opportunities for newcomers

Opportunities for newcomers

The real estate market is often full of grand visions of luxurious urban areas. However, industry experts say real opportunities often lie in the affordable segment that reaches more homebuyers.
ha noi apartment prices decline

Hà Nội apartment prices decline

Prices of apartments in the local market in the first 10 months of the year witnessed a downward trend, Ha Quang Hung, deputy director of the Department Housing Management and Real Estate Market under the Ministry of Construction, said.
japanese projects freshening up vietnams real estate market

Japanese projects freshening up Vietnam’s real estate market

Numerous flagship/anticipated real estate projects with foreign direct investment (FDI) from Japan are expected to launch for sale in 2017.
owners stand off immobilises splendora

Owners’ stand-off immobilises Splendora

The Splendora project, in which Posco E&C holds 50 per cent, does not look like it is going to be completed by 2018 as was planned earlier due to a recent proposal submitted to the local authorities to adjust the 1/500 planning of the project.
berjayas hanoi garden city fails to attract residents

Berjaya’s Hanoi Garden City fails to attract residents

Malaysian real estate developer Berjaya’s Hanoi Garden City does not seem to attract home-buyers.
resorting to charm tactics

Resorting to charm tactics

Promises of high returns and increasing competition are prompting developers to spend enormously on luxury resort projects.
booyoung vina presses on amidst uncertainty

Booyoung Vina presses on amidst uncertainty

Nine years after starting construction works, South Korean-backed international residential complex Booyoung Vina shows little progress. What does the future hold for this $171 million complex?
gamuda sets new standard in capital city

Gamuda sets new standard in capital city

Nestled in the southern gateway of Hanoi, Gamuda City, developed by Gamuda Land Vietnam, has become the prime choice for many homebuyers in the capital.
scarce recompense for victims of real estate frauds

Scarce recompense for victims of real estate frauds

Frauds in real estate cause significant financial damages to investors but the chance for victims to collect what they have invested is very slim.
excessive supply leaves office demand flat

Excessive supply leaves office demand flat

Though building mixed-use complexes was a rising trend from 2007-2010, the now-finished buildings are largely vacant now with their office floors largely unused.
manulife supports rural development in cao bang

Manulife supports rural development in Cao Bang

Manulife Vietnam, one of the top players in Vietnam’s life insurance market, last week granted VND275 million ($13,000) to Truong Ha commune in northern highland province of Cao Bang province’s Ha Quang district to provide computers, photocopiers and projectors for local schools.
ha long bay to have seaplane services this year

Ha Long Bay to have seaplane services this year

Director of the Quang Ninh Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr. Ha Quang Long, said seaplanes will be a new tourism product in Ha Long Bay, a world natural heritage.
consumers are getting milked

Consumers are getting milked

Hanoi Milk Joint Stock Company chairman Ha Quang Tuan provides the inside word on why milk products in Vietnam are more costly than that in other countries.
bt projects sidetracked by slump

BT projects sidetracked by slump

Scores of build-transfer and build-operate-transfer transport infrastructure projects in Hanoi have been delayed because of property market doldrums that reduce the value of the projects for developers.
speedy project to address power crisis

Speedy project to address power crisis

The 440 megawatt Mao Khe thermopower plant has been plugged into the national power grid after record construction pace.