Asset quality notable in banks' 2023 business results

Asset quality notable in banks' 2023 business results

Tran Thi Khanh Hien, director of MBS' research division, talked to VIR's Hong Dung about 2023 business results.
A real estate thaw? Get real

A real estate thaw? Get real

Vietnam’s frozen real estate market is unlikely to thaw in 2013, and may not rebound before a restructuring of the domestic banking industry addresses the crisis in credit and bad debts, writes Dr. Christian Kamm, president of US-backed investment advisory firm Kamm Investment, in Ho Chi Minh City.  
Transfer of business - an asset or share deal?

Transfer of business - an asset or share deal?

With the increasing mergers & acquisitions (M&A) trend, the term “transfer of business” may commonly and widely been used in daily business lives around the world. Vietnam is no exception – we can easily find this term everyday in business, in legal and commercial documents and the public media.
Finding the true price of an acquisition

Finding the true price of an acquisition

“The rationale of the acquirer for entering into the transaction often provides an indication as to which major intangible assets the acquired company may have”
Putting fresh acquisitions into clear perspective

Putting fresh acquisitions into clear perspective

“In other words, the challenge for the acquirer is to condense a bundle of hard information and expectations into one figure - the offered purchase price”

Irish fund to inject capital into bourse

Irish-listed Phanxipang Vietnam Fund (PXP) has drawn up plans to invest in Vietnam’s emerging stock market via PXP Asset Management, its fund management arm in Vietnam.“We received the licence to open a representative office in Ho Chi Minh City last month and are now looking for investment opportunities,” said Kevin Snowball, director of PXP Asset anagement.