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BỨC TRANH LỢI NHUẬN QUÝ III/2013
A First Look at 2018 December 2017
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REPORT CONTENT
MACRO OUTLOOKS
STOCK MARKET OUTLOOKS
INVESTMENT IDEAS & STOCK PICKS
MACRO ECONOMICS
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2017: Impressive Performance
Vietnam’s GDP growth was at the top of Asia Interest rate’s gradual drop and a newly low platform
Source: Bloomberg, A.T. Kearney, RongViet Research
Foreign capital still flowed into Vietnam Vietnam’s retail market: sweet fruit
2.7%
3.0%
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
Taxes and subsidies Service
Industry and construction Agriculture, forestry and fishing
GDP growth 2017 GDP growth 2016
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05/12 05/13 05/14 05/15 05/16
VGB 5Y yield VGB 10Y yield
CPI RHS Short-term Lending rate
Vietnam 5Y CDS RHS
(%) (Points)
-8
-6
-4
-2
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
Q1 2013 Q1 2014 Q1 2015 Q1 2016 Q1 2017
Net Errors and Omissions
Financial Account
Capital Account
Current Account
(USD B)
0
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40
60
80
100
120 GRDI Score Time pressure*
(Points)
Note: 1) High time pressure means it is urgent to enter the country and capture the growth opportunity
2) Vietnam’s lower 5Y CDS illustrates a sorter mid-term risk
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2018 economic outlook: Identifying the prospects
2018 business environment:
• According to RongViet Research’s forecast, the 2018 economic growth will reach 6.70% YoY (basic scenario) and 7.0% YoY
(positive scenario), thanks to 2 drivers, including consumption and investment
• Interest rate burden put on prioritized sectors is likely to decline in the context of VGBs’low yield
• SBV stands keeps loosening monetary policy which is expected to ease negative effects on domestic commodity prices
• Basic commodity prices will rally gradually
• FX risk is low in H1 2018
Hope for turning points:
• Investment opportunities stemming from the state divestment plan in the hope of higher business efficiency of divested
companies
• Strengthening of public revenue via consumption tax’s hikes
• Identifying long-term momentum of the economy, including 3 SEZs named Van Don, North Van Phong, and Phu Quoc
• Completely reducing 1/3–1/2 of business registration documents
• Renegotiating lots of trading agreements, such as CPTPP, RCEP, and EVFTA
2018 themes:
Theme 1 : 2018 – switching points of state divestment plan
Theme 2 : Restructuring public revenue
Theme 3 : Consumer financing – opening a door for credit growth
Theme 4 : SEZs – hope for new momentum?
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2018 Forecast
Source: RongViet Research
2015 2016 2017E 2018F
GDP growth 6.68% 6.21% 6.65% 6.7%-7.0%
Trade balance (USD B) -4.1 +1.78 +2.0 +1.8
Export growth 7.9% 9.0% 18.9% 13.8%
Import growth 12.0% 5.6% 19.2% 14.0%
Inflation 0.6% 2.66% 3.62% 3.71%
Refinancing interest rates 6.5% 6.50% 6.25% 6.25%
M2 growth 14.5% 18.4% 17.5% 17.0%
Credit growth 17.3% 18.2% 19.0% 18.0%
Public deficit 4.6% 3.64% 3.5% 3.7%
Trading USD/VND rate 22,485 22,761 22,715 23,014
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Theme 1: 2018 – Switching point for state divestment plan
Source: GSO, HNX, Fin Pro, RongViet Research
Completing most of the equitization plan Slow state divestment
~60% of domestic-denominated bond dues in 2018-2021 Comments:
 There will be 89 SOE equitization in 2018-2020. After 30
years, Vietnam expectedly completes the equitization
plan on 4.655 state-owned companies
 However, state ownership ratio remains high due to
extremely low state divestment
 2018 is willing to be a switching point of state divestment
plan as there are 181 companies, 70% of a 3-year plan in
2018-2020
0
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0
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100
150
200
250
300 Book value Divestment value Premium
(VND T)
An engine behind significant state divestment effort
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
(USD B)
Note: 2017’s divestment value excludes Sabeco’s USD4.8B value deal
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Theme 1: 2018 – Switching point for state divestment plan
Source: Bloomberg, HNX, RongViet Research
The government removes administrative obstacles Tightening cycle is at the beginning
Regarding SOE equitization, Decree No.126/2017/ND-CP:
• Supporting potentially strategic investors as the non-
transferable time will be cut down to 3 years from 5 years
• Pushing listing/registering after equitization
• Diversifying valuation methods by adding book building
method
• Land ownership right’s revaluation is based on market value
• Guidelines of calculating goodwill value
Regarding the state divestment, draft decree amending and
supplementing some articles of Government's Decree No
91/2015/NĐ-CP:
Interest rates of South Korea and China
• Rebuilding a 2-step divestment process, consisting of public
offering auction and put-through transactions, of which,
public offering auction includes normal auction and large-
size auction
• Legalizing unregistered state ownership public offering
auction
• Accepting a lower divestment value compared with its
book value 3
4
5
6
7
01/12 09/12 05/13 01/14 09/14 05/15 01/16 09/16 05/17
South Korea China
(%)
Encouraging environment and the government’s action
-0.2
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
-1
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
01/00 01/02 01/04 01/06 01/08 01/10 01/12 01/14 01/16
ECB LHS FED LHS BOJ RHS
(%) (%)
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Theme 1: 2018 – Switching point for state divestment plan
Source: Bloomberg, HNX, RongViet Research
FX reserve: Will the 10-year-ago event recur? Considerate M2 growth
Controlling floating money Adjusting short-term money via OMO channels
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1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017E
(USD B)
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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Credit growth M2 growth
0
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1,200
1,400
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017E
Loan value
Net VGBs value
Money supply
Liquidity gap
-300
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
05/12 12/12 07/13 02/14 09/14 04/15 11/15 06/16 01/17 08/17
Reverse repo
Outright
Total trading value
(Trillion VND)
SBV policies to adapt to a new environment
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Theme 1: 2018 – Switching point of state divestment plan
Source: RongViet Research compiles
Natural Rubber Oil&Gas Utility Industry
Agriculture Oil&Gas Utility Cement
Aviation Pharmacy Textile Construction material
IPO – State divestment in 2018
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Theme 2: Restructuring public revenue
Source: Bloomberg, RongViet Research
Public debt-to-GDP rate close to the roof of 65% 40% gap of capital for infrastructure investment
A massive loss caused by lower export-import taxes Comments:
• Restructuring public budget plays an important role
• Significant revenue like export-import tax, grants and
priority loans will drop, resulting in changes in revenue
structure
• Lack of infrastructure investment calls for private sectors’
participation
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 2028 2031 2034 2037 2040
Energy Telecommunication
Airport Ports
Rail Road
Water
(USD B)
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
2007 2010 2013 2016 2019
ACFTA AFTA
AKFTA AIFTA
AANZFTA EPA
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017E2018F
Grants RHS
Public debt-to-GDP rate LHS
Debt repayment-to-public revenue rate LHS
(VND B)
Fiscal“wheel”wears out
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Theme 2: Restructuring public revenue
Source: MOF, RongViet Research
Public revenue structure Public expense structure*
(1) Income and consumption taxes account for the biggest
percentage of total revenue, 26.3% and 37.4%, respectively
(2) Fees, charges and non-tax surges 20.6% YoY, accounting for
17% of total revenue
(3) Environmental protection tax grows at an annual 22 pace
on average and accounts for 3.9% of total revenue
(4) Revenue from Lottery was added
(1) Regular expenditures climb 13,1% YoY in 10 years and
accounts for 74% of total expense
(2) Investment expenditures increase only 8,7% YoY and its
percentage drops to 26% of total expense
(3) According to the financial restructure plan, the
government prioritizes debt repayment in 2016-2020
* Note: Public expenditures exclude principal repayment
Public revenue structure Public expense structure
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
2005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017
Income taxes Consumption taxes
Export-Import taxes Environmental protection tax
Revenue from Loterry Other taxes
Fees, charges and non-tax Grants
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
2005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017
Administration expenditures Economic expenditures
Social expenditures Interest payment
Others Investment expenditures
Public budget structure
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Theme 2: Restructuring public revenue
Source: MOF, RongViet Research
Type Impact
Value-AddedTax
(VAT)
1) The MoF estimates the VAT increase could add 0.06-0.39% to CPI
2) RongViet Research estimates budget revenue could be added by VND70,000 billion-VND90,000 billion
3) Vietnam’s shadow economy, equivalent to 15.1% of GDP, may increase
4) Strongly impacted sectors: Consumer; Real Estate; Agriculture
Special Sale Tax 1) Special Sales Tax contributes to 7-8% of total budget revenue. The increase of SST for soft drinks and
cigarettes could boost budget revenue in the medium term
2) Allow domestic car manufacturers to better compete with imported cars
Corporate IncomeTax 1) SMEs make up 95% of all companies operating in Vietnam. Therefore, tax reduction will enhance such
businesses
2) CIT from SMEs contributes less than 1% to total budget revenue. So we think the tax cuts will impact
insignificantly to budget revenue
3) Limit corporate leverage, especially state-owned corporation
4) Weakening the momentum of price transferring
Personal IncomeTax 1) Supporting medium-income class
2) Encouraging employees in the prioritized sectors
3) Rising public revenue via tax burden put on lottery income
Tax reform
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Theme 3: Consumer financing – opening a door for credit growth
Source: Bloomberg, NFSC, RongViet Research
Total credit to non-financial sector (% of GDP) Credit-to-GDP gap*
Big gap for consumer financing development Global trend related to household debts
-15
-10
-5
0
5
10
15
09/09 07/10 05/11 03/12 01/13 11/13 09/14 07/15 05/16 03/17
0%
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250%
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140
Thailand Malaysia Indonesia China Australia Korea EM
2008 2017
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15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017E
Vietnam's consumer financing-to-GDP
LHS
Vietnam's Credit growth RHS
Expansion of household debt
Note: Over 10% credit-to-GDP gap warns of financial crisis in next 3 years
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Theme 3: Consumer financing – opening a door for credit growth
Source: Bloomberg, NFSC, RongViet Research
Consumption contribution to GDP Consumer financing structure
Banks take the driving role Low net-interest margin
8.43 8.97
18.07
23.27
0.47 1.53
2.53
3.28
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
2013 2014 2015 2016
Finance companies
Banks
Spread-out effects on the economy
2.4%
2.6%
2.8%
3.0%
3.2%
3.4%
5%
10%
15%
20%
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017E
NIM RHS
Short-term lending rate LHS
Short-term deposit rate LHS
Banks' Consumer financing interest rate LHS
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
China Thailand Indonesia Philippines Vietnam
52.36%
15%
24%
1%
3% 4.64%
Buy/repair houses Transport
Durable goods Hi-tech goods
Education, tourism, health care Others
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Theme 3: Consumer financing – opening a door for credit growth
Source: Bloomberg, Savills, RongViet Research
Saving/GDP rates of Asian nations Stock market movement
Real estate prices climb in Ho Chi Minh city Lesson from other countries
70
75
80
85
90
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
Q1/2012 Q1/2013 Q1/2014 Q1/2015 Q1/2016 Q1/2017
Housing Price Index LHS
Office Price Index RHS
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
-15%
-10%
-5%
0%
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10%
15%
20%
25%
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1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
7%
8%
03/13 10/13 05/14 12/14 07/15 02/16 09/16 04/17 11/17
Potential risks from surging consumer financing growth
100
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25
50
75
100
125
1981 1984 1988 1992 1995 1999 2003 2006 2010 2014
Canada new housing price index LHS
Canada Household Debt-to-GDP ratio LHS
US household debt-to-GDP ratio LHS
U.S. Housing price index RHS
(%) (Points)
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Theme 4: SEZs – hope for a new momentum?
Lessons from other countries
Contents China India
Results SEZs account for 22% of China’s GDP growth, creating 30 million jobs; taking
45% of FDI
Upto 2014, only 164/564 SEZs are alive
Size Very big. Typically in hundreds of hectares Over 10 hectares
Position Well thought out and located only on coasts to facilitate exports and imports
easily.
Anywhere. No restriction
Number Only 6 SEZs: Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shantou, Xiamen, Hainan and Pudong Any number
Policy regime Experimentation of liberal policies in the specified areas Based on fiscal sops.
Labor law Relaxed in the SEZs Flexibility is totally absent
Investors Basically foreigners who are wooed with sops and promises of stability in
policy
Basically local not foreign investor driven; which
should have been the case.
4%
5%
6%
7%
8%
9%
10%
1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015
GDP growth
Manufacturing Area Industrial Area High-tech, border-gate economic zones Open and Coastal Economic Zones
Source: GSO, RongViet Research
The economy’s momentum is weakening
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Theme 4: SEZs – hope for a new momentum?
Van Don
1) Prioritized sectors:
• Hi-tech projects
• Supporting industry
• Tourism
• Logistics
2) Job creation (2030): 132,000
3) Additional public revenue (2021-2030): USD4 billion
4) Added value (2021-2030): USD9.7 billion
North Van Phong
1) Prioritized sectors:
• Information technology
• Electricity
• Exact mechanics
• Ports and logistics
• Defense
• Tourism
• Commerce–finance
2) Job creation (2030): 65,000
3) Additional public revenue (2021-2030): USD2.2 billion
4) Added value (2021-2030): USD10 billion
1) Prioritized sectors:
• Tourism
• Retail
• Healthcare
2) Job creation (2030): 57,600
3) Additional public revenue (2021-2030):
USD3.3 billion
4) Added value (2021-2030): USD19 billion
Phu Quoc
SEZs’Impact
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Theme 4: SEZs – hope for a new momentum?
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3
2022 2026 2030
Preliminary Period
2018
• Entertainment casino
• Port and airline services
• Shopping center
• Creative technology; entrepreneur
center
• Seafood processing
• Logistic services
• Education; Health services
• Finance services
• Bioengineering
• Green technology
• High technology,…
Van Don
Preliminary Period
2018
• Complete legal formalities,
planning, arrange management
system
• Build main infrastructure
• Complete synchronized substruction and legal
system
• Attract investment and main sectors
• Deep investment to establish
international city status
• Create spillover effect
• Build cargo port, international airline
port
• Build shopping center – finance
• Build urban area
• Develop model: high-tech area, high-
tech center
• Transport by international airline; develop
port service
• Build finance - banking; attract international
funds
• Build yacht port; Education; Health services
• Develop high technology for national
defence, new building material technology;
biology technology,….
• Develop and optimize port services
• Develop finance forms, securities,
venture capital,….
• Develop services, traveling,….
• Develop R&D activities
Bac Van Phong
Stage 1 Stage 2
2025 2030
Start
2018
Acceleration Develop and disseminate
2021 2025
• Create spillover to Kien Giang and
national economy
• Expand pilot with opener regulars
Develop main sectors:
• Traveling
• Shopping center and exhibition
• Study and development
Develop momentum sectors:
• Processing
• Communication and logistics
• Universal education and finance
services
• Health services,…
Develop other sectors:
• Bio-engineering, green technology
• High-tech appliance center, AI
• Advanced telecommunication services
• Investment funds
Phu Quoc
• Complete legal formalities, planning,
arrange management system
• Build main infrastructure
• Complete synchro substruction and legal system
• Attract investment and main sectors
SEZs development process
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List of potential risks
No Risk Impact Level Probability
1 Unreal bad debts solved Direct
2 Delay of IPOs & state divestment Direct
3 Negative effects of consumption tax
hikes
Direct
4 Foreign outflow Direct
5 Commodity prices Direct
6 China’s economic policies Direct
7 China-US relationship worsens Indirect
8 Political risks Indirect
Note: Probability-Impact Assessment
Very high High Medium Low Very low
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Appendix: Some projects in SEZs
Source: RongViet Research
Name Sector Size (VND B) Investors Status
Van Don
Van Don International Airport Infrastructure 7,500 Sun Group Operation in 2018
Ha Long - Hai Phong Highway Infrastructure 13,600 CIENCO 4 Operation in 2018
Ha Long – Van Don Highway Infrastructure 13,988 BOT Bien Cuong JSC. Operation in 2018
Van Don – Mong Cai Highway Infrastructure 16,014 N/A Start in 2017
Bac Cai Bau seaport Infrastructure 2,200 MBLand Hoildings Studying
Van Don Heritage Road Tourism 5,000 Van Don Heritage Road JSC. Studying
Sonasea Dragon Bay Tourism 4,950 CEO group Studying
Furama Ha Long Viet Nam Resort & Villas Tourism 1,120 Viglacera corporation Pending
Eco-tourism area Ngoc Vung, Van Canh Tourism 46,000 FLC group Studying
Non-tariff, clean industrial zone Industrial area 31,500 N/A N/A
Van Phong
Van Phong 1 Thermal Power Project Energy 58,721 Sumitomo corporation (Japan) Licensed
Nam van phong petrochemical refinery complex Energy 109,248 Petrolimex and Nippon Oil Energy (Japan) Licensed
Phu Quoc
Phu Quoc International Passenger Port Infrastructure 1,600 Vingroup Operation in 2018
The Phu Quoc Cable Car Tourism 10,000 Sun Group Operation in 2018
Safari Park Infrastructure 3,150 Vingroup Pending
Deep Water Port Infrastructure 2,000 PVN Pending
Sun World Hon Thom Natural Park Tourism 10,000 Sun Group Pending
Expansion of International Airport Infrastructure 2,000 Airport Corporation of Vietnam Operation in 2018
Sonasea Villas & Resort Tourism 4,500 CEO group N/A
Phu Quoc Marina Tourism N/A BIM group N/A
Condotel Premier Residences Tourism N/A Sun group N/A
The Coast Villas Tourism N/A Nam Land N/A
Grand Word Tourism 7,500 LDG Group Pending
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Appendix: Tax reform
Types Key changes Impact
Value-
Added Tax
(VAT)
1) Increase the current standard VAT rate to 12% from 10%.
2) Transfer of land use rights is proposed to be changed from VAT exempt to taxable At the standard VAT rate.
3) Remove the role of subtracting land-use-right transfer price/land rent out of real estate prices used to calculate VAT
4) Transfer of fertilizers, agricultural machines, off-shore fishing boats from VAT exempt to taxable.
5) Threshold for payment by bank for both VAT and CIT purposes is proposed to be reduced from VND20 million to
VND10 million
6) The draft law removes a number of goods/services entitled to 5% VAT rate, moving them to the standard tax rate
(water, medical and educational equipment used for multiple purposes, sporting and entertaining activities, books)
1) The MOF estimates the VAT increase could add 0.06%-
0.39% to CPI.
2) RongViet Research estimates public revenue could be
added VND70,000 billion – VND90,000 billion.
3) Vietnam’s shadow economy, currently equivalent to 15.1%
of GDP, may grow.
4) Significantly under-impacted sectors: Consumer; Real
Estate; Agriculture; etc.
Special
sale tax
(SST)
1) Introduce SST on soft drinks at either 10% or 20% from 01 Jan 2019.
2) Increase taxes for cigarettes and cigars:
• Add a fixed SST charge of VND1,000 per pack of 20 cigarettes and VND1,500 per cigar, effective 01 January 2020; or
• Increase the SST rate from 75% to 80% on cigarettes from 1 January 2020 and to 85% from 1 January 2021.
3) Amend taxable revenue for automobiles with less than 9 seats manufactured in Vietnam to sales price of
manufacturer exclusive of the value of spare parts produced domestically.
4) Hike SST on imported pickup trucks: 60% of the rate on sedans with the same engine capacity.
1) Special Sale Tax contributes to 7-8% of total budget
revenue. Such hike could boost budget revenue in the
medium term.
2) Allow domestic car manufacturers to better compete with
imported cars.
Corporate
Income
Tax (CIT)
1) CIT burden put on SMEs will be down to 15%-17%.
2) Tax on capital/share transfers by non-residents (CAPT): 1% on sales proceeds as opposed to the current 20% on net
gain.
3) Proposal to allow offsetting of gains from real estate transfers against losses from operations.
4) Introduction of thin capitalization rules: no tax deduction for interest where debt to equity ratio exceeds 5:1 for
manufacturing companies, 4:1 for other industries and 12:1 for banking.
1) SMEs make up 95% of all companies operating in Vietnam.
Therefore, facilitating SMEs groups through tax incentives is
one of the ways to upgrade growth driver in Vietnam
economy.
2) CIT from SMEs contributes less than 1% to total budget
revenue. So, the tax cut will impact insignificantly to budget
revenue.
3) Discouraging high corporate leverage, especially state-
owned companies.
4) Limiting transfer pricing manipulation.
Personal
Income
Tax (PIT)
1) Reduce the number of tax brackets from 7 to 5 for employment income for tax residents and broaden the tax base
for middle income earners.
2) There is 50% reduction of PIT on employment income of individuals working in IT industry, agriculture, and
agricultural product processing projects.
3) PIT on both residents and nonresidents for capital transfer is proposed to be 1% on sales proceeds.
4) Amend the tax rate for income from prizes from flat rate of 10% to progressive rates up to 30%.
1) Supporting mid-class income persons.
2) Encouraging employment in prioritized sectors.
3) Increase budget revenue via increase of tax on prizes.
Source: RongViet Research
STOCK MARKET OUTLOOKS
25
Market review: beyond expected
650
680
710
740
770
800
830
860
890
920
950
980
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
03/01 17/01 07/02 21/02 07/03 21/03 04/04 19/04 05/05 19/05 02/06 16/06 30/06 14/07 28/07 11/08 25/08 11/09 25/09 09/10 23/10 06/11 20/11 04/12 18/12
Bad debt resolution
dicussion
Banking and real
estate stocks
continued to
increase
SAB started to
increase as state
divestment
confirmed to happen
in 2017
Debut of the
derivative market
GAS, PVD,
PVS rallied as
oil price
recovered
strongly
State divestment
speed up: IDC,
VNM, SAB, DMC,
BMP, NTP, FPT, etc
Despite low liquidity,
market advanced thanks
to large cap stocks
- Extended the timeline
applying Circular 06
- Prime Minister decided
to boost credit growth
further - VRE listed on
HOSE
- VIC surged
- SAB auctioned at
VND320,000/share
Banking
stocks rallied
US bombed
Afghanistan
Real estate
stocks rallied
YTD: +43.4%
- Banking stocks returned thanks to recapitalization
- Strong state divestment due to public debt reached the limit
26
Market review: moderated earnings growth, yet higher P/E
Vietnam stock market relative valuations
Source: Bloomberg, RongvVet Research
Change of market cap over the last 10 years
Source: Bloomberg, Rongviet Research
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
10
12
14
16
18
20
22
24
Vietnam
China
HongKong
India
Taiwan
Korea
Malaysia
Indonesia
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Current P/E 2018E Earning growth (%)
29%
-39%
74%
14%
-14% -12%
16%
4%
9%
-8%
13%
0%
1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
-40%
-20%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017E
Earnings growth (left axis) Dividend yield (right axis)
Earnings growth of VNIndex 2007 – 2017
27
o 2017 is the most active year of foreign investors
o Net value in 2017: USD1.07 billion (VND23,830 billion)
o 10-year accumulated value: USD4.4 billion
o Food & beverage was the most favorite destination of foreign capitals
Market review: strong foreign inflows
Foreign investors’accumulated value Foreign investors’net buying values categorized by sectors
Source: Fiinpro, RongViet Research
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
4,000
4,500
5,000
-200
-100
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
01-01-07
01-08-07
01-03-08
01-10-08
01-05-09
01-12-09
01-07-10
01-02-11
01-09-11
01-04-12
01-11-12
01-06-13
01-01-14
01-08-14
01-03-15
01-10-15
01-05-16
01-12-16
01-07-17
Net Value(mn $) Accumulate value (mn$)
29%
15%
14%
11%
11%
9%
5%
6% Food & Beverage
Financial Services
Real Estate
Banks
Basic Resources
Utilities
Construction & Materials
Others
28
o Though both foreign ETFs performed quite well in 2017, ETF investors were still net sellers but with
smaller amount compared to 2016
o Domestic ETFs gained more than 50% because they bought all shares in VN30 Index and tracked exactly
the VN30 Index without constraints on FOL like foreign ETFs are facing
Market review: ETFs movement
ETFs’ net inflows/ outflows since inception
Source: Fiinpro, RongViet Research
-80
-60
-40
-20
0
20
40
60
80
100
01-02-08
01-06-08
01-10-08
01-02-09
01-06-09
01-10-09
01-02-10
01-06-10
01-10-10
01-02-11
01-06-11
01-10-11
01-02-12
01-06-12
01-10-12
01-02-13
01-06-13
01-10-13
01-02-14
01-06-14
01-10-14
01-02-15
01-06-15
01-10-15
01-02-16
01-06-16
01-10-16
01-02-17
01-06-17
01-10-17
MnUSD
29
o Market cap has increased gradually and surged to 68% GDP in 2017 thanks to large cap stocks listed
o Average daily turnover in 2017 increased ~63% compared to that of 2016
o Margin lending has been increasing continuously since 2016, which is a factor that helps boost the
liquidity on the market
Market review: Liquidity surged
Change of market cap over the last 10 years
Source: Bloomberg, RongViet Research
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016
ThousandbillionVND
HSX HNX % Marcap to GDP
Change of turnover over the last 10 years
Source: Bloomberg, Rongviet Research
-75%
-25%
25%
75%
125%
175%
225%
275%
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 YTD
2017
BnVND
HSX HNX Growth
30
o More listed firms, more“float”thanks to regulations supporting IPO, state divestment, new listing shares
Outlook: The tide is high…
No. Ticker Company
Market cap
(Trillion VND)
No. Ticker Company
Market cap
(Trillion VND )
1 VNM Vinamilk 293.2 21 NVL Novaland 38.3
2 VIC VinGroup 193.9 22 ACB Asia Commercial Bank 34.3
3 VCB Vietcombank 176.3 23 VRG Vietnam Rubber Group 34.0
4 GAS PetroVietnam Gas 176.2 24 PVPower PetroVietnam Power Corporation 33.7
5 SAB SABECO 171.5 25 FPT FPT Corp 29.9
6 VRE Vincom Retail 87.1 26 BHN HABECO 29.5
7 BID BIDV 83.8 27 HDBANK HD Bank 25.9
8 CTG VietinBank 83.6 28 STB Sacombank 22.6
9 PLX Petrolimex 81.1 29 VCS VICOSTONE 19.6
10 MSN Masan Group 79.7 30 CTD COTECCONS construction 16.7
11 ROS FLC FAROS Construction 79.2 31 EIB Eximbank 15.2
12 THA Truong Hai Auto Corporation 70.5 32 DHG Hau Giang Pharmaceutical 14.9
13 HPG Hoa Phat Group 66.7 33 TPBANK Tien Phong Bank 14.3
14 VJC Vietjet Air 64.4 34 PNJ Phu Nhuan Jewelry 14.2
15 VPB VPBank 60.4 35 PVOil PetroVietnam Oil Corporation 13.9
16 TCB TechcomBank 51.0 36 SSI SaiGon Securities Inc. 13.7
17 BSR Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical 45.3 37 REE Refrigeration Electrical Engineering 13.2
18 MBB MBBank 45.2 38 GMD Gemadept 11.6
19 MWG Mobile World Investment 40.9 39 SBT Bourbon Tay Ninh 11.5
20 BVH Bao Viet Group 40.7 40 VGC Viglacera Corporation 11.2
Source: Various sources and media news
31
o Market liquidity can increase thanks to: (1) more “supply”and “demand”, (2) monetary easing, (3) more
product like covered warrant and trading mechanism such as T+0. The average trading value per
session can be around VND5,000 billion to VND6,000 billion
o Earnings growth is still positive. Here are some assumptions of the estimate:
o Estimation based on 50 largest stocks representing 87% market cap of the VNIndex
o VNM +13%, VIC +83%, VCB +34%, VRE +43%, MSN +45%, MWG +27% etc
o Possible dilution of banking stocks
o Market valuation is acceptable
Outlook: The tide is high…
Normal case
P/E remains
Earnings growth: 17% – 19%
VNIndex: + 17% – 19%
Getting into msci’s shortlist on June 2018 (unlikely)
P/E premium: 25% – 40% (see appendix)
Earnings growth: 17% – 19%
Vnindex: + 45% – 67%
32
o Unexpected political risks: Arrests of a few VIPs started to“settle a fire”in the last quarter
o Mind the volatility:
o In the past, there was no clear evidence showing positive correlation between volatility and margin
lending. However, these two factors has been moving in a same way since beginning 2017
o Intraday volatility increased sharply in Q4 2017
Risk: …but mind the wind
Margin and volatility
0
10000
20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
16%
18%
20%
Q1/2016 Q2/2016 Q3/2016 Q4/2016 Q1/2017 Q2/2017 Q3/2017
Margin Volatility
Intraday volatility
-25%
-20%
-15%
-10%
-5%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
0.0%
0.2%
0.4%
0.6%
0.8%
1.0%
1.2%
1.4%
1.6%
1.8%
2.0%
Q1/2010
Q3/2010
Q1/2011
Q3/2011
Q1/2012
Q3/2012
Q1/2013
Q3/2013
Q1/2014
Q3/2014
Q1/2015
Q3/2015
Q1/2016
Q3/2016
Q1/2017
Q3/2017
Intraday Volatility (LHS) Quarterly Return (RHS)
Source: FiinPro, RongViet Research
33
Appendix: How PE in frontier markets when they were upgraded?
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
10,000
11,000
12,000
13,000
06/30/2009
12/31/2009
06/30/2010
12/30/2010
06/30/2011
12/29/2011
06/28/2012
12/31/2012
06/30/2013
12/31/2013
06/30/2014
12/31/2014
06/30/2015
12/31/2015
06/30/2016
12/29/2016
06/29/2017
12/06/2017
DSMP/E
DSMindex
DSM index DSM P/E
Official Reclassification
Reclassification
Announcement
Qatar market 18 months prior official
reclassification:
Index +41%
P/E +45%
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
22
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
4,000
4,500
5,000
06/30/2009
12/31/2009
06/30/2010
12/30/2010
06/30/2011
12/29/2011
06/28/2012
12/31/2012
06/30/2013
12/31/2013
06/30/2014
12/31/2014
06/30/2015
12/31/2015
06/30/2016
12/29/2016
06/29/2017
12/06/2017
ADSMIP/E
ADSMIindex
ADSMI index ADSMI P/E
Official ReclassificationReclassification
Announcement
18 months prior official
reclassification:
Index +73%
P/E +56%
UAE market
Source: Bloomberg, RongViet Research compiles
34
Appendix: How PE in frontier markets when they were upgraded?
Pakistan market KSE index
10
11
12
13
14
15
20,000
22,000
24,000
26,000
28,000
30,000
32,000
34,000
36,000
07/31/2015
08/31/2015
09/30/2015
10/30/2015
11/30/2015
12/31/2015
01/29/2016
02/29/2016
03/31/2016
04/29/2016
05/31/2016
06/30/2016
07/29/2016
08/31/2016
09/30/2016
10/31/2016
11/30/2016
12/30/2016
01/31/2017
02/28/2017
03/31/2017
04/28/2017
05/31/2017
06/30/2017
07/31/2017
08/31/2017
09/29/2017
10/31/2017
11/30/2017
12/08/2017
KSEP/E
KSEindex
KSE index KSE P/E
18 months prior official
reclassification:
Index +60%
P/E +46%
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
16,000
18,000
20,000
22,000
24,000
26,000
07/31/2015
08/31/2015
09/30/2015
10/30/2015
11/30/2015
12/31/2015
01/29/2016
02/29/2016
03/31/2016
04/29/2016
05/31/2016
06/30/2016
07/29/2016
08/31/2016
09/30/2016
10/31/2016
11/30/2016
12/30/2016
01/31/2017
02/28/2017
03/31/2017
04/28/2017
05/31/2017
06/30/2017
07/31/2017
08/31/2017
09/29/2017
10/31/2017
11/30/2017
12/08/2017
KSE30P/E
KSE30index
KSE30 index KSE30 P/E
18 months prior official
reclassification:
Index +50%
P/E +47%
Pakistan market KSE 30 index
Source: Bloomberg, RongViet Research compiles
35
Historical Daily Rolling P/E
Bank Insurance
Retailing Personal & Household Goods
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
01/04/2010
06/04/2010
11/04/2010
04/04/2011
09/04/2011
02/04/2012
07/04/2012
12/04/2012
05/04/2013
10/04/2013
03/04/2014
08/04/2014
01/04/2015
06/04/2015
11/04/2015
04/04/2016
09/04/2016
02/04/2017
07/04/2017
12/04/2017
0
5
10
15
20
25
01/04/2010
06/04/2010
11/04/2010
04/04/2011
09/04/2011
02/04/2012
07/04/2012
12/04/2012
05/04/2013
10/04/2013
03/04/2014
08/04/2014
01/04/2015
06/04/2015
11/04/2015
04/04/2016
09/04/2016
02/04/2017
07/04/2017
12/04/2017
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
01/04/2010
06/04/2010
11/04/2010
04/04/2011
09/04/2011
02/04/2012
07/04/2012
12/04/2012
05/04/2013
10/04/2013
03/04/2014
08/04/2014
01/04/2015
06/04/2015
11/04/2015
04/04/2016
09/04/2016
02/04/2017
07/04/2017
12/04/2017
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
01/04/2010
06/04/2010
11/04/2010
04/04/2011
09/04/2011
02/04/2012
07/04/2012
12/04/2012
05/04/2013
10/04/2013
03/04/2014
08/04/2014
01/04/2015
06/04/2015
11/04/2015
04/04/2016
09/04/2016
02/04/2017
07/04/2017
12/04/2017
Source: FiinPro, RongViet Research compiles
36
Historical Daily Rolling P/E
Oil & Gas Basic Resources
Chemicals Construction & Materials
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
01/04/2010
06/04/2010
11/04/2010
04/04/2011
09/04/2011
02/04/2012
07/04/2012
12/04/2012
05/04/2013
10/04/2013
03/04/2014
08/04/2014
01/04/2015
06/04/2015
11/04/2015
04/04/2016
09/04/2016
02/04/2017
07/04/2017
12/04/2017
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
01/04/2010
06/04/2010
11/04/2010
04/04/2011
09/04/2011
02/04/2012
07/04/2012
12/04/2012
05/04/2013
10/04/2013
03/04/2014
08/04/2014
01/04/2015
06/04/2015
11/04/2015
04/04/2016
09/04/2016
02/04/2017
07/04/2017
12/04/2017
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
01/05/2015
03/05/2015
05/05/2015
07/05/2015
09/05/2015
11/05/2015
01/05/2016
03/05/2016
05/05/2016
07/05/2016
09/05/2016
11/05/2016
01/05/2017
03/05/2017
05/05/2017
07/05/2017
09/05/2017
11/05/2017
0
5
10
15
20
25
01/04/2010
06/04/2010
11/04/2010
04/04/2011
09/04/2011
02/04/2012
07/04/2012
12/04/2012
05/04/2013
10/04/2013
03/04/2014
08/04/2014
01/04/2015
06/04/2015
11/04/2015
04/04/2016
09/04/2016
02/04/2017
07/04/2017
12/04/2017
Source: FiinPro, RongViet Research compiles
37
Historical Daily Rolling P/E
Real Estate Utilities
Food & Drinks Automobile & Parts
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
01/04/2010
06/04/2010
11/04/2010
04/04/2011
09/04/2011
02/04/2012
07/04/2012
12/04/2012
05/04/2013
10/04/2013
03/04/2014
08/04/2014
01/04/2015
06/04/2015
11/04/2015
04/04/2016
09/04/2016
02/04/2017
07/04/2017
12/04/2017
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
01/04/2010
06/04/2010
11/04/2010
04/04/2011
09/04/2011
02/04/2012
07/04/2012
12/04/2012
05/04/2013
10/04/2013
03/04/2014
08/04/2014
01/04/2015
06/04/2015
11/04/2015
04/04/2016
09/04/2016
02/04/2017
07/04/2017
12/04/2017
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
01/04/2010
06/04/2010
11/04/2010
04/04/2011
09/04/2011
02/04/2012
07/04/2012
12/04/2012
05/04/2013
10/04/2013
03/04/2014
08/04/2014
01/04/2015
06/04/2015
11/04/2015
04/04/2016
09/04/2016
02/04/2017
07/04/2017
12/04/2017
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
01/04/2010
06/04/2010
11/04/2010
04/04/2011
09/04/2011
02/04/2012
07/04/2012
12/04/2012
05/04/2013
10/04/2013
03/04/2014
08/04/2014
01/04/2015
06/04/2015
11/04/2015
04/04/2016
09/04/2016
02/04/2017
07/04/2017
12/04/2017
Source: FiinPro, RongViet Research compiles
38
Historical Daily Rolling P/E
Financial Services Travel & Tourism
Technology Industrials
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
02/05/2013
05/05/2013
08/05/2013
11/05/2013
02/05/2014
05/05/2014
08/05/2014
11/05/2014
02/05/2015
05/05/2015
08/05/2015
11/05/2015
02/05/2016
05/05/2016
08/05/2016
11/05/2016
02/05/2017
05/05/2017
08/05/2017
11/05/2017
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
06/01/2015
08/01/2015
10/01/2015
12/01/2015
02/01/2016
04/01/2016
06/01/2016
08/01/2016
10/01/2016
12/01/2016
02/01/2017
04/01/2017
06/01/2017
08/01/2017
10/01/2017
12/01/2017
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
01/04/2010
07/04/2010
01/04/2011
07/04/2011
01/04/2012
07/04/2012
01/04/2013
07/04/2013
01/04/2014
07/04/2014
01/04/2015
07/04/2015
01/04/2016
07/04/2016
01/04/2017
07/04/2017
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
01/05/2015
03/05/2015
05/05/2015
07/05/2015
09/05/2015
11/05/2015
01/05/2016
03/05/2016
05/05/2016
07/05/2016
09/05/2016
11/05/2016
01/05/2017
03/05/2017
05/05/2017
07/05/2017
09/05/2017
11/05/2017
Source: FiinPro, RongViet Research compiles
39
Our sector rating for 2018
No. Subsector
2017
Supply -
Demand
Input
Legal
Environme
nt
Long-term
growth
potential
Technologi
cal
developme
nt
Competitio
n
Rating
Technology + + + 3.8 Positive
Automotive retail + - + + -- 3.7 Positive
F&B (Beer, milk) ++ + + 3.6 Positive
Banking + - + + + - 3.3 Positive
Power + - + + - 3.3 Positive
Aviation + - + 3.2 Positive
Real Estate + - + + 3.2 Positive
Oil & Gas ++ + + - 3.9 Positive
Phamarceutical + ++ + + - 3.8 Positive
Automotive - Rubber Tires + + - 3.1 Positive
Textile + - 3.0 Neutral
Port - + + + + - 3.0 Neutral
Insurance + + -- 3.0 Neutral
Steel + - - + 3.0 Neutral
Construction - + + 3.0 Neutral
Building materials - + + - 3.0 Neutral
Chemicals - Fertilizers/
Agochemicals
- - + - 2.6 Negative
Chemicals - natural rubber - - + 2.6 Negative
THE BIG GAME FOR ALL STAKEHOLDERS
41
Vietnam has gone through half of the new term and is entering the third year led by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc
(2016 - 2021). It can be observed that the government is endeavoring to handle the “leftover” issues and paving the way
for the future, to which 2018 is an important year. In this particular period of time, each of the participants of the
economy seems to be engaged in the "big game" that the government is the “moderator”
• The government strengthens the confidence of the local business community and promotes the image of
Vietnam to foreign investors. Two prominent features in this role are drastic reform of administrative
procedures and raising the status of the national economy, exemplified by the race to upgrade the Vietnamese
stock market
• SBV maintains low interest rates, facilitates the handling of bad debts (that is handling the real estate properties
as collateral) and indirectly increases the attractiveness of ongoing divestments from SOEs
• Real estate companies are taking advantage of low interest rates, aggressively increasing supply to the market.
At the same time, banks are raising capital, "cleaning" their balance sheets before executing more sustainable
business strategies and getting ready to apply Basel 2 in early 2019
• The State’s divestments from 181 SOEs in 2018 will continue to be an opportunity for foreign strategic investors
who are interested business development in Vietnam, especially in the consumer sector
• Finally, the orientation towards on-the-spot export through tourism and services (for the FDI sector) will create
incentives for the expansion and development of the big players in the fields of infrastructure, utility,
construction, logistics, supporting industries and HoReCa (hotel, restaurant, cafe)
The Big Game for All Stakeholders
Peak of State’s Divestment and IPOs
43
o In 2018, there will be 181 companies to be divested, which accounts for 70% of total planned
companies to be divested in 2018-2020
o To complete such a challenged plan, the Government has been adjusted many legal frameworks
(Decree 126 and Daft on Decree 91) to make it flexible and feasible for investors to participate in
bidding progress
o Given 2 big successful deals in 2017, VNM and SAB, we also expect that the officials will have experience
to do the State’s divestment process on the following big deals (ACV, GAS, PLX, Genco, Sawaco, etc.)
Peak of State’s divestment and IPOs
The State’s divestment results in 2012 – 2020F
Source: RongViet Research
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
0
20
40
60
80
100
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Thousands
State's divestment No. deal IPO No. deal State's divestment Value (VND B) (RHS) IPO Value (VND B) (RHS)
44
o The race to emerging market will bring positive impacts on participants of the stock market
 The market infrastructure has been improved with some new products: derivatives in 2017 and cover
warrant in 2018
 Other most important criteria, “the openness to FO”, will be accelerated in 2018 such as R&D on
intraday (T+0) transaction, services for opened fund, pension fund, etc.
⇒ The way for Vietnam to be in EM is still long, yet more products and better infrastructure making Vietnam
more attractiveness among frontier markets
⇒ More products and more qualified listed firms would help to improve the liquidity in the stock market
Average matching value in the stock and derivative markets (VND B)
Source: FiinPro, RongViet Research
50
1,050
2,050
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Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17
HSX Derivative
Peak of State’s divestment and IPOs
45
State's divestment in 2018
No Ticker Name Listed
Charter Capital
(VND B)
Divester Divested ratio
1 ACV Airport Corporation of Vietnam Upcom 26,194 MTVN 20.0%
2 PLX Vietnam National Petroleum Group HSX 23,238 MOIT 25.0%
3 VGT Vietnam Textile and Garment Group Upcom 7,608 MOIT 53.0%
4 VNP Vietnam Plastic Corporation SCIC 131 SCIC 65.0%
5 DVN Vietnam Pharmaceutical Corporation Upcom 2,459 MOHVN 30.0%
6 VGC Viglacera Corporation HNX 6,405 MOCVN 20.0%
7 DBD Binh Dinh Phamaceutical and Medical Equipment Jsc. Upcom 891
Binh Dinh province,
People's committee
10.0%
Source: RongViet Research compiles
State-owned enterprises to be IPO in 2018
NoTicker Name
Charter Capital
(VND B)
1 PVOil PetroVietnam Oil Corporation 10,342
2 PVPower PetroVietnam Power Corporation 23,419
3 BSR Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Ltd 31,005
4 VRG Vietnam Rubber Group 26,141
5 VNF2 Vinafood 2 2,823
6 VICEM Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation 12,360
7 MOBIFONE Mobifone
8 GENCO 3 EVN Genco 3
Source: RongViet Research compiles
New listing in 2018
No Ticker Name
Charter Capital
(VND B)
1 TCB Techcombank 8,878
2 HDBANK HDBank 8,100
3 TPBANK TPBank 5,842
4 VEAM VEAM Corporation 4,903
5 THA Thaco 4,145
Source: RongViet Research compiles
Peak of State’s divestment and IPOs
46
Circulars/Decrees Note
126/2017/ND-CP
(1)Reducing the committed period for strategic investors to 3 years from 5 years;
(2)Being listed on the stock exchange (HSX, HNX, or UpCOM) not later than 90
days after the IPO; and,
(3)Adding "book building" method to define the winning price
Draft on amending
Decree 91/2015/ND-CP
(1)Reducing the steps needed to sell the state’s shares from three to two; and,
(2)Discussing the feasibility of selling the state’s shares with a price lower than
book value per share
Source: RongViet Research compiles
Peak of State’s divestment and IPOs
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Price @ 20 Dec 2017
Our stock picks
Ticker
Target
price
(VND)
Total
return
(%)
Rating
2016 2017E 2018F ROIC (%)
Debt to
Equity
(x)
ROA (%) ROE (%) Div Yield
PER
Trailing
PBR Cur.
+/-
Price
1y
3-month
avg. daily
turnover
(USD K)
Market
cap
(USD M)
Foreign
remaining
room
(%)+/- Rev.
(%)
+/- NPAT
(%)
+/- Rev.
(%)
+/- NPAT
(%)
+/- Rev.
(%)
+/-
NPAT
(%)
TTM (%) (x) (x) (%)
ACV 127,000 32.7 Buy 11.2 -70.1 15.5 -23.9 22.5 45.0 9.4 0.6 10.5 19.8 1.5 43 8.1 105.5 481 9,313.7 45.5
FPT 62,900 15.1 Neutral 4.1 3.1 -50.7 45.1 14.6 -27.8 15.3 0.7 7.5 17.8 3.5 14 2.8 59.1 5,358 1,320.2 0.0
PHR 46,000 14.1 Neutral -4.0 3.9 32.8 102.9 8.1 77.6 4.9 0.4 9.7 17.0 7.0 9 1.5 74.5 622 148.6 39.1
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Name Subsector
Current
price
(VND)
Mar. cap
(VND B)
Shares
Outstanding
Trailing
PER (x)
PBR
Cur.
(x)
2016 Trailing 12 months
+/-Rev.
(%)
+/-PAT
(%)
+/-REV
(%)
+/- PAT
(%)
ROIC (%)
Debt to
Equity
(x)
ROE (%)
ROA
(%)
BMP
Construction &
Materials
83,200 6,811 81,860,938 15.8 2.8 18.5 21 5.8 -33.8 15.2 2.5 18.0 15.2
HCM Financial Services 56,300 7,295 129,570,368 16.3 2.8 39.3 43 48.3 48.8 10.3 17.8 17.8 10.3
NTP
Construction &
Materials
72,500 6,470 89,240,302 13.6 3.1 22.4 9 11.3 22.2 12.7 24.5 24.5 12.7
VCI Financial Services 73,100 8,772 119,996,000 13.4 3.3 26.6 42 60.1 109.2 N/a N/a 34.6 15.1
VND Financial Services 23,700 3,579 150,997,785 7.8 1.5 36.9 2 74.7 116.1 6.8 20.7 20.7 6.8
The Focus on Growth Engines
50
GDP growth by sectors GDP growth by foreign investment
Source: GSO, RongViet Research compiles
The Focus on Growth Engines
16.0% 16.4% 17.0% 17.6%
15.0%
15.5%
16.0%
16.5%
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2013 2014 2015 2016
% contribution (RHS) % GDP growth of FDI
GDP growth
o FDI continues to show their important role as a growth engine of Vietnam’s economy in 2017:
supporting the growth of construction, domestic building materials, and manufactures
o In 2018, some large FDI projects in steel (Formosa), electricity, electronic and semiconductor sectors will
have significant contribution into Vietnam’s GDP growth and export value
o Despite of TPP’s failure, Vietnam moves on other key FTAs such as CPTPP, RCEP, and EVFTA, which
presents the Government’s further commitment on trade and investment liberalization
o The development of SEZs (Special Economic Zones), such as Van Don, Bac Van Phong, Phu Quoc, will
boost growth of tourism as well as hospitality sector, which will be drivers for service’s growth
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Millions
Agriculture, forestry and fishing Industry and construction
Service Taxes and subsidies
51
Six countries with the highest number of tourists arrivals to
Vietnam (passengers in thousands)
MoT accounted for large proportion of State’s investment
budget
Source: RongViet Research compiles
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o Disbursement of state budget has faced some obstacles in 2017, and we expect that the difficulties will
be solved in 2018
o Investment into soft and hard infrastructure will boost the growth of sectors such as technology, airport,
traffic infrastructure, industrial real estate, and supportive sectors (tile-granite, construction stone, etc.)
o Given its strong recovery in 2017, the earnings of steel firms will experience a reasonable growth in 2018
o Electricity price must be increase to attract private investment into this sector
The Focus on Growth Engines
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List of infrastructure projects by type up to 2020
Name Total investment (USD M) Investment model
Dau Giay - Lien Khuong highway 3,520 PPP
Ninh Binh - Thanh Hoa - Nghi Son route of the North-South
highway
1,867 PPP
Noi Bai - Ha Long highway 1,762 PPP, BOT
Trung Luong - My Thuan highway 1,381 PPP, ODA
Bien Hoa - Vung Tau highway 1,175 PPP, ODA
Cam Lo - La Son highway 1,095 PPP, BOT
Bien Hoa - Vung Tau railway 5,000 BOT
Upgrading the Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh city railway route 2,300 BOT, ODA
Railway into Hai Phong international port 1,600 PPP, BOT
Hanoi urban railway route 6 (from the center of Hanoi to Noi Bai
Airport)
1,356 PPP
Long Thanh international airport (phase 1) 5,620 PPP, BOT
The phase 1 of Van Phong international port 500 FDI/ Joint Venture
Binh Dinh power centre 4,000 PPP
Dung Quat coal-fired thermal plant 140 PPP
Source: RongViet Research compiles
The Focus on Growth Engines
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The Focus on Growth Engines
Vietnam's free trade agreements
FTA Status Extra notes
Asean - Hong Kong, China FTA Signed 12 November 2017
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership First time China, India and Japan
Vietnam-European Free Trade Association FTA Signed 29 September 2017
Vietnam-Israel FTA Venture capital
Vietnam-European Union FTA Not signed yet Ambiguous laws
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP-11) Signed 11 Nov 201 Rename CPTPP
Asean Free Trade Area Signed and in effect
Asean-Australia and New Zealand FTA Signed Feb 2009
Asean-India Comprehensive Economic Corporation Agreement Signed and in effect Special goods
Asean-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Signed 2008
Asean-People's Republic of China Comprehensive Econic
Cooperation Agreement
Signed and in effect
Asean-Republic of Korea Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement Replaced by ATIGA
Chile-Vietnam Economic FTA Signed Jan 2014 Agricultural products
Japan-Vietnam Economic Partnership Agreement Signed 25 Dec 2008 First Agreement
Vietnam-Eurasian Economic Union FTA Signed 29 May 2015 Agricultural machine equipment
Republic of Korea-Vietnam FTA Signed 5 May 2015 Goods, services, investment
Source: RongViet Research compiles
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Price @ 20 Dec 2017
Ticker
Target
price
(VND)
Total
return
(%)
Rating
2016 2017E 2018F ROIC (%)
Debt to
Equity
(x)
ROA (%) ROE (%) Div Yield
PER
Trailing
PBR
Cur.
+/-
Price
1y
3-month
avg. daily
turnover
(USD K)
Market
cap
(USD M)
Foreign
remaining
room
(%)+/- Rev.
(%)
+/- NPAT
(%)
+/- Rev.
(%)
+/- NPAT
(%)
+/- Rev.
(%)
+/-
NPAT
(%)
TTM (%) (x) (x) (%)
ACV 127,000 32.7 Buy 11.2 -70.1 15.5 -23.9 22.5 45.0 9.4 0.6 10.5 19.8 1.5 43 8.1 105.5 480.7 9,313.7 45.5
CHP 31,900 15.8 Neutral -10.9 -21.5 28.6 54.2 -14.2 -19.0 21.1 0.7 16.3 29.0 2.5 7 2.0 46.5 143.7 156.4 45.7
DRC 28,200 20.5 Buy 1.3 -4.8 8.1 -45.3 4.1 40.3 14.8 0.6 8.6 15.6 7.2 12 1.9 -17.0 582.6 130.4 24.1
FPT 62,900 15.1 Neutral 4.1 3.1 -50.7 45.1 14.6 -27.8 15.3 0.7 7.5 17.8 3.5 14 2.8 59.1 5,358.2 1,320.2 0.0
HPG 53,600 21.5 Buy 21.2 89.4 28.3 23.3 30.6 18.1 21.9 0.4 19.1 32.1 0.0 8 2.2 68.6 7,670.7 2,949.5 8.5
LTG 57,100 38.9 Buy -0.9 9.2 7.4 23.1 11.4 2.6 12.7 1.3 6.4 17.7 3.6 7 1.3 0.0 64.4 122.9 4.6
NKG 49,400 30.6 Buy 55.4 310.7 62.0 29.0 14.6 10.4 14.0 2.2 8.4 33.9 2.6 6 1.8 66.9 1,104.0 221.3 9.8
NT2 37,600 22.5 Buy 18.6 -4.9 -10.3 -31.3 4.5 41.7 12.4 0.9 6.3 14.5 6.8 13 2.0 26.9 505.6 412.5 26.8
NTC 127,000 42.3 Buy 17.8 121.4 -10.4 -5.5 16.7 3.2 19.6 0.5 7.6 56.2 2.7 8 4.2 383.2 189.6 64.0 48.9
VJC 171,000 24.5 Buy 38.6 113.3 54.4 119.0 21.1 18.1 27.0 0.9 13.9 48.2 2.1 19 7.6 0.0 7,272.0 2,782.1 3.7
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Name Subsector
Current
price
(VND)
Mar. cap
(VND B)
Shares
Outstanding
Trailing
PER (x)
PBR
Cur. (x)
2016 Trailing 12 months
+/-Rev.
(%)
+/-PAT
(%)
+/-REV
(%)
+/- PAT
(%)
ROIC (%)
Debt to
Equity
(x)
ROE (%)
ROA
(%)
CTI
Construction &
Materials
29,400 1,852 62,999,997 11.0 1.6 23.8 58 -2.2 36.7 3.2 11.8 11.8 3.2
HTI
Construction &
Materials
16,800 419 24,949,200 5.5 1.0 33.1 9 -11.0 15.0 5.0 18.4 18.4 5.0
HUT
Construction &
Materials
11,000 2,762 251,058,913 6.5 0.9 24.1 152 -37.9 -21.6 3.3 12.3 12.3 3.3
LHG Real Estate 17,000 849 49,939,812 3.1 0.7 106.8 138 38.0 58.4 9.9 24.1 24.1 9.9
PC1
Construction &
Materials
38,900 4,491 115,452,410 17.4 1.8 -3.0 24 -1.5 -36.5 4.4 10.5 10.5 4.4
REE
Industrial Goods &
Services
42,500 13,177 310,050,926 7.9 1.7 38.4 28 53.3 117.5 13.7 21.1 21.1 13.7
PVT
Industrial Goods &
Services
18,450 5,193 281,440,162 13.9 1.5 17.8 12 -2.7 -24.3 4.1 9.0 9.0 4.1
Opportunities in the
“Golden Population Structure”Period
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Retail sales continues to pick up The correlation between the average annual disposable
income and total vehicle sales volume in Vietnam
Source: GSO, Euromonitor, RongViet Research compiles
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07/2017
08/2017
09/2017
10/2017
ThousandsRetail Sales (VND B) Growth (%)
Opportunities in the “Golden Population Structure”Period
o Vietnam’s golden population period will prolong in next 10 – 15 years, resulting the fast growth of
consumer market during this time
o In 2017, Vietnam moved to No. 6 from No. 11 (out of 30) in Global Retail Development Index (GRDI) and
is in the peak attractiveness period
o Domestic pharmaceuticals, who have been investing to upgrade their factories into EU-GMP or PIC/S
criteria, will be beneficiaries of Circular 01/2012/TTLT-BYT-BTC
o The higher special sales tax on vehicle with a cylinder capacity of 2,500 – 3,000 ccs unlikely causes
negative impacts on high-end cars
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NIM and interest rate Proportion of consumer lending loan outstanding
Source: GSO, RongViet Research compiles
Opportunities in the “Golden Population Structure”Period
o Banking sector’s profitability has been improved in 2017 thanks to (1) the supportive policies and
abundant monetary liquidity and (2) Higher proportion of retails loan outstanding, which help to
increase NIM
o Profitability in 2017 allows banks to enhance their loan loss reserves (LLR) => the better buffer, the safer
for banks in case of economic difficulties
o Banks’recent investment on core banking and digital banking will boost growth in services income
o Given the high supply of apartments in 2018-19, affordable housing developers who have clean
projects located in fully-invested infrastructure will less likely be hit negative affect
52.36%
15%
24%
1%
3% 4.64%
Buy/repair houses
Transport
Durable goods
Hi-tech goods
Education, tourisim,
health care
Others2%
3%
3%
4%
5%
10%
15%
20%
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017E
NIM RHS
Short-term lending rate LHS
Short-term deposit rate LHS
Banks' Consumer financing interest rate LHS
59
Medicine spending per capita in Vietnam (USD)
Source: DAV, RongViet Research compiles
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Ha Noi real estate market Ho Chi Minh real estate market
Source: CBRE, RongViet Research compiles
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Ticker
Target
price
(VND)
Total
return
(%)
Rating
2016 2017E 2018F ROIC (%)
Debt to
Equity
(x)
ROA (%) ROE (%)
Div
Yield
PER
Trailing
PBR
Cur.
+/-
Price
1y
3-month
avg. daily
turnover
(USD K)
Market
cap
(USD M)
Foreign
remaining
room
(%)+/- Rev.
(%)
+/- NPAT
(%)
+/- Rev.
(%)
+/- NPAT
(%)
+/- Rev.
(%)
+/-
NPAT
(%)
TTM (%) (x) (x) (%)
ACB 42,000 21.0 Buy 21.6 28.9 38.3 62.4 16.1 72.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 12.6 0.0 18 2.6 93.9 4,825.4 1,508.4 0.0
CTG 27,000 25.3 Buy 16.3 20.0 21.1 3.0 9.9 38.4 0.0 0.0 0.7 12.3 3.2 11 1.3 57.2 2,379.7 3,628.2 0.0
HAX 42,300 12.8 Neutral 58.1 170.7 46.9 2.5 22.2 11.9 0.4 2.9 6.4 22.3 0.0 12 2.4 53.8 189.9 38.6 34.3
HDG 39,700 16.9 Neutral 34.4 90.8 5.8 -47.5 63.9 167.4 9.0 1.0 1.8 7.3 1.5 20 2.4 54.1 360.2 115.2 28.2
IMP 80,000 25.3 Buy 4.8 8.9 25.9 36.8 29.2 33.9 11.4 0.0 8.6 10.0 2.8 20 2.0 30.9 212.8 123.7 0.0
MBB 28,700 17.0 Neutral 12.4 16.7 29.0 44.1 18.1 40.5 0.0 0.0 1.4 13.8 2.0 12 1.6 105.4 5,300.4 1,997.2 0.0
NLG 37,200 18.0 Neutral 101.3 67.4 24.7 75.0 8.9 30.5 19.2 0.1 7.6 15.7 1.6 9 1.8 64.6 1,106.3 221.5 0.9
PGI 24,900 13.2 Neutral 0.0 5.2 10.3 55.5 13.2 -13.5 -22.0 0.0 2.7 11.5 0.0 14 1.4 0.0 23.3 86.1 28.1
PME 124,000 52.7 Buy 15.2 15.9 15.0 24.6 20.0 22.8 21.5 0.0 16.0 20.1 2.4 19 3.5 0.0 216.1 237.3 0.0
PNJ 147,200 11.4 Neutral 11.1 496.3 33.1 63.3 26.8 26.8 24.4 0.3 16.1 31.0 0.8 22 5.3 100.1 1,683.0 633.9 0.0
QNS 74,200 37.9 Buy -10.4 14.6 8.0 -34.5 8.3 41.5 24.9 0.4 19.1 31.5 5.4 11 3.2 -30.8 456.2 604.3 41.5
VCB 55,900 16.9 Neutral 17.3 28.6 -48.9 -38.6 18.1 40.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 15.8 1.6 21 3.2 41.8 4,204.5 7,693.6 9.3
VGC 30,200 21.9 Buy 4.1 56.4 9.4 62.7 17.3 13.5 11.8 0.4 4.6 12.0 3.9 13 1.8 0.0 946.0 482.0 13.3
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Name Subsector
Current
price
(VND)
Mar. cap
(VND B)
Shares
Outstanding
Trailing
PER (x)
PBR
Cur. (x)
2016 Trailing 12 months
+/-Rev.
(%)
+/-PAT
(%)
+/-REV
(%)
+/- PAT
(%)
ROIC (%)
Debt to
Equity (x)
ROE (%)
ROA
(%)
BVH Insurance 59,800 40,692 680,471,434 27.2 3.0 24.0 0 25.4 19.7 1.9 0.3 10.5 1.9
KDF
Food &
Beverage
57,900 3,242 56,000,000 22.7 4.9 30.8 85 88.0 25.2 15.5 29.7 0.0 0.0
THACO
Automobiles &
Parts
N/a N/a 1,658,000,000 N/a N/a 42.6 13 N/a N/a N/a N/a 41.7 18.6
VEAM
Automobiles &
Parts
N/a N/a 1,328,800,000 N/a N/a 7.0 3 N/a N/a N/a N/a 26.7 24.2
VNM
Food &
Beverage
202,000 293,158 1,451,278,520 28.2 12.2 16.8 20 9.6 10.0 47.0 2.2 43.2 33.5
VNR Insurance 22,900 3,002 131,075,937 10.8 1.1 -2.8 -1 -0.4 24.8 4.2 10.1 10.1 4.2
VPB Banks 40,350 60,420 1,497,403,415 9.6 2.3 39.8 64 45.2 78.0 N/a N/a 28.6 2.5
BID Banks 24,500 83,759 3,418,715,334 14.5 1.9 23.2 5 25.2 -10.4 0.5 12.5 12.5 0.5
The Rebound of Oil Price
63
The gap between supply and demand oil The forecasted oil price in 2018
Source: RongViet Research compiles
The Rebound of Oil Price
o Most of financial institute forecast that the oil price will continue to recover in the first of 2018 thanks to
the production reducing among large oil exporters
o The recovering of oil price results expectation on restarting some key oil and gas projects in Vietnam,
some projects => Upstream firms, who operate in exploring and producing will be the first
beneficiaries
o PVN’s divestment progress will be peak in 2018 with some big names will be listed, such as BRS, PV Oil,
and PV Power
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UBS Credit
Suisse
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Business results in Q3TTM of up- and mid-stream O&G
firms
Key O&G projects
Source: RongViet Research compiles
The Rebound of Oil Price
Name
Scheduled
operation
Progress
Nam Con Son No. 2, Phase 2 2019 FS
Red Emperor 2019 FS
White Lion 2019 – 2020 FS
Block B 2021 – 2022 FEED
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Period Company
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ownership (%)
Target ownership
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2017-2018
Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited * 100 43
PV Oil* 100 35.1
PV Power* 100 51
PV Fertilizer and Chemicals Coperation (HSX:DPM) 61.3 51
PV Ca Mau Fertilizer Jsc. (HSX:DCM) 75.56 51
PV Phuoc An Port Investment & Operation Jsc. 79.54 0
Green Indochina Development Jsc. 29 0
PV Insurance Corporation (HSX:PVI) 36.85 0
2018-2019 PV Gas (HSX:GAS) 96.72 65
After 2019 PV Trans (HSX:PVT) 51 36
Source: RongViet Research compiles; * IPO in 2018
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Current
price
(VND)
Mar. cap
(VND B)
Shares
Outstanding
Trailing
PER (x)
PBR Cur.
(x)
2016 Trailing 12 months
+/-Rev.
(%)
+/-PAT
(%)
+/-REV
(%)
+/- PAT
(%)
ROIC (%)
Debt to
Equity (x)
ROE (%)
ROA
(%)
GAS Utilities 92,100 176,219 1,913,348,070 19.6 4.4 -8.1 -18 4.0 76.0 15.0 21.6 21.6 15.0
PLX Oil & Gas 70,000 81,117 1,158,813,235 18.9 4.6 -16.2 52 21.2 9.4 7.3 17.7 17.7 7.3
PVS Oil & Gas 22,000 9,827 446,700,421 11.6 0.9 -20.0 -32 -12.7 -11.1 3.4 7.1 7.1 3.4
PVD Oil & Gas 23,700 9,074 382,850,160 -47.0 0.7 -62.9 -92 -48.7 -209.4 -0.9 -1.5 -1.5 -0.9
Viet Dragon Securities Corporation
Viet Dragon Tower, 141 Nguyen Du Street.,
Dist.1, HCMC, Vietnam
www.vdsc.com.vn
Marc Djandji, CFA
Head of Institutional Sales
P. + 84 8 6299 2006 (Ext: 1312)
E. marc.djandji@vdsc.com.vn
Truc Doan
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Rong Viet Securities - Investment Strategy Report Outlook 2018

  • 1. BỨC TRANH LỢI NHUẬN QUÝ III/2013 A First Look at 2018 December 2017 Please see penultimate page for additional important disclosures. Viet Dragon Securities Corp. (“VDSC”) is a foreign broker-dealer unregistered in the USA. VDSC research is prepared by research analysts who are not registered in the USA. VDSC research is distributed in the USA pursuant to Rule 15a-6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 solely by Rosenblatt Securities Inc, an SEC registered and FINRA-member broker-dealer
  • 2. DISCLAIMER: This research report was prepared by Viet Dragon Securities Corp. (“VDSC”), a company authorized to engage in securities activities in Vietnam. VDSC is not a registered broker-dealer in the United States and, therefore, is not subject to U.S. rules regarding the preparation of research reports and the independence of research analysts. This research report is provided for distribution to “major U.S. institutional investors” in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Rule 15a-6 of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Any U.S. recipient of this research report wishing to effect any transaction to buy or sell securities or related financial instruments based on the information provided in this research report should do so only through Rosenblatt Securities Inc., 20 Broad Street 26th Floor, New York NY 10005, a registered broker dealer in the United States. 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Compensation and Investment Banking Activities Rosenblatt Securities Inc. or any affiliate has not managed or co-managed a public offering of securities for the subject company in the past 12 months, nor received compensation for investment banking services from the subject company in the past 12 months, neither does it or any affiliate expect to receive, or intends to seek compensation for investment banking services from the subject company in the next 3 months. Additional Disclosures This research report is for distribution only under such circumstances as may be permitted by applicable law. This research report has no regard to the specific investment objectives, financial situation or particular needs of any specific recipient, even if sent only to a single recipient. This research report is not guaranteed to be a complete statement or summary of any securities, markets, reports or developments referred to in this research report. 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  • 3. 3 REPORT CONTENT MACRO OUTLOOKS STOCK MARKET OUTLOOKS INVESTMENT IDEAS & STOCK PICKS
  • 5. 5 2017: Impressive Performance Vietnam’s GDP growth was at the top of Asia Interest rate’s gradual drop and a newly low platform Source: Bloomberg, A.T. Kearney, RongViet Research Foreign capital still flowed into Vietnam Vietnam’s retail market: sweet fruit 2.7% 3.0% 0% 2% 4% 6% 8% Taxes and subsidies Service Industry and construction Agriculture, forestry and fishing GDP growth 2017 GDP growth 2016 100 150 200 250 300 350 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 05/12 05/13 05/14 05/15 05/16 VGB 5Y yield VGB 10Y yield CPI RHS Short-term Lending rate Vietnam 5Y CDS RHS (%) (Points) -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 Q1 2013 Q1 2014 Q1 2015 Q1 2016 Q1 2017 Net Errors and Omissions Financial Account Capital Account Current Account (USD B) 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 GRDI Score Time pressure* (Points) Note: 1) High time pressure means it is urgent to enter the country and capture the growth opportunity 2) Vietnam’s lower 5Y CDS illustrates a sorter mid-term risk
  • 6. 6 2018 economic outlook: Identifying the prospects 2018 business environment: • According to RongViet Research’s forecast, the 2018 economic growth will reach 6.70% YoY (basic scenario) and 7.0% YoY (positive scenario), thanks to 2 drivers, including consumption and investment • Interest rate burden put on prioritized sectors is likely to decline in the context of VGBs’low yield • SBV stands keeps loosening monetary policy which is expected to ease negative effects on domestic commodity prices • Basic commodity prices will rally gradually • FX risk is low in H1 2018 Hope for turning points: • Investment opportunities stemming from the state divestment plan in the hope of higher business efficiency of divested companies • Strengthening of public revenue via consumption tax’s hikes • Identifying long-term momentum of the economy, including 3 SEZs named Van Don, North Van Phong, and Phu Quoc • Completely reducing 1/3–1/2 of business registration documents • Renegotiating lots of trading agreements, such as CPTPP, RCEP, and EVFTA 2018 themes: Theme 1 : 2018 – switching points of state divestment plan Theme 2 : Restructuring public revenue Theme 3 : Consumer financing – opening a door for credit growth Theme 4 : SEZs – hope for new momentum?
  • 7. 7 2018 Forecast Source: RongViet Research 2015 2016 2017E 2018F GDP growth 6.68% 6.21% 6.65% 6.7%-7.0% Trade balance (USD B) -4.1 +1.78 +2.0 +1.8 Export growth 7.9% 9.0% 18.9% 13.8% Import growth 12.0% 5.6% 19.2% 14.0% Inflation 0.6% 2.66% 3.62% 3.71% Refinancing interest rates 6.5% 6.50% 6.25% 6.25% M2 growth 14.5% 18.4% 17.5% 17.0% Credit growth 17.3% 18.2% 19.0% 18.0% Public deficit 4.6% 3.64% 3.5% 3.7% Trading USD/VND rate 22,485 22,761 22,715 23,014
  • 8. 8 Theme 1: 2018 – Switching point for state divestment plan Source: GSO, HNX, Fin Pro, RongViet Research Completing most of the equitization plan Slow state divestment ~60% of domestic-denominated bond dues in 2018-2021 Comments:  There will be 89 SOE equitization in 2018-2020. After 30 years, Vietnam expectedly completes the equitization plan on 4.655 state-owned companies  However, state ownership ratio remains high due to extremely low state divestment  2018 is willing to be a switching point of state divestment plan as there are 181 companies, 70% of a 3-year plan in 2018-2020 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 Book value Divestment value Premium (VND T) An engine behind significant state divestment effort 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 (USD B) Note: 2017’s divestment value excludes Sabeco’s USD4.8B value deal
  • 9. 9 Theme 1: 2018 – Switching point for state divestment plan Source: Bloomberg, HNX, RongViet Research The government removes administrative obstacles Tightening cycle is at the beginning Regarding SOE equitization, Decree No.126/2017/ND-CP: • Supporting potentially strategic investors as the non- transferable time will be cut down to 3 years from 5 years • Pushing listing/registering after equitization • Diversifying valuation methods by adding book building method • Land ownership right’s revaluation is based on market value • Guidelines of calculating goodwill value Regarding the state divestment, draft decree amending and supplementing some articles of Government's Decree No 91/2015/NĐ-CP: Interest rates of South Korea and China • Rebuilding a 2-step divestment process, consisting of public offering auction and put-through transactions, of which, public offering auction includes normal auction and large- size auction • Legalizing unregistered state ownership public offering auction • Accepting a lower divestment value compared with its book value 3 4 5 6 7 01/12 09/12 05/13 01/14 09/14 05/15 01/16 09/16 05/17 South Korea China (%) Encouraging environment and the government’s action -0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 01/00 01/02 01/04 01/06 01/08 01/10 01/12 01/14 01/16 ECB LHS FED LHS BOJ RHS (%) (%)
  • 10. 10 Theme 1: 2018 – Switching point for state divestment plan Source: Bloomberg, HNX, RongViet Research FX reserve: Will the 10-year-ago event recur? Considerate M2 growth Controlling floating money Adjusting short-term money via OMO channels 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017E (USD B) 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Credit growth M2 growth 0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017E Loan value Net VGBs value Money supply Liquidity gap -300 -200 -100 0 100 200 300 05/12 12/12 07/13 02/14 09/14 04/15 11/15 06/16 01/17 08/17 Reverse repo Outright Total trading value (Trillion VND) SBV policies to adapt to a new environment
  • 11. 11 Theme 1: 2018 – Switching point of state divestment plan Source: RongViet Research compiles Natural Rubber Oil&Gas Utility Industry Agriculture Oil&Gas Utility Cement Aviation Pharmacy Textile Construction material IPO – State divestment in 2018
  • 12. 12 Theme 2: Restructuring public revenue Source: Bloomberg, RongViet Research Public debt-to-GDP rate close to the roof of 65% 40% gap of capital for infrastructure investment A massive loss caused by lower export-import taxes Comments: • Restructuring public budget plays an important role • Significant revenue like export-import tax, grants and priority loans will drop, resulting in changes in revenue structure • Lack of infrastructure investment calls for private sectors’ participation 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 2025 2028 2031 2034 2037 2040 Energy Telecommunication Airport Ports Rail Road Water (USD B) 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 ACFTA AFTA AKFTA AIFTA AANZFTA EPA 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017E2018F Grants RHS Public debt-to-GDP rate LHS Debt repayment-to-public revenue rate LHS (VND B) Fiscal“wheel”wears out
  • 13. 13 Theme 2: Restructuring public revenue Source: MOF, RongViet Research Public revenue structure Public expense structure* (1) Income and consumption taxes account for the biggest percentage of total revenue, 26.3% and 37.4%, respectively (2) Fees, charges and non-tax surges 20.6% YoY, accounting for 17% of total revenue (3) Environmental protection tax grows at an annual 22 pace on average and accounts for 3.9% of total revenue (4) Revenue from Lottery was added (1) Regular expenditures climb 13,1% YoY in 10 years and accounts for 74% of total expense (2) Investment expenditures increase only 8,7% YoY and its percentage drops to 26% of total expense (3) According to the financial restructure plan, the government prioritizes debt repayment in 2016-2020 * Note: Public expenditures exclude principal repayment Public revenue structure Public expense structure 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 2005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017 Income taxes Consumption taxes Export-Import taxes Environmental protection tax Revenue from Loterry Other taxes Fees, charges and non-tax Grants 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 2005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017 Administration expenditures Economic expenditures Social expenditures Interest payment Others Investment expenditures Public budget structure
  • 14. 14 Theme 2: Restructuring public revenue Source: MOF, RongViet Research Type Impact Value-AddedTax (VAT) 1) The MoF estimates the VAT increase could add 0.06-0.39% to CPI 2) RongViet Research estimates budget revenue could be added by VND70,000 billion-VND90,000 billion 3) Vietnam’s shadow economy, equivalent to 15.1% of GDP, may increase 4) Strongly impacted sectors: Consumer; Real Estate; Agriculture Special Sale Tax 1) Special Sales Tax contributes to 7-8% of total budget revenue. The increase of SST for soft drinks and cigarettes could boost budget revenue in the medium term 2) Allow domestic car manufacturers to better compete with imported cars Corporate IncomeTax 1) SMEs make up 95% of all companies operating in Vietnam. Therefore, tax reduction will enhance such businesses 2) CIT from SMEs contributes less than 1% to total budget revenue. So we think the tax cuts will impact insignificantly to budget revenue 3) Limit corporate leverage, especially state-owned corporation 4) Weakening the momentum of price transferring Personal IncomeTax 1) Supporting medium-income class 2) Encouraging employees in the prioritized sectors 3) Rising public revenue via tax burden put on lottery income Tax reform
  • 15. 15 Theme 3: Consumer financing – opening a door for credit growth Source: Bloomberg, NFSC, RongViet Research Total credit to non-financial sector (% of GDP) Credit-to-GDP gap* Big gap for consumer financing development Global trend related to household debts -15 -10 -5 0 5 10 15 09/09 07/10 05/11 03/12 01/13 11/13 09/14 07/15 05/16 03/17 0% 50% 100% 150% 200% 250% 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 Thailand Malaysia Indonesia China Australia Korea EM 2008 2017 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017E Vietnam's consumer financing-to-GDP LHS Vietnam's Credit growth RHS Expansion of household debt Note: Over 10% credit-to-GDP gap warns of financial crisis in next 3 years
  • 16. 16 Theme 3: Consumer financing – opening a door for credit growth Source: Bloomberg, NFSC, RongViet Research Consumption contribution to GDP Consumer financing structure Banks take the driving role Low net-interest margin 8.43 8.97 18.07 23.27 0.47 1.53 2.53 3.28 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 2013 2014 2015 2016 Finance companies Banks Spread-out effects on the economy 2.4% 2.6% 2.8% 3.0% 3.2% 3.4% 5% 10% 15% 20% 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017E NIM RHS Short-term lending rate LHS Short-term deposit rate LHS Banks' Consumer financing interest rate LHS 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% China Thailand Indonesia Philippines Vietnam 52.36% 15% 24% 1% 3% 4.64% Buy/repair houses Transport Durable goods Hi-tech goods Education, tourism, health care Others
  • 17. 17 Theme 3: Consumer financing – opening a door for credit growth Source: Bloomberg, Savills, RongViet Research Saving/GDP rates of Asian nations Stock market movement Real estate prices climb in Ho Chi Minh city Lesson from other countries 70 75 80 85 90 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 Q1/2012 Q1/2013 Q1/2014 Q1/2015 Q1/2016 Q1/2017 Housing Price Index LHS Office Price Index RHS 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% -15% -10% -5% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 03/13 10/13 05/14 12/14 07/15 02/16 09/16 04/17 11/17 Potential risks from surging consumer financing growth 100 200 300 400 500 25 50 75 100 125 1981 1984 1988 1992 1995 1999 2003 2006 2010 2014 Canada new housing price index LHS Canada Household Debt-to-GDP ratio LHS US household debt-to-GDP ratio LHS U.S. Housing price index RHS (%) (Points)
  • 18. 18 Theme 4: SEZs – hope for a new momentum? Lessons from other countries Contents China India Results SEZs account for 22% of China’s GDP growth, creating 30 million jobs; taking 45% of FDI Upto 2014, only 164/564 SEZs are alive Size Very big. Typically in hundreds of hectares Over 10 hectares Position Well thought out and located only on coasts to facilitate exports and imports easily. Anywhere. No restriction Number Only 6 SEZs: Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shantou, Xiamen, Hainan and Pudong Any number Policy regime Experimentation of liberal policies in the specified areas Based on fiscal sops. Labor law Relaxed in the SEZs Flexibility is totally absent Investors Basically foreigners who are wooed with sops and promises of stability in policy Basically local not foreign investor driven; which should have been the case. 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 GDP growth Manufacturing Area Industrial Area High-tech, border-gate economic zones Open and Coastal Economic Zones Source: GSO, RongViet Research The economy’s momentum is weakening
  • 19. 19 Theme 4: SEZs – hope for a new momentum? Van Don 1) Prioritized sectors: • Hi-tech projects • Supporting industry • Tourism • Logistics 2) Job creation (2030): 132,000 3) Additional public revenue (2021-2030): USD4 billion 4) Added value (2021-2030): USD9.7 billion North Van Phong 1) Prioritized sectors: • Information technology • Electricity • Exact mechanics • Ports and logistics • Defense • Tourism • Commerce–finance 2) Job creation (2030): 65,000 3) Additional public revenue (2021-2030): USD2.2 billion 4) Added value (2021-2030): USD10 billion 1) Prioritized sectors: • Tourism • Retail • Healthcare 2) Job creation (2030): 57,600 3) Additional public revenue (2021-2030): USD3.3 billion 4) Added value (2021-2030): USD19 billion Phu Quoc SEZs’Impact
  • 20. 20 Theme 4: SEZs – hope for a new momentum? Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 2022 2026 2030 Preliminary Period 2018 • Entertainment casino • Port and airline services • Shopping center • Creative technology; entrepreneur center • Seafood processing • Logistic services • Education; Health services • Finance services • Bioengineering • Green technology • High technology,… Van Don Preliminary Period 2018 • Complete legal formalities, planning, arrange management system • Build main infrastructure • Complete synchronized substruction and legal system • Attract investment and main sectors • Deep investment to establish international city status • Create spillover effect • Build cargo port, international airline port • Build shopping center – finance • Build urban area • Develop model: high-tech area, high- tech center • Transport by international airline; develop port service • Build finance - banking; attract international funds • Build yacht port; Education; Health services • Develop high technology for national defence, new building material technology; biology technology,…. • Develop and optimize port services • Develop finance forms, securities, venture capital,…. • Develop services, traveling,…. • Develop R&D activities Bac Van Phong Stage 1 Stage 2 2025 2030 Start 2018 Acceleration Develop and disseminate 2021 2025 • Create spillover to Kien Giang and national economy • Expand pilot with opener regulars Develop main sectors: • Traveling • Shopping center and exhibition • Study and development Develop momentum sectors: • Processing • Communication and logistics • Universal education and finance services • Health services,… Develop other sectors: • Bio-engineering, green technology • High-tech appliance center, AI • Advanced telecommunication services • Investment funds Phu Quoc • Complete legal formalities, planning, arrange management system • Build main infrastructure • Complete synchro substruction and legal system • Attract investment and main sectors SEZs development process
  • 21. 21 List of potential risks No Risk Impact Level Probability 1 Unreal bad debts solved Direct 2 Delay of IPOs & state divestment Direct 3 Negative effects of consumption tax hikes Direct 4 Foreign outflow Direct 5 Commodity prices Direct 6 China’s economic policies Direct 7 China-US relationship worsens Indirect 8 Political risks Indirect Note: Probability-Impact Assessment Very high High Medium Low Very low
  • 22. 22 Appendix: Some projects in SEZs Source: RongViet Research Name Sector Size (VND B) Investors Status Van Don Van Don International Airport Infrastructure 7,500 Sun Group Operation in 2018 Ha Long - Hai Phong Highway Infrastructure 13,600 CIENCO 4 Operation in 2018 Ha Long – Van Don Highway Infrastructure 13,988 BOT Bien Cuong JSC. Operation in 2018 Van Don – Mong Cai Highway Infrastructure 16,014 N/A Start in 2017 Bac Cai Bau seaport Infrastructure 2,200 MBLand Hoildings Studying Van Don Heritage Road Tourism 5,000 Van Don Heritage Road JSC. Studying Sonasea Dragon Bay Tourism 4,950 CEO group Studying Furama Ha Long Viet Nam Resort & Villas Tourism 1,120 Viglacera corporation Pending Eco-tourism area Ngoc Vung, Van Canh Tourism 46,000 FLC group Studying Non-tariff, clean industrial zone Industrial area 31,500 N/A N/A Van Phong Van Phong 1 Thermal Power Project Energy 58,721 Sumitomo corporation (Japan) Licensed Nam van phong petrochemical refinery complex Energy 109,248 Petrolimex and Nippon Oil Energy (Japan) Licensed Phu Quoc Phu Quoc International Passenger Port Infrastructure 1,600 Vingroup Operation in 2018 The Phu Quoc Cable Car Tourism 10,000 Sun Group Operation in 2018 Safari Park Infrastructure 3,150 Vingroup Pending Deep Water Port Infrastructure 2,000 PVN Pending Sun World Hon Thom Natural Park Tourism 10,000 Sun Group Pending Expansion of International Airport Infrastructure 2,000 Airport Corporation of Vietnam Operation in 2018 Sonasea Villas & Resort Tourism 4,500 CEO group N/A Phu Quoc Marina Tourism N/A BIM group N/A Condotel Premier Residences Tourism N/A Sun group N/A The Coast Villas Tourism N/A Nam Land N/A Grand Word Tourism 7,500 LDG Group Pending
  • 23. 23 Appendix: Tax reform Types Key changes Impact Value- Added Tax (VAT) 1) Increase the current standard VAT rate to 12% from 10%. 2) Transfer of land use rights is proposed to be changed from VAT exempt to taxable At the standard VAT rate. 3) Remove the role of subtracting land-use-right transfer price/land rent out of real estate prices used to calculate VAT 4) Transfer of fertilizers, agricultural machines, off-shore fishing boats from VAT exempt to taxable. 5) Threshold for payment by bank for both VAT and CIT purposes is proposed to be reduced from VND20 million to VND10 million 6) The draft law removes a number of goods/services entitled to 5% VAT rate, moving them to the standard tax rate (water, medical and educational equipment used for multiple purposes, sporting and entertaining activities, books) 1) The MOF estimates the VAT increase could add 0.06%- 0.39% to CPI. 2) RongViet Research estimates public revenue could be added VND70,000 billion – VND90,000 billion. 3) Vietnam’s shadow economy, currently equivalent to 15.1% of GDP, may grow. 4) Significantly under-impacted sectors: Consumer; Real Estate; Agriculture; etc. Special sale tax (SST) 1) Introduce SST on soft drinks at either 10% or 20% from 01 Jan 2019. 2) Increase taxes for cigarettes and cigars: • Add a fixed SST charge of VND1,000 per pack of 20 cigarettes and VND1,500 per cigar, effective 01 January 2020; or • Increase the SST rate from 75% to 80% on cigarettes from 1 January 2020 and to 85% from 1 January 2021. 3) Amend taxable revenue for automobiles with less than 9 seats manufactured in Vietnam to sales price of manufacturer exclusive of the value of spare parts produced domestically. 4) Hike SST on imported pickup trucks: 60% of the rate on sedans with the same engine capacity. 1) Special Sale Tax contributes to 7-8% of total budget revenue. Such hike could boost budget revenue in the medium term. 2) Allow domestic car manufacturers to better compete with imported cars. Corporate Income Tax (CIT) 1) CIT burden put on SMEs will be down to 15%-17%. 2) Tax on capital/share transfers by non-residents (CAPT): 1% on sales proceeds as opposed to the current 20% on net gain. 3) Proposal to allow offsetting of gains from real estate transfers against losses from operations. 4) Introduction of thin capitalization rules: no tax deduction for interest where debt to equity ratio exceeds 5:1 for manufacturing companies, 4:1 for other industries and 12:1 for banking. 1) SMEs make up 95% of all companies operating in Vietnam. Therefore, facilitating SMEs groups through tax incentives is one of the ways to upgrade growth driver in Vietnam economy. 2) CIT from SMEs contributes less than 1% to total budget revenue. So, the tax cut will impact insignificantly to budget revenue. 3) Discouraging high corporate leverage, especially state- owned companies. 4) Limiting transfer pricing manipulation. Personal Income Tax (PIT) 1) Reduce the number of tax brackets from 7 to 5 for employment income for tax residents and broaden the tax base for middle income earners. 2) There is 50% reduction of PIT on employment income of individuals working in IT industry, agriculture, and agricultural product processing projects. 3) PIT on both residents and nonresidents for capital transfer is proposed to be 1% on sales proceeds. 4) Amend the tax rate for income from prizes from flat rate of 10% to progressive rates up to 30%. 1) Supporting mid-class income persons. 2) Encouraging employment in prioritized sectors. 3) Increase budget revenue via increase of tax on prizes. Source: RongViet Research
  • 25. 25 Market review: beyond expected 650 680 710 740 770 800 830 860 890 920 950 980 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 03/01 17/01 07/02 21/02 07/03 21/03 04/04 19/04 05/05 19/05 02/06 16/06 30/06 14/07 28/07 11/08 25/08 11/09 25/09 09/10 23/10 06/11 20/11 04/12 18/12 Bad debt resolution dicussion Banking and real estate stocks continued to increase SAB started to increase as state divestment confirmed to happen in 2017 Debut of the derivative market GAS, PVD, PVS rallied as oil price recovered strongly State divestment speed up: IDC, VNM, SAB, DMC, BMP, NTP, FPT, etc Despite low liquidity, market advanced thanks to large cap stocks - Extended the timeline applying Circular 06 - Prime Minister decided to boost credit growth further - VRE listed on HOSE - VIC surged - SAB auctioned at VND320,000/share Banking stocks rallied US bombed Afghanistan Real estate stocks rallied YTD: +43.4% - Banking stocks returned thanks to recapitalization - Strong state divestment due to public debt reached the limit
  • 26. 26 Market review: moderated earnings growth, yet higher P/E Vietnam stock market relative valuations Source: Bloomberg, RongvVet Research Change of market cap over the last 10 years Source: Bloomberg, Rongviet Research 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 Vietnam China HongKong India Taiwan Korea Malaysia Indonesia Philippines Singapore Thailand Current P/E 2018E Earning growth (%) 29% -39% 74% 14% -14% -12% 16% 4% 9% -8% 13% 0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% -40% -20% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017E Earnings growth (left axis) Dividend yield (right axis) Earnings growth of VNIndex 2007 – 2017
  • 27. 27 o 2017 is the most active year of foreign investors o Net value in 2017: USD1.07 billion (VND23,830 billion) o 10-year accumulated value: USD4.4 billion o Food & beverage was the most favorite destination of foreign capitals Market review: strong foreign inflows Foreign investors’accumulated value Foreign investors’net buying values categorized by sectors Source: Fiinpro, RongViet Research 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500 5,000 -200 -100 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 01-01-07 01-08-07 01-03-08 01-10-08 01-05-09 01-12-09 01-07-10 01-02-11 01-09-11 01-04-12 01-11-12 01-06-13 01-01-14 01-08-14 01-03-15 01-10-15 01-05-16 01-12-16 01-07-17 Net Value(mn $) Accumulate value (mn$) 29% 15% 14% 11% 11% 9% 5% 6% Food & Beverage Financial Services Real Estate Banks Basic Resources Utilities Construction & Materials Others
  • 28. 28 o Though both foreign ETFs performed quite well in 2017, ETF investors were still net sellers but with smaller amount compared to 2016 o Domestic ETFs gained more than 50% because they bought all shares in VN30 Index and tracked exactly the VN30 Index without constraints on FOL like foreign ETFs are facing Market review: ETFs movement ETFs’ net inflows/ outflows since inception Source: Fiinpro, RongViet Research -80 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 01-02-08 01-06-08 01-10-08 01-02-09 01-06-09 01-10-09 01-02-10 01-06-10 01-10-10 01-02-11 01-06-11 01-10-11 01-02-12 01-06-12 01-10-12 01-02-13 01-06-13 01-10-13 01-02-14 01-06-14 01-10-14 01-02-15 01-06-15 01-10-15 01-02-16 01-06-16 01-10-16 01-02-17 01-06-17 01-10-17 MnUSD
  • 29. 29 o Market cap has increased gradually and surged to 68% GDP in 2017 thanks to large cap stocks listed o Average daily turnover in 2017 increased ~63% compared to that of 2016 o Margin lending has been increasing continuously since 2016, which is a factor that helps boost the liquidity on the market Market review: Liquidity surged Change of market cap over the last 10 years Source: Bloomberg, RongViet Research 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 ThousandbillionVND HSX HNX % Marcap to GDP Change of turnover over the last 10 years Source: Bloomberg, Rongviet Research -75% -25% 25% 75% 125% 175% 225% 275% 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 YTD 2017 BnVND HSX HNX Growth
  • 30. 30 o More listed firms, more“float”thanks to regulations supporting IPO, state divestment, new listing shares Outlook: The tide is high… No. Ticker Company Market cap (Trillion VND) No. Ticker Company Market cap (Trillion VND ) 1 VNM Vinamilk 293.2 21 NVL Novaland 38.3 2 VIC VinGroup 193.9 22 ACB Asia Commercial Bank 34.3 3 VCB Vietcombank 176.3 23 VRG Vietnam Rubber Group 34.0 4 GAS PetroVietnam Gas 176.2 24 PVPower PetroVietnam Power Corporation 33.7 5 SAB SABECO 171.5 25 FPT FPT Corp 29.9 6 VRE Vincom Retail 87.1 26 BHN HABECO 29.5 7 BID BIDV 83.8 27 HDBANK HD Bank 25.9 8 CTG VietinBank 83.6 28 STB Sacombank 22.6 9 PLX Petrolimex 81.1 29 VCS VICOSTONE 19.6 10 MSN Masan Group 79.7 30 CTD COTECCONS construction 16.7 11 ROS FLC FAROS Construction 79.2 31 EIB Eximbank 15.2 12 THA Truong Hai Auto Corporation 70.5 32 DHG Hau Giang Pharmaceutical 14.9 13 HPG Hoa Phat Group 66.7 33 TPBANK Tien Phong Bank 14.3 14 VJC Vietjet Air 64.4 34 PNJ Phu Nhuan Jewelry 14.2 15 VPB VPBank 60.4 35 PVOil PetroVietnam Oil Corporation 13.9 16 TCB TechcomBank 51.0 36 SSI SaiGon Securities Inc. 13.7 17 BSR Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical 45.3 37 REE Refrigeration Electrical Engineering 13.2 18 MBB MBBank 45.2 38 GMD Gemadept 11.6 19 MWG Mobile World Investment 40.9 39 SBT Bourbon Tay Ninh 11.5 20 BVH Bao Viet Group 40.7 40 VGC Viglacera Corporation 11.2 Source: Various sources and media news
  • 31. 31 o Market liquidity can increase thanks to: (1) more “supply”and “demand”, (2) monetary easing, (3) more product like covered warrant and trading mechanism such as T+0. The average trading value per session can be around VND5,000 billion to VND6,000 billion o Earnings growth is still positive. Here are some assumptions of the estimate: o Estimation based on 50 largest stocks representing 87% market cap of the VNIndex o VNM +13%, VIC +83%, VCB +34%, VRE +43%, MSN +45%, MWG +27% etc o Possible dilution of banking stocks o Market valuation is acceptable Outlook: The tide is high… Normal case P/E remains Earnings growth: 17% – 19% VNIndex: + 17% – 19% Getting into msci’s shortlist on June 2018 (unlikely) P/E premium: 25% – 40% (see appendix) Earnings growth: 17% – 19% Vnindex: + 45% – 67%
  • 32. 32 o Unexpected political risks: Arrests of a few VIPs started to“settle a fire”in the last quarter o Mind the volatility: o In the past, there was no clear evidence showing positive correlation between volatility and margin lending. However, these two factors has been moving in a same way since beginning 2017 o Intraday volatility increased sharply in Q4 2017 Risk: …but mind the wind Margin and volatility 0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% 16% 18% 20% Q1/2016 Q2/2016 Q3/2016 Q4/2016 Q1/2017 Q2/2017 Q3/2017 Margin Volatility Intraday volatility -25% -20% -15% -10% -5% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 0.0% 0.2% 0.4% 0.6% 0.8% 1.0% 1.2% 1.4% 1.6% 1.8% 2.0% Q1/2010 Q3/2010 Q1/2011 Q3/2011 Q1/2012 Q3/2012 Q1/2013 Q3/2013 Q1/2014 Q3/2014 Q1/2015 Q3/2015 Q1/2016 Q3/2016 Q1/2017 Q3/2017 Intraday Volatility (LHS) Quarterly Return (RHS) Source: FiinPro, RongViet Research
  • 33. 33 Appendix: How PE in frontier markets when they were upgraded? 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 9,000 10,000 11,000 12,000 13,000 06/30/2009 12/31/2009 06/30/2010 12/30/2010 06/30/2011 12/29/2011 06/28/2012 12/31/2012 06/30/2013 12/31/2013 06/30/2014 12/31/2014 06/30/2015 12/31/2015 06/30/2016 12/29/2016 06/29/2017 12/06/2017 DSMP/E DSMindex DSM index DSM P/E Official Reclassification Reclassification Announcement Qatar market 18 months prior official reclassification: Index +41% P/E +45% 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500 5,000 06/30/2009 12/31/2009 06/30/2010 12/30/2010 06/30/2011 12/29/2011 06/28/2012 12/31/2012 06/30/2013 12/31/2013 06/30/2014 12/31/2014 06/30/2015 12/31/2015 06/30/2016 12/29/2016 06/29/2017 12/06/2017 ADSMIP/E ADSMIindex ADSMI index ADSMI P/E Official ReclassificationReclassification Announcement 18 months prior official reclassification: Index +73% P/E +56% UAE market Source: Bloomberg, RongViet Research compiles
  • 34. 34 Appendix: How PE in frontier markets when they were upgraded? Pakistan market KSE index 10 11 12 13 14 15 20,000 22,000 24,000 26,000 28,000 30,000 32,000 34,000 36,000 07/31/2015 08/31/2015 09/30/2015 10/30/2015 11/30/2015 12/31/2015 01/29/2016 02/29/2016 03/31/2016 04/29/2016 05/31/2016 06/30/2016 07/29/2016 08/31/2016 09/30/2016 10/31/2016 11/30/2016 12/30/2016 01/31/2017 02/28/2017 03/31/2017 04/28/2017 05/31/2017 06/30/2017 07/31/2017 08/31/2017 09/29/2017 10/31/2017 11/30/2017 12/08/2017 KSEP/E KSEindex KSE index KSE P/E 18 months prior official reclassification: Index +60% P/E +46% 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 16,000 18,000 20,000 22,000 24,000 26,000 07/31/2015 08/31/2015 09/30/2015 10/30/2015 11/30/2015 12/31/2015 01/29/2016 02/29/2016 03/31/2016 04/29/2016 05/31/2016 06/30/2016 07/29/2016 08/31/2016 09/30/2016 10/31/2016 11/30/2016 12/30/2016 01/31/2017 02/28/2017 03/31/2017 04/28/2017 05/31/2017 06/30/2017 07/31/2017 08/31/2017 09/29/2017 10/31/2017 11/30/2017 12/08/2017 KSE30P/E KSE30index KSE30 index KSE30 P/E 18 months prior official reclassification: Index +50% P/E +47% Pakistan market KSE 30 index Source: Bloomberg, RongViet Research compiles
  • 35. 35 Historical Daily Rolling P/E Bank Insurance Retailing Personal & Household Goods 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 01/04/2010 06/04/2010 11/04/2010 04/04/2011 09/04/2011 02/04/2012 07/04/2012 12/04/2012 05/04/2013 10/04/2013 03/04/2014 08/04/2014 01/04/2015 06/04/2015 11/04/2015 04/04/2016 09/04/2016 02/04/2017 07/04/2017 12/04/2017 0 5 10 15 20 25 01/04/2010 06/04/2010 11/04/2010 04/04/2011 09/04/2011 02/04/2012 07/04/2012 12/04/2012 05/04/2013 10/04/2013 03/04/2014 08/04/2014 01/04/2015 06/04/2015 11/04/2015 04/04/2016 09/04/2016 02/04/2017 07/04/2017 12/04/2017 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 01/04/2010 06/04/2010 11/04/2010 04/04/2011 09/04/2011 02/04/2012 07/04/2012 12/04/2012 05/04/2013 10/04/2013 03/04/2014 08/04/2014 01/04/2015 06/04/2015 11/04/2015 04/04/2016 09/04/2016 02/04/2017 07/04/2017 12/04/2017 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 01/04/2010 06/04/2010 11/04/2010 04/04/2011 09/04/2011 02/04/2012 07/04/2012 12/04/2012 05/04/2013 10/04/2013 03/04/2014 08/04/2014 01/04/2015 06/04/2015 11/04/2015 04/04/2016 09/04/2016 02/04/2017 07/04/2017 12/04/2017 Source: FiinPro, RongViet Research compiles
  • 36. 36 Historical Daily Rolling P/E Oil & Gas Basic Resources Chemicals Construction & Materials 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 01/04/2010 06/04/2010 11/04/2010 04/04/2011 09/04/2011 02/04/2012 07/04/2012 12/04/2012 05/04/2013 10/04/2013 03/04/2014 08/04/2014 01/04/2015 06/04/2015 11/04/2015 04/04/2016 09/04/2016 02/04/2017 07/04/2017 12/04/2017 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 01/04/2010 06/04/2010 11/04/2010 04/04/2011 09/04/2011 02/04/2012 07/04/2012 12/04/2012 05/04/2013 10/04/2013 03/04/2014 08/04/2014 01/04/2015 06/04/2015 11/04/2015 04/04/2016 09/04/2016 02/04/2017 07/04/2017 12/04/2017 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 01/05/2015 03/05/2015 05/05/2015 07/05/2015 09/05/2015 11/05/2015 01/05/2016 03/05/2016 05/05/2016 07/05/2016 09/05/2016 11/05/2016 01/05/2017 03/05/2017 05/05/2017 07/05/2017 09/05/2017 11/05/2017 0 5 10 15 20 25 01/04/2010 06/04/2010 11/04/2010 04/04/2011 09/04/2011 02/04/2012 07/04/2012 12/04/2012 05/04/2013 10/04/2013 03/04/2014 08/04/2014 01/04/2015 06/04/2015 11/04/2015 04/04/2016 09/04/2016 02/04/2017 07/04/2017 12/04/2017 Source: FiinPro, RongViet Research compiles
  • 37. 37 Historical Daily Rolling P/E Real Estate Utilities Food & Drinks Automobile & Parts 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 01/04/2010 06/04/2010 11/04/2010 04/04/2011 09/04/2011 02/04/2012 07/04/2012 12/04/2012 05/04/2013 10/04/2013 03/04/2014 08/04/2014 01/04/2015 06/04/2015 11/04/2015 04/04/2016 09/04/2016 02/04/2017 07/04/2017 12/04/2017 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 01/04/2010 06/04/2010 11/04/2010 04/04/2011 09/04/2011 02/04/2012 07/04/2012 12/04/2012 05/04/2013 10/04/2013 03/04/2014 08/04/2014 01/04/2015 06/04/2015 11/04/2015 04/04/2016 09/04/2016 02/04/2017 07/04/2017 12/04/2017 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 01/04/2010 06/04/2010 11/04/2010 04/04/2011 09/04/2011 02/04/2012 07/04/2012 12/04/2012 05/04/2013 10/04/2013 03/04/2014 08/04/2014 01/04/2015 06/04/2015 11/04/2015 04/04/2016 09/04/2016 02/04/2017 07/04/2017 12/04/2017 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 01/04/2010 06/04/2010 11/04/2010 04/04/2011 09/04/2011 02/04/2012 07/04/2012 12/04/2012 05/04/2013 10/04/2013 03/04/2014 08/04/2014 01/04/2015 06/04/2015 11/04/2015 04/04/2016 09/04/2016 02/04/2017 07/04/2017 12/04/2017 Source: FiinPro, RongViet Research compiles
  • 38. 38 Historical Daily Rolling P/E Financial Services Travel & Tourism Technology Industrials 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 02/05/2013 05/05/2013 08/05/2013 11/05/2013 02/05/2014 05/05/2014 08/05/2014 11/05/2014 02/05/2015 05/05/2015 08/05/2015 11/05/2015 02/05/2016 05/05/2016 08/05/2016 11/05/2016 02/05/2017 05/05/2017 08/05/2017 11/05/2017 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 06/01/2015 08/01/2015 10/01/2015 12/01/2015 02/01/2016 04/01/2016 06/01/2016 08/01/2016 10/01/2016 12/01/2016 02/01/2017 04/01/2017 06/01/2017 08/01/2017 10/01/2017 12/01/2017 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 01/04/2010 07/04/2010 01/04/2011 07/04/2011 01/04/2012 07/04/2012 01/04/2013 07/04/2013 01/04/2014 07/04/2014 01/04/2015 07/04/2015 01/04/2016 07/04/2016 01/04/2017 07/04/2017 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 01/05/2015 03/05/2015 05/05/2015 07/05/2015 09/05/2015 11/05/2015 01/05/2016 03/05/2016 05/05/2016 07/05/2016 09/05/2016 11/05/2016 01/05/2017 03/05/2017 05/05/2017 07/05/2017 09/05/2017 11/05/2017 Source: FiinPro, RongViet Research compiles
  • 39. 39 Our sector rating for 2018 No. Subsector 2017 Supply - Demand Input Legal Environme nt Long-term growth potential Technologi cal developme nt Competitio n Rating Technology + + + 3.8 Positive Automotive retail + - + + -- 3.7 Positive F&B (Beer, milk) ++ + + 3.6 Positive Banking + - + + + - 3.3 Positive Power + - + + - 3.3 Positive Aviation + - + 3.2 Positive Real Estate + - + + 3.2 Positive Oil & Gas ++ + + - 3.9 Positive Phamarceutical + ++ + + - 3.8 Positive Automotive - Rubber Tires + + - 3.1 Positive Textile + - 3.0 Neutral Port - + + + + - 3.0 Neutral Insurance + + -- 3.0 Neutral Steel + - - + 3.0 Neutral Construction - + + 3.0 Neutral Building materials - + + - 3.0 Neutral Chemicals - Fertilizers/ Agochemicals - - + - 2.6 Negative Chemicals - natural rubber - - + 2.6 Negative
  • 40. THE BIG GAME FOR ALL STAKEHOLDERS
  • 41. 41 Vietnam has gone through half of the new term and is entering the third year led by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (2016 - 2021). It can be observed that the government is endeavoring to handle the “leftover” issues and paving the way for the future, to which 2018 is an important year. In this particular period of time, each of the participants of the economy seems to be engaged in the "big game" that the government is the “moderator” • The government strengthens the confidence of the local business community and promotes the image of Vietnam to foreign investors. Two prominent features in this role are drastic reform of administrative procedures and raising the status of the national economy, exemplified by the race to upgrade the Vietnamese stock market • SBV maintains low interest rates, facilitates the handling of bad debts (that is handling the real estate properties as collateral) and indirectly increases the attractiveness of ongoing divestments from SOEs • Real estate companies are taking advantage of low interest rates, aggressively increasing supply to the market. At the same time, banks are raising capital, "cleaning" their balance sheets before executing more sustainable business strategies and getting ready to apply Basel 2 in early 2019 • The State’s divestments from 181 SOEs in 2018 will continue to be an opportunity for foreign strategic investors who are interested business development in Vietnam, especially in the consumer sector • Finally, the orientation towards on-the-spot export through tourism and services (for the FDI sector) will create incentives for the expansion and development of the big players in the fields of infrastructure, utility, construction, logistics, supporting industries and HoReCa (hotel, restaurant, cafe) The Big Game for All Stakeholders
  • 42. Peak of State’s Divestment and IPOs
  • 43. 43 o In 2018, there will be 181 companies to be divested, which accounts for 70% of total planned companies to be divested in 2018-2020 o To complete such a challenged plan, the Government has been adjusted many legal frameworks (Decree 126 and Daft on Decree 91) to make it flexible and feasible for investors to participate in bidding progress o Given 2 big successful deals in 2017, VNM and SAB, we also expect that the officials will have experience to do the State’s divestment process on the following big deals (ACV, GAS, PLX, Genco, Sawaco, etc.) Peak of State’s divestment and IPOs The State’s divestment results in 2012 – 2020F Source: RongViet Research 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 0 20 40 60 80 100 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Thousands State's divestment No. deal IPO No. deal State's divestment Value (VND B) (RHS) IPO Value (VND B) (RHS)
  • 44. 44 o The race to emerging market will bring positive impacts on participants of the stock market  The market infrastructure has been improved with some new products: derivatives in 2017 and cover warrant in 2018  Other most important criteria, “the openness to FO”, will be accelerated in 2018 such as R&D on intraday (T+0) transaction, services for opened fund, pension fund, etc. ⇒ The way for Vietnam to be in EM is still long, yet more products and better infrastructure making Vietnam more attractiveness among frontier markets ⇒ More products and more qualified listed firms would help to improve the liquidity in the stock market Average matching value in the stock and derivative markets (VND B) Source: FiinPro, RongViet Research 50 1,050 2,050 3,050 4,050 5,050 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 HSX Derivative Peak of State’s divestment and IPOs
  • 45. 45 State's divestment in 2018 No Ticker Name Listed Charter Capital (VND B) Divester Divested ratio 1 ACV Airport Corporation of Vietnam Upcom 26,194 MTVN 20.0% 2 PLX Vietnam National Petroleum Group HSX 23,238 MOIT 25.0% 3 VGT Vietnam Textile and Garment Group Upcom 7,608 MOIT 53.0% 4 VNP Vietnam Plastic Corporation SCIC 131 SCIC 65.0% 5 DVN Vietnam Pharmaceutical Corporation Upcom 2,459 MOHVN 30.0% 6 VGC Viglacera Corporation HNX 6,405 MOCVN 20.0% 7 DBD Binh Dinh Phamaceutical and Medical Equipment Jsc. Upcom 891 Binh Dinh province, People's committee 10.0% Source: RongViet Research compiles State-owned enterprises to be IPO in 2018 NoTicker Name Charter Capital (VND B) 1 PVOil PetroVietnam Oil Corporation 10,342 2 PVPower PetroVietnam Power Corporation 23,419 3 BSR Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Ltd 31,005 4 VRG Vietnam Rubber Group 26,141 5 VNF2 Vinafood 2 2,823 6 VICEM Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation 12,360 7 MOBIFONE Mobifone 8 GENCO 3 EVN Genco 3 Source: RongViet Research compiles New listing in 2018 No Ticker Name Charter Capital (VND B) 1 TCB Techcombank 8,878 2 HDBANK HDBank 8,100 3 TPBANK TPBank 5,842 4 VEAM VEAM Corporation 4,903 5 THA Thaco 4,145 Source: RongViet Research compiles Peak of State’s divestment and IPOs
  • 46. 46 Circulars/Decrees Note 126/2017/ND-CP (1)Reducing the committed period for strategic investors to 3 years from 5 years; (2)Being listed on the stock exchange (HSX, HNX, or UpCOM) not later than 90 days after the IPO; and, (3)Adding "book building" method to define the winning price Draft on amending Decree 91/2015/ND-CP (1)Reducing the steps needed to sell the state’s shares from three to two; and, (2)Discussing the feasibility of selling the state’s shares with a price lower than book value per share Source: RongViet Research compiles Peak of State’s divestment and IPOs
  • 47. 47 Price @ 20 Dec 2017 Our stock picks Ticker Target price (VND) Total return (%) Rating 2016 2017E 2018F ROIC (%) Debt to Equity (x) ROA (%) ROE (%) Div Yield PER Trailing PBR Cur. +/- Price 1y 3-month avg. daily turnover (USD K) Market cap (USD M) Foreign remaining room (%)+/- Rev. (%) +/- NPAT (%) +/- Rev. (%) +/- NPAT (%) +/- Rev. (%) +/- NPAT (%) TTM (%) (x) (x) (%) ACV 127,000 32.7 Buy 11.2 -70.1 15.5 -23.9 22.5 45.0 9.4 0.6 10.5 19.8 1.5 43 8.1 105.5 481 9,313.7 45.5 FPT 62,900 15.1 Neutral 4.1 3.1 -50.7 45.1 14.6 -27.8 15.3 0.7 7.5 17.8 3.5 14 2.8 59.1 5,358 1,320.2 0.0 PHR 46,000 14.1 Neutral -4.0 3.9 32.8 102.9 8.1 77.6 4.9 0.4 9.7 17.0 7.0 9 1.5 74.5 622 148.6 39.1
  • 48. 48 Price @ 20 Dec 2017 Our watch list Name Subsector Current price (VND) Mar. cap (VND B) Shares Outstanding Trailing PER (x) PBR Cur. (x) 2016 Trailing 12 months +/-Rev. (%) +/-PAT (%) +/-REV (%) +/- PAT (%) ROIC (%) Debt to Equity (x) ROE (%) ROA (%) BMP Construction & Materials 83,200 6,811 81,860,938 15.8 2.8 18.5 21 5.8 -33.8 15.2 2.5 18.0 15.2 HCM Financial Services 56,300 7,295 129,570,368 16.3 2.8 39.3 43 48.3 48.8 10.3 17.8 17.8 10.3 NTP Construction & Materials 72,500 6,470 89,240,302 13.6 3.1 22.4 9 11.3 22.2 12.7 24.5 24.5 12.7 VCI Financial Services 73,100 8,772 119,996,000 13.4 3.3 26.6 42 60.1 109.2 N/a N/a 34.6 15.1 VND Financial Services 23,700 3,579 150,997,785 7.8 1.5 36.9 2 74.7 116.1 6.8 20.7 20.7 6.8
  • 49. The Focus on Growth Engines
  • 50. 50 GDP growth by sectors GDP growth by foreign investment Source: GSO, RongViet Research compiles The Focus on Growth Engines 16.0% 16.4% 17.0% 17.6% 15.0% 15.5% 16.0% 16.5% 17.0% 17.5% 18.0% 0.0% 2.0% 4.0% 6.0% 8.0% 10.0% 2013 2014 2015 2016 % contribution (RHS) % GDP growth of FDI GDP growth o FDI continues to show their important role as a growth engine of Vietnam’s economy in 2017: supporting the growth of construction, domestic building materials, and manufactures o In 2018, some large FDI projects in steel (Formosa), electricity, electronic and semiconductor sectors will have significant contribution into Vietnam’s GDP growth and export value o Despite of TPP’s failure, Vietnam moves on other key FTAs such as CPTPP, RCEP, and EVFTA, which presents the Government’s further commitment on trade and investment liberalization o The development of SEZs (Special Economic Zones), such as Van Don, Bac Van Phong, Phu Quoc, will boost growth of tourism as well as hospitality sector, which will be drivers for service’s growth 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 E Millions Agriculture, forestry and fishing Industry and construction Service Taxes and subsidies
  • 51. 51 Six countries with the highest number of tourists arrivals to Vietnam (passengers in thousands) MoT accounted for large proportion of State’s investment budget Source: RongViet Research compiles 1428 1900 1947 1780 2696 3594 700 748 848 1110 1544 2158 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 11M 2017 China Korea Japan USA Taiwan Russia 28 12 21 18 32 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 2013 2014 2015 2016 E 2017 E MoT MARD MoH VDB VBSP MoET Other o Disbursement of state budget has faced some obstacles in 2017, and we expect that the difficulties will be solved in 2018 o Investment into soft and hard infrastructure will boost the growth of sectors such as technology, airport, traffic infrastructure, industrial real estate, and supportive sectors (tile-granite, construction stone, etc.) o Given its strong recovery in 2017, the earnings of steel firms will experience a reasonable growth in 2018 o Electricity price must be increase to attract private investment into this sector The Focus on Growth Engines
  • 52. 52 List of infrastructure projects by type up to 2020 Name Total investment (USD M) Investment model Dau Giay - Lien Khuong highway 3,520 PPP Ninh Binh - Thanh Hoa - Nghi Son route of the North-South highway 1,867 PPP Noi Bai - Ha Long highway 1,762 PPP, BOT Trung Luong - My Thuan highway 1,381 PPP, ODA Bien Hoa - Vung Tau highway 1,175 PPP, ODA Cam Lo - La Son highway 1,095 PPP, BOT Bien Hoa - Vung Tau railway 5,000 BOT Upgrading the Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh city railway route 2,300 BOT, ODA Railway into Hai Phong international port 1,600 PPP, BOT Hanoi urban railway route 6 (from the center of Hanoi to Noi Bai Airport) 1,356 PPP Long Thanh international airport (phase 1) 5,620 PPP, BOT The phase 1 of Van Phong international port 500 FDI/ Joint Venture Binh Dinh power centre 4,000 PPP Dung Quat coal-fired thermal plant 140 PPP Source: RongViet Research compiles The Focus on Growth Engines
  • 53. 53 The Focus on Growth Engines Vietnam's free trade agreements FTA Status Extra notes Asean - Hong Kong, China FTA Signed 12 November 2017 Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership First time China, India and Japan Vietnam-European Free Trade Association FTA Signed 29 September 2017 Vietnam-Israel FTA Venture capital Vietnam-European Union FTA Not signed yet Ambiguous laws Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP-11) Signed 11 Nov 201 Rename CPTPP Asean Free Trade Area Signed and in effect Asean-Australia and New Zealand FTA Signed Feb 2009 Asean-India Comprehensive Economic Corporation Agreement Signed and in effect Special goods Asean-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Signed 2008 Asean-People's Republic of China Comprehensive Econic Cooperation Agreement Signed and in effect Asean-Republic of Korea Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement Replaced by ATIGA Chile-Vietnam Economic FTA Signed Jan 2014 Agricultural products Japan-Vietnam Economic Partnership Agreement Signed 25 Dec 2008 First Agreement Vietnam-Eurasian Economic Union FTA Signed 29 May 2015 Agricultural machine equipment Republic of Korea-Vietnam FTA Signed 5 May 2015 Goods, services, investment Source: RongViet Research compiles
  • 54. 54 Our stock picks Price @ 20 Dec 2017 Ticker Target price (VND) Total return (%) Rating 2016 2017E 2018F ROIC (%) Debt to Equity (x) ROA (%) ROE (%) Div Yield PER Trailing PBR Cur. +/- Price 1y 3-month avg. daily turnover (USD K) Market cap (USD M) Foreign remaining room (%)+/- Rev. (%) +/- NPAT (%) +/- Rev. (%) +/- NPAT (%) +/- Rev. (%) +/- NPAT (%) TTM (%) (x) (x) (%) ACV 127,000 32.7 Buy 11.2 -70.1 15.5 -23.9 22.5 45.0 9.4 0.6 10.5 19.8 1.5 43 8.1 105.5 480.7 9,313.7 45.5 CHP 31,900 15.8 Neutral -10.9 -21.5 28.6 54.2 -14.2 -19.0 21.1 0.7 16.3 29.0 2.5 7 2.0 46.5 143.7 156.4 45.7 DRC 28,200 20.5 Buy 1.3 -4.8 8.1 -45.3 4.1 40.3 14.8 0.6 8.6 15.6 7.2 12 1.9 -17.0 582.6 130.4 24.1 FPT 62,900 15.1 Neutral 4.1 3.1 -50.7 45.1 14.6 -27.8 15.3 0.7 7.5 17.8 3.5 14 2.8 59.1 5,358.2 1,320.2 0.0 HPG 53,600 21.5 Buy 21.2 89.4 28.3 23.3 30.6 18.1 21.9 0.4 19.1 32.1 0.0 8 2.2 68.6 7,670.7 2,949.5 8.5 LTG 57,100 38.9 Buy -0.9 9.2 7.4 23.1 11.4 2.6 12.7 1.3 6.4 17.7 3.6 7 1.3 0.0 64.4 122.9 4.6 NKG 49,400 30.6 Buy 55.4 310.7 62.0 29.0 14.6 10.4 14.0 2.2 8.4 33.9 2.6 6 1.8 66.9 1,104.0 221.3 9.8 NT2 37,600 22.5 Buy 18.6 -4.9 -10.3 -31.3 4.5 41.7 12.4 0.9 6.3 14.5 6.8 13 2.0 26.9 505.6 412.5 26.8 NTC 127,000 42.3 Buy 17.8 121.4 -10.4 -5.5 16.7 3.2 19.6 0.5 7.6 56.2 2.7 8 4.2 383.2 189.6 64.0 48.9 VJC 171,000 24.5 Buy 38.6 113.3 54.4 119.0 21.1 18.1 27.0 0.9 13.9 48.2 2.1 19 7.6 0.0 7,272.0 2,782.1 3.7
  • 55. 55 Price @ 20 Dec 2017 Our watch list Name Subsector Current price (VND) Mar. cap (VND B) Shares Outstanding Trailing PER (x) PBR Cur. (x) 2016 Trailing 12 months +/-Rev. (%) +/-PAT (%) +/-REV (%) +/- PAT (%) ROIC (%) Debt to Equity (x) ROE (%) ROA (%) CTI Construction & Materials 29,400 1,852 62,999,997 11.0 1.6 23.8 58 -2.2 36.7 3.2 11.8 11.8 3.2 HTI Construction & Materials 16,800 419 24,949,200 5.5 1.0 33.1 9 -11.0 15.0 5.0 18.4 18.4 5.0 HUT Construction & Materials 11,000 2,762 251,058,913 6.5 0.9 24.1 152 -37.9 -21.6 3.3 12.3 12.3 3.3 LHG Real Estate 17,000 849 49,939,812 3.1 0.7 106.8 138 38.0 58.4 9.9 24.1 24.1 9.9 PC1 Construction & Materials 38,900 4,491 115,452,410 17.4 1.8 -3.0 24 -1.5 -36.5 4.4 10.5 10.5 4.4 REE Industrial Goods & Services 42,500 13,177 310,050,926 7.9 1.7 38.4 28 53.3 117.5 13.7 21.1 21.1 13.7 PVT Industrial Goods & Services 18,450 5,193 281,440,162 13.9 1.5 17.8 12 -2.7 -24.3 4.1 9.0 9.0 4.1
  • 56. Opportunities in the “Golden Population Structure”Period
  • 57. 57 Retail sales continues to pick up The correlation between the average annual disposable income and total vehicle sales volume in Vietnam Source: GSO, Euromonitor, RongViet Research compiles 260 280 300 320 340 0% 4% 8% 12% 10/2016 11/2016 12/2016 01/2017 02/2017 03/2017 04/2017 05/2017 06/2017 07/2017 08/2017 09/2017 10/2017 ThousandsRetail Sales (VND B) Growth (%) Opportunities in the “Golden Population Structure”Period o Vietnam’s golden population period will prolong in next 10 – 15 years, resulting the fast growth of consumer market during this time o In 2017, Vietnam moved to No. 6 from No. 11 (out of 30) in Global Retail Development Index (GRDI) and is in the peak attractiveness period o Domestic pharmaceuticals, who have been investing to upgrade their factories into EU-GMP or PIC/S criteria, will be beneficiaries of Circular 01/2012/TTLT-BYT-BTC o The higher special sales tax on vehicle with a cylinder capacity of 2,500 – 3,000 ccs unlikely causes negative impacts on high-end cars 0 50 100 150 200 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Thousands Disposable Income per Capita (unit: million VND) Passenger car sales volume
  • 58. 58 NIM and interest rate Proportion of consumer lending loan outstanding Source: GSO, RongViet Research compiles Opportunities in the “Golden Population Structure”Period o Banking sector’s profitability has been improved in 2017 thanks to (1) the supportive policies and abundant monetary liquidity and (2) Higher proportion of retails loan outstanding, which help to increase NIM o Profitability in 2017 allows banks to enhance their loan loss reserves (LLR) => the better buffer, the safer for banks in case of economic difficulties o Banks’recent investment on core banking and digital banking will boost growth in services income o Given the high supply of apartments in 2018-19, affordable housing developers who have clean projects located in fully-invested infrastructure will less likely be hit negative affect 52.36% 15% 24% 1% 3% 4.64% Buy/repair houses Transport Durable goods Hi-tech goods Education, tourisim, health care Others2% 3% 3% 4% 5% 10% 15% 20% 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017E NIM RHS Short-term lending rate LHS Short-term deposit rate LHS Banks' Consumer financing interest rate LHS
  • 59. 59 Medicine spending per capita in Vietnam (USD) Source: DAV, RongViet Research compiles 5.4 6.0 6.7 7.6 8.6 9.9 11.2 13.4 16.5 19.6 22.3 27.6 29.5 31.8 34.5 38.0 55.0 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2021F Spending Growth Opportunities in the “Golden Population Structure”Period Ha Noi real estate market Ho Chi Minh real estate market Source: CBRE, RongViet Research compiles 0 5 10 15 20 25 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120% 2014 2015 2016 2017F 2018F 2019F Thousands Sold Unit (Right) Affordable (Left) Mid-end (Left) High-end (Left) 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 2014 2015 2016 2017F 2018F 2019F Thousands Sold Unit (Right) Affordable (Left) Mid-end (Left) High-end (Left) Luxury (Left)
  • 60. 60 Price @ 20 Dec 2017 Our stock picks Ticker Target price (VND) Total return (%) Rating 2016 2017E 2018F ROIC (%) Debt to Equity (x) ROA (%) ROE (%) Div Yield PER Trailing PBR Cur. +/- Price 1y 3-month avg. daily turnover (USD K) Market cap (USD M) Foreign remaining room (%)+/- Rev. (%) +/- NPAT (%) +/- Rev. (%) +/- NPAT (%) +/- Rev. (%) +/- NPAT (%) TTM (%) (x) (x) (%) ACB 42,000 21.0 Buy 21.6 28.9 38.3 62.4 16.1 72.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 12.6 0.0 18 2.6 93.9 4,825.4 1,508.4 0.0 CTG 27,000 25.3 Buy 16.3 20.0 21.1 3.0 9.9 38.4 0.0 0.0 0.7 12.3 3.2 11 1.3 57.2 2,379.7 3,628.2 0.0 HAX 42,300 12.8 Neutral 58.1 170.7 46.9 2.5 22.2 11.9 0.4 2.9 6.4 22.3 0.0 12 2.4 53.8 189.9 38.6 34.3 HDG 39,700 16.9 Neutral 34.4 90.8 5.8 -47.5 63.9 167.4 9.0 1.0 1.8 7.3 1.5 20 2.4 54.1 360.2 115.2 28.2 IMP 80,000 25.3 Buy 4.8 8.9 25.9 36.8 29.2 33.9 11.4 0.0 8.6 10.0 2.8 20 2.0 30.9 212.8 123.7 0.0 MBB 28,700 17.0 Neutral 12.4 16.7 29.0 44.1 18.1 40.5 0.0 0.0 1.4 13.8 2.0 12 1.6 105.4 5,300.4 1,997.2 0.0 NLG 37,200 18.0 Neutral 101.3 67.4 24.7 75.0 8.9 30.5 19.2 0.1 7.6 15.7 1.6 9 1.8 64.6 1,106.3 221.5 0.9 PGI 24,900 13.2 Neutral 0.0 5.2 10.3 55.5 13.2 -13.5 -22.0 0.0 2.7 11.5 0.0 14 1.4 0.0 23.3 86.1 28.1 PME 124,000 52.7 Buy 15.2 15.9 15.0 24.6 20.0 22.8 21.5 0.0 16.0 20.1 2.4 19 3.5 0.0 216.1 237.3 0.0 PNJ 147,200 11.4 Neutral 11.1 496.3 33.1 63.3 26.8 26.8 24.4 0.3 16.1 31.0 0.8 22 5.3 100.1 1,683.0 633.9 0.0 QNS 74,200 37.9 Buy -10.4 14.6 8.0 -34.5 8.3 41.5 24.9 0.4 19.1 31.5 5.4 11 3.2 -30.8 456.2 604.3 41.5 VCB 55,900 16.9 Neutral 17.3 28.6 -48.9 -38.6 18.1 40.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 15.8 1.6 21 3.2 41.8 4,204.5 7,693.6 9.3 VGC 30,200 21.9 Buy 4.1 56.4 9.4 62.7 17.3 13.5 11.8 0.4 4.6 12.0 3.9 13 1.8 0.0 946.0 482.0 13.3
  • 61. 61 Our watch list Price @ 20 Dec 2017 Name Subsector Current price (VND) Mar. cap (VND B) Shares Outstanding Trailing PER (x) PBR Cur. (x) 2016 Trailing 12 months +/-Rev. (%) +/-PAT (%) +/-REV (%) +/- PAT (%) ROIC (%) Debt to Equity (x) ROE (%) ROA (%) BVH Insurance 59,800 40,692 680,471,434 27.2 3.0 24.0 0 25.4 19.7 1.9 0.3 10.5 1.9 KDF Food & Beverage 57,900 3,242 56,000,000 22.7 4.9 30.8 85 88.0 25.2 15.5 29.7 0.0 0.0 THACO Automobiles & Parts N/a N/a 1,658,000,000 N/a N/a 42.6 13 N/a N/a N/a N/a 41.7 18.6 VEAM Automobiles & Parts N/a N/a 1,328,800,000 N/a N/a 7.0 3 N/a N/a N/a N/a 26.7 24.2 VNM Food & Beverage 202,000 293,158 1,451,278,520 28.2 12.2 16.8 20 9.6 10.0 47.0 2.2 43.2 33.5 VNR Insurance 22,900 3,002 131,075,937 10.8 1.1 -2.8 -1 -0.4 24.8 4.2 10.1 10.1 4.2 VPB Banks 40,350 60,420 1,497,403,415 9.6 2.3 39.8 64 45.2 78.0 N/a N/a 28.6 2.5 BID Banks 24,500 83,759 3,418,715,334 14.5 1.9 23.2 5 25.2 -10.4 0.5 12.5 12.5 0.5
  • 62. The Rebound of Oil Price
  • 63. 63 The gap between supply and demand oil The forecasted oil price in 2018 Source: RongViet Research compiles The Rebound of Oil Price o Most of financial institute forecast that the oil price will continue to recover in the first of 2018 thanks to the production reducing among large oil exporters o The recovering of oil price results expectation on restarting some key oil and gas projects in Vietnam, some projects => Upstream firms, who operate in exploring and producing will be the first beneficiaries o PVN’s divestment progress will be peak in 2018 with some big names will be listed, such as BRS, PV Oil, and PV Power 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 -1.5 -1.0 -0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3/1/2012 8/1/2012 1/1/2013 6/1/2013 11/1/2013 4/1/2014 9/1/2014 2/1/2015 7/1/2015 12/1/2015 5/1/2016 10/1/2016 3/1/2017 8/1/2017 Gap Supply - Demand (LHS) Oil price (RHS) 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 Goldman Sachs UBS Credit Suisse JPMorgan Citigroup Barclays Old forecast price New forecast price 2017 Estimated average price
  • 64. 64 Business results in Q3TTM of up- and mid-stream O&G firms Key O&G projects Source: RongViet Research compiles The Rebound of Oil Price Name Scheduled operation Progress Nam Con Son No. 2, Phase 2 2019 FS Red Emperor 2019 FS White Lion 2019 – 2020 FS Block B 2021 – 2022 FEED 155 141 110 111 17 18 7 10 30 40 50 60 70 0 100 200 2014 2015 2016 2017 Thousands Revenue NPAT Oil price (RHS) Divestment plan Period Company Current PVN’s ownership (%) Target ownership (%) 2017-2018 Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited * 100 43 PV Oil* 100 35.1 PV Power* 100 51 PV Fertilizer and Chemicals Coperation (HSX:DPM) 61.3 51 PV Ca Mau Fertilizer Jsc. (HSX:DCM) 75.56 51 PV Phuoc An Port Investment & Operation Jsc. 79.54 0 Green Indochina Development Jsc. 29 0 PV Insurance Corporation (HSX:PVI) 36.85 0 2018-2019 PV Gas (HSX:GAS) 96.72 65 After 2019 PV Trans (HSX:PVT) 51 36 Source: RongViet Research compiles; * IPO in 2018
  • 65. 65 Our watch list Price @ 20 Dec 2017 Name Subsector Current price (VND) Mar. cap (VND B) Shares Outstanding Trailing PER (x) PBR Cur. (x) 2016 Trailing 12 months +/-Rev. (%) +/-PAT (%) +/-REV (%) +/- PAT (%) ROIC (%) Debt to Equity (x) ROE (%) ROA (%) GAS Utilities 92,100 176,219 1,913,348,070 19.6 4.4 -8.1 -18 4.0 76.0 15.0 21.6 21.6 15.0 PLX Oil & Gas 70,000 81,117 1,158,813,235 18.9 4.6 -16.2 52 21.2 9.4 7.3 17.7 17.7 7.3 PVS Oil & Gas 22,000 9,827 446,700,421 11.6 0.9 -20.0 -32 -12.7 -11.1 3.4 7.1 7.1 3.4 PVD Oil & Gas 23,700 9,074 382,850,160 -47.0 0.7 -62.9 -92 -48.7 -209.4 -0.9 -1.5 -1.5 -0.9
  • 66. Viet Dragon Securities Corporation Viet Dragon Tower, 141 Nguyen Du Street., Dist.1, HCMC, Vietnam www.vdsc.com.vn Marc Djandji, CFA Head of Institutional Sales P. + 84 8 6299 2006 (Ext: 1312) E. marc.djandji@vdsc.com.vn Truc Doan Head of Research P. + 84 8 6299 2006 (Ext: 1308) E. truc.dtt@vdsc.com.vn