fol concocted for fintech segment

FOL concocted for fintech segment

Local regulators are ratcheting up pressure in a bid to curb the risks from spreading financial technology by setting up a foreign ownership limit of 49 per cent.
foreign groups grasp more aviation control

Foreign groups grasp more aviation control

Buoyed by the upcoming increase in foreign ownership limit, international investors will be offered expanded opportunities to explore the lucrative Vietnamese aviation industry. However, concerns have been raised that the amendments will not fully meet the expectations of interested parties, preventing aviation in the country from truly thriving. Bich Thuy reports.
new policy can change owner limit approach

New policy can change owner limit approach

Attracting international investment flows into state-owned enterprises by increasing foreign ownership limits will bring equal treatment between domestic and overseas investors. Tran Thi Thanh Huyen, partner at NHQuang&Associates, discusses the bottlenecks in the equitisation process and how important the revision of the relevant laws to international ventures is.
legal factors of ma game in vietnam

Legal factors of M&A game in Vietnam

“ We have seen and can expect an increase in foreign investment into equitised SOEs due to the continued initiatives to relax foreign ownership limitations, which has been integrated into the government’s desire to divest its ownership in big players in the consumer goods market. ”
calls for fol to be relaxed

Calls for FOL to be relaxed

State-owned commercial banks are calling for further relaxations on their foreign ownership limit this year.
pharma firms weigh up fol removal

Pharma firms weigh up FOL removal

After years of takeover fears, more of Vietnam’s leading pharmaceutical firms now ponder a historic change of heart by scrapping foreign ownership limits with a view to the international market, then opening vast distribution business opportunities for new players. Bich Thuy reports.
more pharmaceutical firms want to remove fol

More pharmaceutical firms want to remove FOL

Southern bourse member Pymepharco (ticker PME) is the latest company to announce intentions to ramp up its foreign ownership limit to 100 per cent, following leading pharmaceuticals Duoc Hau Giang and Domesco.
scrutinising foreign ownership limit in vietnamese airlines

Scrutinising foreign ownership limit in Vietnamese airlines

Controversy persists among the aviation sector’s major players over setting the foreign holding cap at Vietnamese airlines either at 49 or 30 per cent.
fol hike aims to aid aviation investments

FOL hike aims to aid aviation investments

Despite the latest proposal on raising the foreign ownership limit in aviation business to 49 per cent, the stake sales of the most influential corporations in the sector still face challenges ahead with conditional requirements.
vietnam to increase foreign ownership limit to 49 per cent at domestic airlines

Vietnam to increase foreign ownership limit to 49 per cent at domestic airlines

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) has proposed to raise the foreign ownership limit for airlines to 49 per cent, as well as removing the difference in charter capital between international and domestic airlines.
dhg approved to abolish fol

DHG approved to abolish FOL

Hau Giang Pharmaceutical JSC (DHG) has recently been approved to lift the foreign ownership limit (FOL) to 100 per cent, according to information published on its website.  
dhg to abolish fol

DHG to abolish FOL

Lifting the foreign ownership limit (FOL) to 100 per cent in Hau Giang Pharmaceutical JSC (DHG) will open the doors for old and new investors to increase holdings in Vietnam’s biggest publicly-traded drug maker.
ministries urged to remove 49pc foreign cap

Ministries urged to remove 49pc foreign cap

The Prime Minister’s working group has asked the ministries of Finance and Planning and Investment to swiftly lift the foreign ownership limit of 49 per cent at enterprises where foreign investment is not restricted.
more companies lift foreign ownership limit to 100pc

More companies lift foreign ownership limit to 100pc

Three companies have opened up the foreign ownership limit to 100 per cent, the State Securities Commission announced.
two years later fols an issue again

Two years later, FOLs an issue again

As Vietnam attracts a new wave of overseas capital, the issue of foreign ownership limits makes a return to the spotlight in 2018, two years after a law paved the way for foreign investors to boost their stakes in listed companies.
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