ANOTHER AMENDMENT TO EQUITISATION REGULATIONS

The Government has recently issued Decree 116/2015 which includes certain amendments to Decree 59/2011 and Decree 189/2013 on equitisation of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Decree 116/2015 took effect immediately upon signing on 11 November 2015. This shows certain urgency in the restructuring of SOEs in Vietnam. Decree 116/2015 covers the following:

Regulatory steps for a private placement of shares by a Vietnam listed bank

The table below sets out the key regulatory steps for an institutional foreign investor (the Investor) to subscribe for new shares of a Vietnam listed commercial bank (the Bank) under a private placement. This assumes that the Investor will subscribe for from 5% to 20% of the Bank’s capital. The table below does not include such usual approvals as trading code or disclosures by the Bank or the Investor under securities regulations.