Central Retail is one of the big players in the retail industry willing to spend big money to buy retail empires. Rumor has it that it is negotiating to acquire a large shopping mall chain in Vietnam.

MB on March 15 held a conference to present details on the bank's current status, as well as its strategic approach for the future.

Local restaurant chain owner, Golden Gate Joint Stock Company has announced the transfer of 35.95 percent of shares to a group of three new stakeholders from Singapore.

Many large enterprises are signing M&A deals for projects that are currently on hold, and then quickly finishing construction to bring the products to market in a short time frame.

More M&A transactions are imminent in the property market and real estate prices are likely to escalate this year, industry insiders said.

Vietnam’s equity market may witness big merger and acquisition (M&A) deals in 2021 as local banks are trying to lure foreign capital on the country’s participation in international trade deals.

Many analysts think now is a good time for investors looking for acquisitions in the property industry to act since difficulties caused by the Covide-19 pandemic have thrown up opportunities.

Weak financial stability and a lack of capital are forcing many businesses to seek M&A deals amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Additional foreign investment inflows in real estate went up during 2019 while credit in the sector bucked a downward trend, signalling its reduced heavy reliance on bank loans.

Driven by momentum in growth, Vietnam’s mergers and acquisitions market is expected to continue its strong focus on the sectors of consumer goods, retail, realty, and banking in the months to come.

The logistics market in Vietnam is booming with million-dollar merger deals being signed and many foreign companies striving to increase market share.

In the first half of this year, foreign investment in M&A deals doubled compared to the same period of last year, hitting $8.12 billion in a total of 4,020 deals.

 VietNamNet Bridge – FPT Software Company is planning to invest up to US$200 million in merger and acquisition (M&A) deals in the next four years to increase its staff to 30,000 people by 2020.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many Japanese companies are aware of potential risks in the Vietnamese real estate sector but they have an increasing presence in this market, according to Tokyo-based Recof Corporation,

Merger and acquisition activities are now blossoming in Vietnam thanks to the clearer economic recovery, thriving GDP growth, newly signed free trade agreements and the formation of the ASEAN Economic Community at the end of this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s great potential in its mounting middle income class has become a target for future merger and acquisition deals.

FDI into Vietnam via mergers and acquisitions is on an upward trend, underlining the growing appetite among foreign companies to acquire stakes in existing companies as the fastest way to strengthen their foothold in the country.

 VietNamNet Bridge – GP Bank may kick off the 2014 merger and acquisition (M&A) season. The next would be HDBank.