Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) sold one lot of 110.8 million shares from five hyower companies for over VND1.4 trillion (US$62.6 million), aimed at divesting from its non-core subsidiaries.
The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group, or PetroVietnam (PVN), has set a target
to divest some VND4 trillion (US$187.7 million) from its non-core
capital this year.
The Viet Nam Steel Corporation plans to withdraw capital from non-core
businesses as part of an approved restructuring plan, according to a
corporation official.
State-owned enterprises (SOEs) have divested nearly VND2.3 trillion
(US$108 million) from non-core businesses in the first nine months of
2014, the Ministry of Finance has revealed.
For the last three years, most State-owned enterprises (SOEs) have had
stable operations with acceptable profits, but capital withdrawal from
their non-core businesses contiues to be sluggish.
A draft regulation about allowing State-owned enterprises (SOEs) to sell
stakes in non-core businesses at below the face value would be
presented to the Prime Minister for approval.
The State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) will boost the process
of divestment of non-core businesses at several state-owned enterprises
(SOEs) this year.
Enterprises should focus on core businesses instead of investing in
non-core sectors as Vietnamese firms seemed to be too young to
participate in the multi-sector playground, said Dominic Scriven, Dragon
Capital Managing Director.
Several State-owned enterprises (SOEs) are facing difficulties
withdrawing their investment from non-core businesses, even though this
September is the deadline for them to do so.
Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN) is withdrawing its capital from several
non-core businesses, especially in banking and real estate sectors, it
said in a report released yesterday.