More foreign investors are looking to enter Vietnam’s food and beverage market, especially via mergers and acquisitions.

The real estate market is busy with mergers and acquisitions (M&A), which are forecast to touch a record high this year, driven by the sector’s steady recovery.

Property developer Novaland Group now has a capitalisation value of nearly US$2 billion, making it one of the 10 biggest listed firms on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange in terms of market capitalisation.

Vietnam’s hotel and resort market will see sustained or even accelerated growth in 2017, according to Alternaty, a real estate service company.

Poor management of risks and weak supervision of banks were the roots of the largest problems that Vietnam’s banking system is facing, experts said during a workshop.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) by foreign companies is the fastest way to hold stakes in the Vietnamese electronic and electrical retail market.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue urged the State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) to strengthen operations for more effective use of State assets during a working session in Hanoi on April 26.

Despite the impact credit tightening from the government, the real estate market is expected to continue its marked upswing for 2016.

Vietnam's tech giant FPT is looking for partners with financial capacity and experience in retail and e-commerce to expand its digital store chain, news website ICTNews has reported, citing a representative.

VOV.VN -One of the measurements of development in Vietnam, as in any country, is the level of foreign direct investment (FDI) say economists, because it represents a long-term commitment by foreign companies to the economy.

The Vietnamese retail market has seen some mergers and acquisitions (M&A) between foreign and Vietnamese enterprises, thanks to the huge development potential of the retail sector.

Mergers and acquisitions in Vietnam's textile and garment industry have increased, in a bid to take advantage of free trade agreements, especially the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), experts said.

Mergers and acquisitions are churning the Vietnamese retail market, with large domestic players buying out rivals and massive investment by foreign retailers.

The removal of weak banks through mergers and acquisitions, one of drastic measures taken by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), has somewhat improved the health of the banking system and won trust from people, according to experts.

At an extraordinary meeting on July 11 Sacombank shareholders approved plans to merge with Southern bank and issue three-fourths of a share for each share of the latter.

The Vietnam Competition Authority's 2014 Annual Report says that mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have gathered pace in most industries.

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) within the Vietnamese banking industry have contributed to the sector's restructuring in recent years, but experts are suggesting that big banks get involved in the process.

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the banking sector in 2014 are not as common as in previous years when most of the M&A cases involved smaller banks merging into larger banks. This year a number of leading banks merged to create greater strength.

There will be a wave of mergers and acquisitions in Vietnam in the next five years when the economy recovers and foreign direct investment surges, an international conference heard in HCM City on August 7.

(VOV) - The economic downturn has had a big impact on the business community for nearly four years, and many enterprises have taken great pains to maintain production and their workforce.