July 16, 2021 | 09:00
For years, the Vietnamese government has looked for ways to reduce its direct ownership in key state companies and so to broaden private ownership.
May 21, 2021 | 08:39
State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) has announced its plan to divest 88 companies this year.
July 10, 2020 | 21:01
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved several SOEs divestment plans in 2020, signalling Vietnam's ambition to boost the equitisation progress.
May 25, 2020 | 18:49
Subsidiaries of SOEs like Jetstar Pacific, Angkor Air, DAP-Vinachem, and Petrolimex Laos will come under special financial supervision.
April 23, 2020 | 12:53
The losses reported by Quang Ninh Thermal Power JSC will make it harder for State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) to divest the company this year.
April 16, 2020 | 16:48
The attempt to divest the state's ownership in Haiphong Thermal Power JSC was spectacularly ignored by investors.
April 14, 2020 | 17:40
State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) has recently confirmed its plan of divesting 85 state-owned enterprises, with several big names on the list.
November 05, 2019 | 13:00
Industry 4.0 is creating opportunities for SOEs to increase revenue, dominate the market, renew their business model, and improve their competitiveness.
August 19, 2019 | 17:25
Only 15 months remain for 93 state-owned enterprises and groups, including MobiFone, Agribank, SJC, VICEM, and Vinacomin, among others, to finish equitisation.
May 30, 2019 | 14:00
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.
February 26, 2019 | 18:22
A recent study by RMIT University Vietnam and VinaCapital concluded that corporate governance is key to the next wave of SOE equitisation.
January 30, 2019 | 09:14
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.
January 03, 2019 | 14:00
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. ..
December 03, 2018 | 15:12
Experts claim that SOEs cannot adopt modern corporate governance standards and improve performance because state ownership remains high even after equitisation.
November 21, 2018 | 08:00
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.