VN Dealbook: Mekong Capital wins PEI award for Cong Vang deal; The Pan Group to sell sanitary service unit to Japanese partner

Private equity firm Mekong Capital has won the PEI Operational Excellence 2015 award in the Asia Pacific’s small cap category for its investment in Vietnamese restaurant operator Cong Vang (Golden Gate Group) in 2008 and its successful exit last year. Meanwhile, agro-business investment firm The Pan Group, formerly Pan Pacific Group, has announced to sell its sanitary service unit to Japan’s Nihon Housing Co Ltd.