January 25, 2012
Property projects under construction seen from a high-rise building in downtown Ho Chi Minh City Many companies in Vietnam were dealt a harsh blow by the real estate market slump last year. Singapore property developer Keppel Land, though not completely untouched, has weathered the downturn well. Linson Lim, President of Keppel Land Vietnam, is [...]
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January 25, 2012
Property projects under construction seen from a high-rise building in downtown Ho Chi Minh City Many companies in Vietnam were dealt a harsh blow by the real estate market slump last year. Singapore property developer Keppel Land, though not completely untouched, has weathered the downturn well. Linson Lim, President of Keppel Land Vietnam, is [...]
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January 18, 2012
An artist's impression of the PVN Tower State oil and gas group PetroVietnam said it has withdrawn from a skyscaper project in Hanoi as part of its plan to divest from sectors outside its main business scope. PetroVietnam will no longer invest in the 102-story PVN Tower, slated to become the tallest skyscraper in Vietnam, [...]
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January 10, 2012
Vietnam's cities and provinces have been ordered to utilize their resources to solve the housing problem for their citizens. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ordered the Ministry of Construction to focus on the development of low-cost housing projects as many workers are struggling to find a home. All cities and provinces need to [...]
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December 23, 2011
The Saigon Post Office in the early-20th century ⦠and the Ho Chi Minh City’s General Post Office at present In Ho Chi Minh City, two iconic buildings that are tourist attractions as much for their architecture as their history are the Notre Dame Cathedral and General Post Office situated next to each other [...]
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December 19, 2011
Hoang Van Thiep (top left) and other members of a gang alleged of threaten other companies at gun point in order to get contracts to fill land and buy scrap materials at lower than market prices. The director of a construction consulting company in Ho Chi Minh City has been arrested for using guns to [...]
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December 17, 2011
Australian students build a house for a poor man in Vinh Long Province in southern Vietnam early December It seems like an unusual way for Australian teenagers to spend money they earned from part-time jobs, but 13 of them recently used their savings to attend special tours in southern Vietnam where they built houses [...]
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December 16, 2011
A big fire broke out Thursday at a 33-floor building that was under construction in Hanoi, injuring 11 workers. The fire started at around 4 p.m. in the basement of one of the twin towers invested in by state-owned power utility Electricity of (EVN). The fire wasn’t extinguished until about five hours later. General To Xuan Thieu, vice [...]
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December 14, 2011
A cop and curious locals on a Ho Chi Minh City street where a man shot another dead due to personal conflict. A man shot another dead and fired his gun at police in Ho Chi Minh City Tuesday before being constrained. The shooting killed Huynh Tan Hai, 39, a construction contractor, news website VietNamNet [...]
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December 12, 2011
Many cement firms are deeply in the red after demand has plummeted due to the housing market slump while supply has soared because of the indiscriminate construction of several plants. Le Van Toi, head of the Ministry of Construction’s Construction Material Department, said: “Sales of many kinds of construction materials, including cement, have fallen [...]
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