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Vietnam in 2024 has witnessed cautious investor sentiment when it comes to big deals, but key traditional sectors continued to demonstrate resilience and engage interest.
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Vietnam in 2024 has witnessed cautious investor sentiment when it comes to big deals, but key traditional sectors continued to demonstrate resilience and engage interest.
2025 and the years ahead are expected to bring a renewed surge in M&A activity, fueled by increased international capital inflows, supportive government policies, attractive business valuations, and rapid growth in high-potential sectors such as real estate, retail, technology, renewable energy, financial services, FMCG, and logistics.
In October 2024, Vietnam’s economy sustained positive growth across all three key sectors. The agriculture sector continued its steady growth trajectory, while the industrial sector advanced robustly, with a 4% increase compared to September and a 7% year-over-year rise, leading to an 8.3% growth rate over the first ten months of the year.
The 2024 Vietnam CFO Summit is not only a premier platform for learning but also an opportunity to build high-quality relationships, connect with peers, and foster creativity to create real value in building and developing the financial landscape of businesses in Vietnam.
Is Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) part of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and how significant it is to this capital pool? This article aims to dive into Vietnam’s FDI status in recent years and how M&A has becoming increasingly significant in its overall picture.
Vietnam’s stock market has made significant strides, moving from a frontier market to the watchlist of becoming an emerging market since 2018, however there are still factors preventing an upgrade. Despite Vietnam’s significant weight in the Frontier Market, being stuck in a frontier market list has limited its growth and potentials. An upgrade would surely provide more room for expansion, attracting additional foreign investment and boosting the local economy, and benefiting investors, businesses and the entire ecosystem.
In September 2024, Vietnam’s economy recorded impressive growth, with many sectors achieving significant results that create momentum for development in the remaining months of the year. Bilateral trade between Vietnam and international partners continued to rise, contributing to the positive growth of total import-export turnover.
In August 2024, Vietnam’s economy experienced stable, rising deposit interest rates, and impressive trade growth. The inflation rate demonstrates a better result in this month when it increases modestly compared to the previous month. The deposit rate experienced an increase from various banks, which had Big 4. The bilateral trade between Vietnam and many other partners surged continuously prompting to trade surplus. Foreign investment grew modestly, though M&A activity declined slightly. The exchange rate recorded a decline this month.
We are pleased and proud to announce the success of RCH, an unprecedented project where ASART provided management advisory and assisted in working with the government and competent authorities to realize a strategic regional project for higher product quality and sustainability.
Vietnam’s macroeconomic data for July indicates significant growth, picking up from the more modest first quarter. After a conservative 5.7% GDP growth in Q1, it reached 6.9% in Q2, driven by a recovery in manufacturing activities, exports, investment disbursement, and credit operations. Higher growth is now much anticipated for the whole year.