VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Regulatory News (VOF)

VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Limited

(the "Company" or "VOF")

LEI Number: 2138007UD8FBBVAX9469

Director Appointment

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The Board of VOF is pleased to announce that Charlotta Ginman has been appointed as a non-executive Director and a member of the Board's committees, with effect from 2 January 2025.

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Charlotta Ginman is a Chartered Accountant and an experienced Non-Executive Director. She has held investment banking roles with UBS, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan, moving onto senior finance roles with Nokia and Vertu. After a successful executive career, she made a transition to Non-Executive Director roles with a broad range of international companies from technology and telecoms to healthcare and financial services. Her previous appointments in the last five years include Consort Medical PLC, Pacific Assets Trust PLC, Polar Capital Technology Trust PLC and Keywords Studios PLC.

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Ms Ginman is currently a Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chair of Gamma Communications PLC, Senior Independent Director ("SID") of Unicorn AIM VCT plc, SID and Audit Committee Chair of BOKU INC and Non-Executive Director of JPMorgan Indian Investment Trust PLC.

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As at the date of this announcement Charlotta (or any person that may be deemed a person closely associated to her), has no beneficial interest in the shares of the Company.

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There are no further details required to be disclosed pursuant to section 6.4.8 of the Listing Rules.

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Enquiries

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1. References to VOF or the Company in this announcement shall mean VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Limited, a non-cellular company incorporated in the Bailiwick of Guernsey under The Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008, with registered number 61765. It is authorised by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (reference number 2268242) as a registered closed-ended investment scheme under The Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2020 and in compliance with the Registered Collective Investment Scheme Rules, as amended.

2. The registered office address of the Company is East Wing, Trafalgar Court, Les Banques, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, GY1 3PP.

3. This announcement contains information that is inside information for the purposes of the UK version of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 which is part of UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended and supplemented from time to time).