Posts Tagged ‘ The apartment ’

Police warn against risks of selling kidneys abroad 

August 26, 2011
Police warn against risks of selling kidneys abroad 

Tran Van Dai, 21, from the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang, shows his scar after returning home from China to sell his kidney. People who illegally enter China to sell their kidneys may lose other internal organs without knowing it, a police official has warned. Senior Lieutenant-Colonel Nguyen Phu Thuong of Can Tho City [...]

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Vietnam retail property still strong amid downturn: report 

July 12, 2011
Vietnam retail property still strong amid downturn: report 

The performance of the local retail market is generally stable The retail property market, unlike other asset classes, has managed to buck the downward trend, according to global property consultant Knight Frank. The performance of the retail market in Hanoi is generally stable thanks to a strong demand, the firm said on Thursday. The firm found that occupancy of retail [...]

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Funereal weddings 

July 2, 2011
Funereal weddings 

  Slick, illegal brokering machine ensures steady supply of poor young Vietnamese brides for South Korean men, a Thanh Nien investigation finds T., a 19-year-old woman from Kien Giang Province, at her wedding ceremony last month with a South Korean man One day in early June, Phuong gets a call informing her that two men [...]

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First illegal low-income housing trading case uncovered: report 

May 20, 2011
First illegal low-income housing trading case uncovered: report 

The Ngo Thi Nham Building, the first-ever low-income housing project in Hanoi Hanoi police said they have discovered the first case of illegal trading in low-cost housing, following reports that some apartments developed for the poor were offered to better-off buyers. News website VnExpress on Thursday reported that Cao Thi Loan was found to have [...]

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Rooms without views 

March 17, 2011
Rooms without views 

Workers at a construction site of an apartment project in Ho Chi Minh City Twenty-four-year-old Nguyen Thi Hoa lives in the slums of Kim Chung Commune in Hanoi’s Dong Anh District along with many other low-income workers from nearby industrial parks. The Hai Duong native moved to this place two years ago after getting a [...]

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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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Relocated residents forced into poverty

January 10, 2010
Relocated residents forced into poverty

A broken section at An Suong Apartment complex in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 12. Families displaced by infrastructure projects find themselves barely scraping by in crumbling tenements. Every morning, Le Van Thanh’s tap spews out a black, coffee-like liquid, which he then filters and boils to use for cooking throughout the day.He says that’s [...]

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Apartment service fees draw fire

December 17, 2009
Apartment service fees draw fire

LookAtVietnam – A draft regulation on residents service fees in HCM City apartment buildings has met with resistance from investors, . . . Owners of apartment buildings in HCM City have raised their voices against a draft regulation to increase residential services charges. A national law is needed to govern the level of fees.The city’s [...]

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Dispute at HCM City’s model residential area

November 6, 2009
Dispute at HCM City’s model residential area

  Experts are calling for central ministry intervention following a dispute between residents of Phu My Hung and the developers over land use fee.   Apartment blocks in Phu My Hung residential area. The conflict broke out on October 9 when hundreds of families signed a complaint against the request for land use fees worth between 500-700 [...]

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Time-share vacation apartments and villas multiply on central coast

June 30, 2009
Time-share vacation apartments and villas multiply on central coast

Wealthy Vietnamese are buying villas and apartments in coastal resort projects and using them to serve both their vacation and investment needs. In years past, rich people in big cities would buy land in the countryside or at the beach and build villas where they would stay just a few days a year on holiday.   [...]

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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...