By Hoa Dinh ( June 16, 2026, 07:47 GMT | Insight) -- Vietnam's higher merger notification thresholds are intended to align competition rules with current economic conditions and allow regulators to focus resources on higher-value transactions, a National Competition Commission official told MLex. The new thresholds, which take effect on July 1 under Resolution 66.18, double the notification thresholds for assets, turnover and transaction value, reducing the number of transactions subject to mandatory review.Fewer mergers will be covered by Vietnam's mandatory review process beginning in July, when a new resolution raising the thresholds for economic concentrations subject to notification takes effect....
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