as a private placement to Hana Bank with a total value of nearly VND20,300 billion (USD875 million). This is the biggest M&A deal with a strategic investor in Vietnam's banking industry. Hana Bank's large investment in BIDV - Hana deal is honoured at Vietnam M&A Forum 2020 Vietnam is a clear testament to the optimism and confidence in the BIDV was honoured in Experts have high hopes for an stability and development potential of the category of the Best upsurge in the scale and value of Vietnam's economy and the finance Investment and M&A Deals in M&A deals in the Vietnamese market in the coming time. This expectation and banking industry in general and BIDV in particular. 2019-2020 at the 12th Vietnam M&A Forum held on 25 THE BEST INVESTMENT AND M&A DEALS OF THE YEAR 2019-2020 November in Ho Chi Minh City. Companies Deals

The Vietnam M&A Forum 2020 Masan Group Masan and member companies struck deals with took place in the new normal VinCommerce, Starck, NET, and 3F while Vietnam, as part of the BIDV BIDV sold shares to KEB Hana Bank global economy, is trying to shake Vinhomes KKR & Temasek acquired a stake in Vinhomes off the blow from the coronavirus pandemic and make the most of the Stark Corporation Stark Corporation purchased 100 per cent equity of Thipha Cable and Dovinanew investment trends of the region and the world at large. Sumitomo Life and Bao Viet Holdings Sumitomo purchased shares of Bao Viet Nevertheless, unlike most other Danh Khoi Holdings Danh Khoi Holdings acquired the Sun Frontier economies, the outlook for the project Vietnamese economy remains quite Aozora Bank-OCB Aozora Bank acquired a stake in OCB positive thanks to the country’s efforts FWD Group FWD Group acquired Vietcombank-Cardif Life to take drastic measures to reform Insurance (VCLI) the domestic investment and business Pharmacity Pharmacity successfully completed fund raising climate, effectively curb the pandemic, rounds and potentially benefit from a noticeable shift in foreign investment flows. Vinamilk Vinamilk & GTNFoods acquired Moc Chau Milk