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AGENDA
• VIETNAM’S ECONOMIC AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT
OVERVIEW
• MAJOR M&A TRENDS IN VIETNAM IN THE FIRST
MONTHS OF 2019
• CURRENT LEGAL FRAMEWORK REGULATING M&A
ACTIVITY IN VIETNAM
• WHAT TO BE AWARE OF WHEN DOING M&A
TRANSACTIONS IN VIETNAM: A GUIDE FOR FOREIGN
INVESTORS
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Vietnam 2018 Economy at a glance
• GDP: US$220.3 billion
• GDP per capita: US$2,385
• GDP Growth: 7.08% (record breaking since
2008)
• Inflation: 3.54%
• Population: About 96.2 million (April 2019)
• Labor force aged 15 and above: 55.4 million
• Total export and import turnover: : >US$482
billion (14% increase compared with 2017)
• Regional Minimum wage (Region I): VND 4.180
million (US$ 180) per month (Jan 2019)
• Vietnam’s average age: 31 years old
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Welcome to the most dynamic country on this
planet : Vietnam!
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Growing middle-class
(doubled by 2020 to
33 million people
according to Boston
Consulting Group)
96 million people
Fastest-growing ASEAN economy
in 2018 and 2019, as in 2017 –
Standard Chartered Bank predicts
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Female Business Ownership
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11stst
in Asia, 6in Asia, 6thth
/53 surveyed countries/53 surveyed countries
1818thth
in terms of women’s advancement outcomes,in terms of women’s advancement outcomes,
knowledge assets, financial access and supportingknowledge assets, financial access and supporting
entrepreneurial conditions*entrepreneurial conditions*
* Similar to Thailand, Hong Kong and Switzerland
Women hold 25% of CEO or board-level positionsWomen hold 25% of CEO or board-level positions
in Vietnam**in Vietnam**
** Far above Singapore, Myanmar and Indonesia
Source: Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs 2018
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Deals overview in first months of 2019
• M&A deals in Vietnam hits USD10.4 billion in the first 9
months of 2019, an increase of 82.3% compared with same
period last year.
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Notable M&A deals in Vietnam in 2018-2019
• KEB Hana (Korea) bought 15% shares in BIDV at USD882 million
• Saigon Co.op took over 15 stores of Auchan (France) in Vietnam
• Nam Long Investment JSC bought 70% shares from Portsville Pte.
Ltd. in Waterfront Dong Nai Ltd. at USD98.9 million.
• CapitaLand bought 0.9ha land in Tay Ho District, Hanoi at
USD29.78 million from Hien Duc Group and 6ha land from
BCLand JSC in District 2, HCMC at USD60 million
• Stripe International bought Global Fashion Ltd. which owns
Vascara brand.
• Nawaplastics Industries (Saraburi) (Thai) bought SCIC’s shares in
Binh Minh Plastic Group (BMP) at USD100.2 million and others’
shares in BMP to increase ownership ratio to more than 50%.
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Notable M&A deals in Vietnam in 2018 (cont.)
• VinFast bought all Chevrolet’s authorized agencies to be the
sole distributor of Chevrolet products/ services in Vietnam and
General Motors’ factories in Hanoi to produce small-sized cars
whose copyrights are bought from General Motors.
• Sojitz (Japan) bought more than 90% shares in Saigon Paper at
USD91.2 million.
• Prudential Finance was wholly transferred to Shinhan Card Ltd
– a subsidiary of Shinhan Finance Group (Korea) at USD151
million.
• Uniqlo bought 35% shares in Elise (a Vietnamese fashion
brand).
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Main drivers of Vietnam M&A 2018-2019
• Privatization of state-owned enterprises. Around 140 companies will be
equitized by 2020, including big corporations like Vinamilk and FPT.
• Trade liberalization as a result of CPTPP, EU- Vietnam FTA, etc.
• Government’s efforts to resolve bad debts in banking and finance sector.
• Government’s commitments to complete the legal framework and
strengthen institutional reform
• Vietnam’s market potential and growth of the economy
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Rules on foreign ownership in a listed company
• If Vietnamese law, including international treaties, provides for a specific
ownership cap, the maximum foreign ownership (MFO) must not exceed such a
cap.
• If Vietnamese law treats a business activity as conditional on foreign investment
(pursuant to the list of conditional sectors under the Investment Law) but does
not yet provide any ownership limit, MFO must not exceed 49%.
• If Vietnamese law provides ownership limit for public companies in specific
business sectors (for example, 30% for banking), MFO must not exceed such
limit.
• If a public company conducts different business activities in which MFOs have
been provided differently, the MFO will not exceed the minimum ratio specified
in relation to the business activities which such company is conducting, unless
otherwise stipulated in any applicable international treaty
• In cases that do not fall within the above 4 groups, MFO can be up to 100%.
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Positive effects of the relaxed foreign equity cap
• Foreign investors are no longer restricted from investing in public
listed companies
• More investment opportunities for foreign private equity investors
to invest in majority stakes in companies. However, the
Government still takes certain control over conditional business
sectors where MFO is still limited in the Investment Law and the
company’s charter (if any).
• Enhance market liquidity and capitalization levels.
• Easier to find strategic investors (lessons learned from failed IPOs
of Vietnam Airlines and other big companies).
• Accelerate companies’ restructuring and equitization of state-
owned enterprises
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State-owned enterprises open up to foreign investors
(Decision No. 58/2016/QD-TTg)
Sectors in which the state will retain ownership of over 65% (there are 4
companies in total) include:
• Operation management of airports; operating flight area services;
• Navigation information services, surveillance, aviation meteorological
services;
• Mineral mining of large scale according to current regulations on
classification of mine scale;
• Exploration, development and exploitation of oil and gas mines; and
• Finance and Banking (excluding insurance, securities and fund
management companies, finance companies and financial leasing
companies).
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State-owned enterprises open up to foreign investors
(Decision No. 58/2016/QD-TTg) (cont.)
Sectors in which the state will retain ownership of 50%-65% (there are 27 companies in
total):
• Production of basic chemicals;
• Air carriage;
• Enterprises whose market share is 30% or higher, having a role to ensure major balance of the
economy and stabilize the market, operating in the following areas:
a) Rice wholesale;
– b) Focal petroleum imports.
• Production of cigarettes;
• Provision of telecommunications services with network infrastructure;
• Growing and processing rubber, coffee in strategic areas, mountainous and remote area linked
to national defense and security;
• Enterprises ensuring basic needs for the development of production and improving material
life, spirit of ethnic minorities in mountainous, remote and isolated area;
• Electricity retail business (consistent with the formation and development of the electricity
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WTO ANALYSIS OF LIBERALIZATION
OF MARKET ACCESS
• Typical restrictions: number of opened sectors, JV requirement,
limits on foreign-owned shares, permission requirement
Copyright Oliver Massmann - All rights reserved
Country Limitation of market
access*
Country Limitation of
market access*
Malaysia medium Myanmar high
Indonesia medium Cambodia medium
Philippines medium Laos medium
Singapore low India high
Thailand medium China medium
Brunei high Vietnam low
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REGULATORY BACKGROUND
§ M&A involves a very wide range of legal areas:
§ Legislative system:
– Law on Investment 2014
– Law on Enterprises 2014
– Securities Law No. 70/2006/QH11
– Vietnam’s Commitments on WTO Accession
– Decision No. 58/2016 of the Prime Minister
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Labor Land
Tax Intellectual Properties Rights
Regulatory Competition law
Corporate/ licensing Environment
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REGULATORY BACKGROUND
§ Appears to be simple under the 2014 Investment Law !!!
Only registration required, no more Investment
Registration Certificate
ü Satisfy the requirements for investment
ü Submit application dossier
ü Assessment by the licensing authority and decision after 15
days
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M&A procedures under Investment Law 2014
• Check whether the target company operates in a conditional
business sector.
• Determine the total charter capital foreign investor(s) will hold in
the target company (51% or more?).
• It then decides whether the foreign investor must file a registration
application to the local DPI or the target company only needs to
conduct procedures to change members/ shareholders at local
DPI.
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TRANSACTIONAL ISSUES
Step 1: Pre-Deal Negotiations & Deal Structuring
• Business scope
• Licensing process
– Understand licensing process in the context of the deal particulars
• Expectations
– Buyer / seller (pricing, payment terms, funding, timing, transaction
complexity, professional costs etc.)
• Assets / Shares
– For 100% acquisitions assets usually preferable
• Corporate Structure (Onshore / Offshore)
– Exit / tax considerations
• Financing Structure (Onshore / Offshore)
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TRANSACTIONAL ISSUES
Example 01: Foreign Capital Accounts
• Foreign investors must observe Vietnamese foreign exchange control
laws:
§ Decree 70/2014/ND-CP dated 17 July 2014
§ Decision 88/2009/QD-TTg dated 18 June 2009
§ Circular 05/2014/TT-NHNN dated 12 March 2014, as amended by Circular
09/2016/TT-NHNN dated 26 June 2019
• Decree 70/2014/ND-CP and Circular 05/2014/ TT-NHNN
distinguishes between two types of capital accounts for capital
transactions
§ Direct investment-capital foreign currency accounts => For the foreign
investor who is issued IRC for project implementation in Vietnam
§ Indirect investment-capital Vietnamese Dong accounts => Generally for the
foreign investor who involves in M&A deals, purchase and sales on the
securities market, entrustment of investment in VND, etc…
• WHAT IF the foreign investor acquires the Vietnamese target company?
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TRANSACTIONAL ISSUES
Step 2: Memorandum of Understanding
• Parties
• Deposits (discussed below)
• Often expressed to be non-legally binding except:
§ Exclusivity
§ Confidentiality
§ Costs
Take legal advice before signing!
• Enforceable?
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TRANSACTIONAL ISSUES
Step 3: Legal, Financial & Tax Due Diligence
• UNDERSTANDING / ALLOCATING RISK
• Due diligence, disclosure and acquisition finance are often unfamiliar
concepts to many Vietnamese sellers and is often hampered:
§ By limited access to documents
§ Poorly organized data rooms / DD document request list / site visit
DD IS CRUCIAL WHERE LEGAL RECOURSE IS LIMITED
SO DON’T BE FOBBED OFF
PERSEVERE!
BOTTOM LINE: RISK ALLOCATION MEANS RESOLVING ISSUES
PRIOR TO COMPLETION OR ACCEPTING THE RISK
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EXAMPLE DD ISSUES
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Issue Issue Description Risk Solution
Capital
structure
Unlawful increase of charter
capital by revaluation of fixed
assets
Fines / future
compliance
• Solution??
Construction
Permits
Buildings completed without
construction permits
Demolition • Seller to obtain pink
book prior to
completion
Land Rental
Fees
Investor’s potential liability to pay
land rental fees on the conversion
of allotted land to leasehold status
and applies to 100% M&A deals
Risk that land
rental fee
become payable
• Quantify US$ risk
• [Indemnity]
• Retain sum to cover
Internal
Labour Rules
Target has no internal labour rules Fines Seller to register prior
to completion
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TRANSACTIONAL ISSUES
Step 4: Sale and Purchase Agreement:
• Settlement / Solutions for Security of Payment
§ Deposits (capital account!)
§ Escrow accounts (workable in practice?)
§ Retention sum
§ Buyer granting seller security over shares (complicated!)
• Reps, Warranties & Indemnities
§ Form of retrospective price adjustment? Enforceable?
• Disclosure Letter
§ Not common practice
• Funded deals
§ Loan CPs require IRC – Chicken & Egg???
• Jurisdiction / Choice of Law
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TRANSACTIONAL ISSUES
Step 5: Submission of M&A notification dossier and
change of ERC application dossier
The buyer and seller must work jointly to submit the notification
to the DPI
The seller must work with the DPI to apply for change of
members/ shareholders
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TRANSACTIONAL ISSUES
Step 6: Completion
• The ERC application is COMPLETED when:
§ The relevant licensing authority issues an amended
Enterprise Registration Certificate for the target
company
§ The target’s share registry is updated with the name(s) of
the buyer
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Getting the deals done
• Conduct a careful Due Diligence
(including legal and financial)
• Make sure all business lines of the target entity are
transferred to the new entity upon the deal completion
• Note that M&A activities are administered by the Foreign
Department under the Department of Planning
Investment and dossiers are subject to very strict
examination
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DUANE MORRIS VIETNAM LLC
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