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TPG invests in Vietnamese food producer

By Sundeep Tucker in Hong Kong and Tim Johnston in Hua Hin, Thailand

Published: October 26 2009 02:46 | Last updated: October 26 2009 02:46

TPG, the US private equity fund, has made a landmark investment in one of Vietnam’s largest private companies, underscoring rising foreign investor interest in the growth of the country’s middle class.

The Vietnamese economy is dominated by state-owned enterprises and few of its private companies have built sufficient scale to absorb large foreign private equity investment.

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