On July 20, VIR and AVM Vietnam will co-organise a press-conference to officially announce The Vietnam M&A Forum 2017, scheduled to take place on Thursday, August 10, 2017 at GEM Centre, Ho Chi Minh City.
As the ninth edition of the annual economic event under the theme “Seeking a Big Push,” the Vietnam M&A Forum 2017 will welcome 30 international and Vietnamese guest speakers and 500 senior leaders of investment funds, Vietnamese and international corporations, as a platform to meet and share opportunities as well as experiences from the most notable deals of 2016-2017.
Additionally, the participants will be able to meet international investors from the US, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, and other ASEAN member states, as well as seek for opportunities from state-owned enterprise equitisation.
In the framework of the forum, a series of activities will be organised, namely the Gala Dinner to honour the M&A deals and advisory firms of 2016-2017 and a Master Class. As an added boon, the Vietnam M&A Outlook 2017 Special Publication will also be in print, providing quality coverage of the year’s global and domestic trends, as well as the most notable deals.
The Vietnam M&A Forum is a well-known annual event among the business community as well as domestic and international investors.
Over the past eight years, Vietnam M&A Forum has attracted more than 300 speakers, leading international and local M&A experts, and more than 3,500 senior leaders from international investment funds, international and local consultancy firms, state-run corporations, and private sector companies operating in Vietnam.
In 2017, the Vietnamese M&A scene is predicted to continue being abuzz with numerous stellar making headlines. In order for new deals to be successful, the market needs a big push in terms of a mechanism and policies to eliminate persisting bottlenecks, creating an attractive stock of supply, and attracting ample capital from in and outside the country.
Source: Vietnam Investment Review
Key words: Vietnam, M&A Forum 2017, coming, in August
