Overview on Vietnam merger and acquisition : Characteristics and issues (Listed companies on HOSE and HASTC)

Abstract

Vietnam is joining a growing and deep world economy. Through its international commitments, especially to the WTO, United States, Japan and a number of bilateral agreements with other countries, Vietnam has attracted more capital foreign direct investment; one of channels is mergers and acquisitions. In Vietnam, this new form of investment is made only through a small number of FDI projects. Therefore, the issue needed is how to build a legal framwork consistent with international commitments of Vietnam to attract more FDI, contributing to the transparency of M&A in the country, restructuring domestic enterprises in management and administration as well as access to advanced technology in the world.