Ogilvy & Mather, a member of WPP -a world leader in marketing communications - announced on July 15 that it has acquired a majority stake in T&A Communications, a leading public relations and events agency in Vietnam.

This investment continues WPP’s strategy of developing its networks in fast-growing markets and sectors. Vietnam, where WPP has been operating through its subsidiary companies for more than 10 years, is one of the fastest growing markets in the world, and has been singled out by Goldman Sachs as one of the 'Next 11' world economies to watch.

In 2008, GroupM, WPP's media division, bought a stake in three subsidiaries of the DacvietVAC Group Holdings in Vietnam. Other WPP companies operating in Vietnam include Bates 141 and Ogilvy.

Founded in 2001, the Hanoi-based T&A employs 57 people and has a branch office in Ho Chi Minh City. Clients include Canon, Standard Chartered Bank, France Telecom, Yahoo!, Boeing, Amway, Cartier, Tata Steel, Temasek Holdings and Nestle.

T&A-Ogilvy General Director Nguyen Thanh Son said that his company, based on T&A’s firm foothold in Vietnam and Ogilvy’s global network, would provide international services to its clients./.