If the contribution of the Sabeco deal is excluded, the 2018's value increased by 41.4% year on year. In the first half of 2019, M&A transactions were worth 1.9 billion US dollars, accounting for 53% of the amount recorded in the same time last year.
Remarkable transactions were in consumer finance, retail sales, seafood, logistics, and education. Unlike 2017 when Vietnam lured a huge amount of capital from Thailand through M&A, the year 2018 saw the dominant presence of investors from Singapore, Hong Kong (China), the Republic of Korea, and Japan. Experts said M&A value can reach 6.7 billion USD in 2019, or 88.16% of the previous year.
