February 04, 2013 | 17:02
Developers of serviced apartment projects in Ho Chi Minh City are thinking small - or at least smaller - in contrast to the bigger-is-better trend of that past.
October 22, 2012 | 16:18
Hanoi’s swollen apartment-for-sale market continues to search for scarce buyers as two of the city’s biggest projects became the latest to slash their asking prices.
September 24, 2012 | 15:33
Slicing up housing units into smaller ones is one effective way help real estate developers increase sales and liquidity in a stagnant market.
July 12, 2012 | 14:36
Total car sales in June reached 6,555 units, down 4.6 per cent from the previous month and 43 per cent over the same period last year, according to the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAMA).
June 18, 2012 | 09:28
Transport fee used to limit personal vehicles have frozen the local automobile market, said Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAMA) in a recent document sent to Hanoi authorities.
March 14, 2012 | 13:42
Seventeen members of the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturing Association (VAMA) last month sold a total of nearly 6,120 vehicles, down 25 per cent over the same period last year, but up a significant 43 per cent since January, the association reported.
February 13, 2012 | 08:47
Vietnam’s industrial zones (IZs), export processing zones (EPZs) and economic zones (EZs) have blossomed over the past 20 years thanks to the development of a raft of policies and mechanisms conducive to investment attraction, writes Vu Dai Thang, Director of the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Department of Economic Zones Management
May 23, 2011 | 09:25
It’s proving to be a tough year for the property sector. With the government tightening monetary policies and squeezing credit lines for property trading, not to mention a jump in the interest rates of property credit to more than 20 per cent per year, can listed realty companies really hit their targets this year? Nguyen Minh Hanh, an analyst with PetroVietnam Securities Incorporated, shares her views with VIR.
February 28, 2011 | 07:30
Government efforts to ease the dearth in low-income accommodation are gradually bearing fruit.
February 14, 2011 | 11:00
With a flood of apartments coming online in 2011, the Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City markets are expected to experience fierce competition between apartment developers in 2011. Thanh Thuy looks into the matter.
January 20, 2011 | 10:38
The real estate market in Vietnam has grown rapidly in recent years and new real estate development projects are being announced almost weekly.
January 16, 2011 | 19:45
Outlying districts of Hanoi look set to appear on the radar screen of serviced apartment developers as these areas now contain very few serviced apartment projects, according to property consultant Savills Vietnam.
January 14, 2011 | 13:58
Nearly 24,000 multi-purpose vehicles (MPV) and sport utility vehicles (SUV) were sold in Vietnam in 2010.
November 28, 2010 | 20:16
“There are many people with enough money to purchase the units. However, the real demand for living in high-end apartments is not that high”
November 14, 2010 | 15:25
“The market is coming to a frozen period, as developers and buyers have been discouraged to either sell or invest”