Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc
Ngoc is a Hanoi-based correspondent covering Vietnam and private equity at DealStreetAsia. She previously worked in the communications team at Vietnam-focused private equity firm Mekong Capital. She was chosen Vietnam's Startup Journalist of the Year 2016 at the ASEAN Rice Bowl Startup Awards.
Stories by Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc
How Vietnam’s new decree is changing ride-hailing in the country
A new decree to legalise ride-hailers in the country has effectively turned them into taxi businesses.
NZ’s Direct Capital closes sixth flagship fund at $250m: Report
The amount raised is lower than firm’s NZ$450 million target.
Macquarie unit acquires 88% stake in data centre unicorn AirTrunk
The deal values the data centre firm at more than A$3 billion ($1.9 billion).
ASX-listed Citadel acquires UK healthcare tech firm Wellbeing for $126m
The seller was PE firm Elysian Capital, which realised a 4.5x return on its investment.
Thai Super Energy to pick controlling stake in Vietnamese assets for $457m
The Thai firm expects to generate IRRs of around 17% from these projects over a period of 20 years.
Thailand’s Stark Corporation acquires Vietnamese cable makers for $240m
The deal is the largest inbound industrial transaction in Vietnam in the last three years.
Vietnam-focused Mekong Capital not in the hunt for low-priced assets, says partner
The PE firm foresees a rather tepid deal flow over the next six to 18 months.
CVC Capital Partners closes fifth APAC fund at $4.5b hard cap
LPs in the latest fund include Canadian pension fund CPPIB and New York State Common Retirement Fund.
Myanmar Investments agrees to sell microfinance firm MFIL to Thailand’s Thitikorn
MIL currently holds a 37.5 per cent stake in MFIL.
How COVID-19 is pushing Vietnam’s edtech firms towards blended learning
Further ahead, online models are seen as sustaining and creating new avenues for growth.
