Vietnam: News Archive

JUNE 2008

• Optimism turns to anxiety as Vietnam's boom economy goes bust - IHT

MAY 2008

• To the rescue of Vietnam's wooden houses - IHT
• New partnership heralds apartments, villas and resorts for Vietnam - Property Wire
• Empty houses litter city as real-estate skyrockets - Vietnam Net
• New plan to manage city’s growth spurt - Vietnam Net

APRIL 2008

• Solutions to stabilise real estate market - Vietnam Net
• Real estate market to remain lackluster for 1.5 more years: experts - Vietnam Net

MARCH 2008

• SE Asia charms ME investors - Asia Property Report
• The Vietnam property boom: will Indonesia follow? - The Jakarta Post
• Cold property market makes successful transactions drop - Vietnam Net

FEBRUARY 2008

• New real estate policies give developers the blues - Vietnam Net
• Progressive tax scheme may lead to higher real estate prices - Vietnam Net
• Asia Pacific property digest (pdf - requires free registration) - Jones Lang LaSalle

JANUARY 2008

• Real estate market booms, more firms pop up - Vietnam Economy
• Transparent solutions required to solve real estate price woes - Vietnam Net

NOVEMBER 2007

• Vietnam opens property market further - Vietnam Net
• Property tax needed to cool housing speculation - Vietnam News

JULY 2007

• Foreigners stake out prime real estate - Vietnam News
• Eye on Asia - Asia Property Report

MAY 2007

• Vietnam votes for fresh assembly - BBC News
• Communists keep tight grip on Vietnam - BBC
• Low-income earners feel pinch of increasingly pricey housing - Vietnam News

APRIL 2007

• Get set - The big land grab is

MARCH 2007

• Vietnam: Investors delve into low-income housing - Thai Press Report

FEBRUARY 2007

• Vietnam lifts interest rate cap on corporate dollar deposits - Thanhnien News

JANUARY 2007

• Roundabout ownership on China Beach - IHT
• Low income earners to get housing - Vietnam.net
• Speculators move in as Vietnam deregulates real estate sector - Asia Property Report
• Vietnam prepares for boom times - BBC News

NOVEMBER 2006

• Vietnam real estate draws renewed interest - Property News

OCTOBER 2006

• Vietnam property market to boom? - Thanh Nien Daily

SEPTEMBER 2006

• Market freeze has done little to reduce real estate prices - Thanhnien News
• Vietnam public raises concern about income tax bill - Thanhnien News
• Vietnam?s new housing law eases regulations on foreign ownership - Thanhnien News
• Gold continues to dip in Vietnam - Thanhnien News
• Vietnam says expects 8 pct GDP growth in 2006 - Thanhnien News

AUGUST 2006

• Banks running interest rate race - Vietnam Net
• Debt-for-equity swaps of dubious legality - Vietnam Net
• Forbes: Vietnam-next stop for investors - Nhan Dan
• A time for foreign real estate investors - Vietnam Economic Tim

JULY 2006

• Market indicators show country’s real estate ’deep freeze’ is thawing - Vietnam Net
• Property market simmers on back burner - Vietnam Net

MAY 2006

• Measures to control real estate market - Nhan Dan

APRIL 2006

• A fervor for capitalism sweeps Vietnam - IHT

MARCH 2006

• Cutting house prices to awake real estate market: meeting - Thanhnien News
• An economist?s take on Hanoi housing prices - Vietnam Net
• Viet Nam real estate market floundering - VNS
• Singapore breathes life into VN real estate - Vietnam Net
• Foreign investors bullish on Vietnam?s real estate market - Thanhnien News
• Real estate market: a nudge from outside - Vietnam Net
• Singaporean investors eye VN real estate - Vietnam Net

FEBRUARY 2006

• Real estate consultant forecasts hot Ha Noi market - VNS
• Banks cautious about real estate projects despite new decree - Vietnam Net
• Real estate prices drop further - Vietnam Net
• Decree to revive property market - Vietnam Net
• Nation seeks to defrost real estate market - VNS
• Vietnam: Market corrections, bureaucracy - IRED

JANUARY 2006

• Vietnam property market at the crossroads - Thanhnien News
• New rule leaves housing promoters in the lurch - Thanhnien News