Industry 4.0 to triple performance of SOEs

Industry 4.0 to triple performance of SOEs

Industry 4.0 is creating opportunities for SOEs to increase revenue, dominate the market, renew their business model, and improve their competitiveness.
Giants like MobiFone, Agribank, and SJC set to be equitised next year

Giants like MobiFone, Agribank, and SJC set to be equitised next year

Only 15 months remain for 93 state-owned enterprises and groups, including MobiFone, Agribank, SJC, VICEM, and Vinacomin, among others, to finish equitisation.
Fixes required for SOE progress slip

Fixes required for SOE progress slip

With the slow equitisation and restructuring of major state-owned enterprises, the government has been urged to accelerate the process with an aim to create more opportunities for the private sector.
Study finds corporate governance is crucial for SOE equitisation

Study finds corporate governance is crucial for SOE equitisation

A recent study by RMIT University Vietnam and VinaCapital concluded that corporate governance is key to the next wave of SOE equitisation.
SOE divestment a priority in CPTPP era

SOE divestment a priority in CPTPP era

Vietnam will be required to comply with strict commitments to remove state ownership in enterprises, as laid out in the new Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. Will the country be able to keep this promise? Thanh Dat reports.
Reaching SOE equitisation goals

Reaching SOE equitisation goals

While boosting its international integration via engaging in various free trade agreements, Vietnam is also speeding up the equitisation of state-owned enterprises to lure more private investment. ..
Equitisation changes too little in SOEs

Equitisation changes too little in SOEs

Experts claim that SOEs cannot adopt modern corporate governance standards and improve performance because state ownership remains high even after equitisation.
Steps taken to draw in SOE investors

Steps taken to draw in SOE investors

The Vietnamese government’s bold moves to fast-track the ­divestment of state-owned enterprises is opening more opportunities for foreign ­investors, but more needs to be done to shake up the ­languid process.
19 SOEs in the hands of Super Committee

19 SOEs in the hands of Super Committee

Now that the MARD has handed over its five corporations, the Committee for State Capital Management now has officially taken over 19 state-owned enterprises.
19 groups and corporations to be run officially by “Super Committee”

19 groups and corporations to be run officially by “Super Committee”

The Committee for State Capital Management, coined as the "Super Committee" will be in charge of most leading state-owned groups.
Lack of transparency, the bane of SOE equitisation

Lack of transparency, the bane of SOE equitisation

Vietnam has been accelerating the equitisation of its state-owned enterprises in order to seek more investment capital and raise their competitiveness. But how effective has this effort been so far? Thanh Dat reports.
SOE equitisation lets down investors

SOE equitisation lets down investors

Even though the government has been trying its best to boost the equitisation of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to attract private investors over the past few years, the poor performance and small sales percentage of many such enterprises have disheartened many interested parties.  
NA report shows SOEs debts in the quadrillions

NA report shows SOEs debts in the quadrillions

The report of the supervision board of SOEs shows that the public sector owed VND1.6 quadrillion (nearly $73 billion) between 2011 and 2016.
Korean investors welcome as partners in SOE equitisation

Korean investors welcome as partners in SOE equitisation

Viet Nam wants South Korean investors to actively take part in and become strategic partners in the equitisation and divestment of State capital from State-owned enterprises (SOEs).
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