Asia Dealbook: S Korea's JW Pharmaceutical, Japan's Hanwa buy Vietnamese cos

Asia Dealbook: S Korea's JW Pharmaceutical, Japan's Hanwa buy Vietnamese cos

Medical drugs in a pharmacy. Credit: Flickr/epSos .de

South Korea-based JW Pharmaceutical Corp has acquired Vietnamese pharmaceutical company Euvipharm, while Japan trader Hanwa has picked up a 65 per cent stake in Vietnamese steel coil plant for an undisclosed sum.