Vietnam: Hunting Asia’s last tiger

As the unremittingly positive attitude of investors and analysts towards Vietnam just seems to get even more positive, capital raising for new fund launches is rising fast.

Merrill Lynch estimates that $1 billion of capital has already been raised by Vietnam country funds in 2006 and expects another $1 billion by the end of the year (see table at end of story).

The latest manager on the road is Saigon-based PXP Vietnam Asset Management (PXP), which aims to close its third fund, Vietnam Lotus Fund, by the end of November. PXP is targeting $100 million to add to the $115 million it already manages and is likely to get commitments well above that.

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