13:00 - 13:30: REGISTRATION
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13:30 - 14:30: OPENING & AWARDING THE BEST M&A DEALS AND ADVISORY FIRMS |
- Opening speech by Mr. Le Trong Minh, Editor-in-chief of Vietnam Investment Review, Head of the Organising Board
- Welcome speech by leader from Ministry of Planning & Investment
- Awarding ceremony for the best M&A deals and advisory firms of the 2019-2020.
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14:30 - 15:30: SESSION 1: UPSURSING IN THE NEW NORMAL |
● Overview video clip on M&A market in the new normal status |
Panel discussion:
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- Will Vietnam be able to rise up, paving the way for M&A activities in a new normal period when the country is welcoming a great opportunity to capital investment inflows from large-scale but unsafe markets after the Covid-19 pandemic? Opportunities from new trade agreements, amended law on investment, including more open and transparent regulations on M&A activities, as well as opportunity from speeding up M&A activities of many large-scale corporations and groups.
- Evaluating M&A activities in Vietnam during the 2019-2020 period: difficulties of M&A activities in Vietnam, the most outstanding deals (both successes and failures) in the past time.
- Forecasting potential sectors and fields for M&A activities in the coming time: retail, real estate, finance-banking, energy and so on.
- How have interests from South of Korea, Japan and ASEAN community changed to M&A activities in the new normal status?
Panelists:
- Mr Masataka Sam Yoshida, Head of the Cross-border Division and CEO of Vietnam, RECOF
- Mr Phan Duc Hieu, Deputy Head of the Central Institute of Economic Management (CIEM)
- Mr. Nicolas Audier, Chairman of EuroCham
- Mr Warrick Cleine, Chairman cum CEO of KPMG Vietnam and Cambodia.
- Mr Paul DiGiacomo, Senior Managing Director, BDA Partners
- Mr Pham Duy Khuong, Managing Partner, ASL Law
- Mr Seck Yee Chung, Managing Partner, Baker McKenzie (Moderator)
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15:30 - 15:45: NETWORKING BREAK
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15:45 - 16:45: SESSION 2: RESTRUCTURING STRATEGY OF CORPORATIONS THROUGH M&A |
Panel dicussion:
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- Strategies for restructuring and completing ecosystem and value chains of corporations through M&A activities.
- How to build an M&A strategy optimally and how to create a breakthrough growth in a corporation's business? How should enterprises choose their M&A strategy, by vertically or horizontally? How is the value chain of the enterprises established?
- What is a suitable management strategy for post M&A activities? Using current labour at member companies or changing enterprises’ leaders?
- Should some member companies be sold to focus on core business? How is the sale strategy? Advantages of M&A among member companies.
- Building a common culture for enterprises in the ecosystem, practical experiences from large-scale groups.
Panelists:
- Mr. Danny Le, CEO, Masan Group
- Mr. Nguyen Thai Phien, Senior Corporate Finance Director, Novaland Group
- Mr. Denis Brunetti, President & Head of Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia & Laos
- Mr Pham Phu Ngoc Trai, Chairman of GIBC (Moderator)
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16:45 - 17:00: NETWORKING BREAK
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17:00 - 18:00: SESSION 3: IDENTIFYING M&A OPPORTUNITIES IN REAL ESTATE SECTOR
Panel dicussion:
- Evaluating M&A activities in the real estate sector in 2020 and forecasting prospects in the time ahead.
- Identifying bottlenecks for M&A activities in the real estate sector. How will be excited and breakthrough of those activities in the coming time if those bottlenecks are removed?
- Regarding M&A activities in housing projects, when land funds in the cities are run out, especially when a range of projects related to public land have been in halt process. Will investors be interested to land areas far from the city centre or satellite cities?
- Discussing post M&A issues. How projects are implemented after M&A? How do they change the market after being acquired by capable enterprises?
Panelists:
- Mr. Angus Liew, General Director, Gamuda Land (HCMC)
- Mr. Lim Hua Tiong, CEO, Frasers Property Vietnam
- Mr. Vu Minh Tien, BOD Member in charge of controlling investment and M&A strategies, An Thinh Group
- Mrs. Khanh Nguyen, Senior Director of Capital Markets, JLL Vietnam
- Mr. Nguyen The Nhien, Deputy CEO, Hung Thinh Land
- Mr. Michael Paul Piro, COO, Indochina Capital Corporation (Moderator)
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(The detailed schedule may be subject to change and be updated later)
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