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Hanoi property market changes as apartments are out and houses are in

February 4, 2010
Hanoi property market changes as apartments are out and houses are in

LookAtVietnam –  While apartments were the choice of many property buyers it appears tastes are changing and instead people are wanting street-fronted houses. After a long period of escalation, prices of apartments in Hanoi have been decreasing over the last two months, coming back to the original prices Investors had hoped that prices would increase pre-Tet [...]

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Singaporeans invest heavily in local real estate

January 23, 2010
Singaporeans invest heavily in local real estate

While property developers from other countries are holding off on investments in Vietnam, Singaporean developers are stepping up their involvement in this country. Singapore real estate investors are very active in VietnamSingapore-based Keppel Land International Limited last week announced it had signed a joint-venture agreement with Tien Phuoc Company to develop an 11 hectare waterfront [...]

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Apartment market not yet recovered and it’s expecting a quiet 2010

January 20, 2010
Apartment market not yet recovered and it’s expecting a quiet 2010

LookAtVietnam – Real estate experts all share the same viewpoint that the apartment market will be quiet in 2010. Oversupply makes sales difficult Brett Ashton, managing director of Savills Vietnam, has advised investors to take care in making investment decisions, warning that while people think the market is heating up, the market is going the opposite [...]

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Boom in medium, low-cost apartments

January 17, 2010
Boom in medium, low-cost apartments

Construction of apartment blocks are nearly finished at An Phu Ward, District 2, HCM City. Property investors are pouring money into low-and medium-priced apartments. LookAtVietnam – More property investors are pouring money into low and medium-priced apartments as city residents are increasingly reluctant to take out loans to buy houses.“The buyers are the main factor [...]

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Only the State is a loser in Vietnam’s real estate boom

November 24, 2009
Only the State is a loser in Vietnam’s real estate boom

LookAtVietnam – There are many ways to evade taxes on the sale of houses. Everyone knows them so the State loses lots of revenues. TDQ had a house in Tan Quy ward (HCM City District 7) that he purchased for 1.5 billion dong, about $75,000. Recently, he bought another house for five billion dong in [...]

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Redrawing the academic map

November 21, 2009
Redrawing the academic map

LookAtVietnam – Some urban planners believe that the fast-growing system of higher education needs to be freed of too much central planning. This is the second part of a series on Thoi Bao Kinh Te Saigon (Saigon Economic Times). Education by the numbers In 1987, according to Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) statistics, Vietnam had 107 [...]

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Second stimulus package boost high grade apartment sales

November 19, 2009
Second stimulus package boost high grade apartment sales

VietNamNet Bridge – The government’s announcement on the second stimulus package is helping sales of high grade apartments. Hanoi’s real estate market is now quite different from two months ago. Previously, people rushed to purchase land in suburban areas of the city and refused to purchase apartments. Meanwhile, they are now scrambling for apartments. The developer [...]

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Ha Noi’s real estate prices rise by 20%

November 15, 2009
Ha Noi’s real estate prices rise by 20%

LookAtVietnam – Real estate in several areas of the capital city has seen 20-30 per cent increases in the last month.Those affected include newly incorporated areas in expanded Ha Noi such as Ha Dong, Tu Liem and Thanh Tri.Price of real estate in the areas was equal to or even higher than that in the [...]

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Hanoi ‘surfers’ stampede in hope of apartment options

November 4, 2009
Hanoi ‘surfers’ stampede in hope of apartment options

LookAtVietnam – Thousands of visitors crowded the office of Nam Cuong Company hoping to get the right to buy an apartment at its ‘orginal price.’ Thousands of hopeful visitors crowded the sales office of the Nam Cuong Real Estate Company to register for a ‘lucky drawThe on-line vernacular newspaper VnExpress reports that over 3000 people [...]

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HCM City: Top end retail space grows

October 21, 2009
HCM City: Top end retail space grows

VietNamNet Bridge – High retail rents in big cities have prompted investing in high quality trade centre development. Newspaper Tien Phong believes that at least 150,000 square metres of retail premises will be available at trade centres in HCM City by June 2010. The figure is equal to 50 percent of the total premises launched [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...