Category: Vietnam

Vietnam’s property prices rising strongly Nominal house prices up 20.9% in HCMC, 4.8% in Hanoi during the year to Q1 2020 In Ho Chi Minh City, apartment prices surged 20.9% in Q1 2020 from a year earlier, to an average of US$2,452 per sq. m, according to Jones Lang La Salle Vietnam. Likewise in Hanoi, […]

Vietnam opens five-star Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake hotel, world’s first gold-plated hotel It has been months since many have travelled following the devastating effects of the coronavirus. But that has not stopped a Vietnam hotel from launching the world’s first gold-plated hotel. The five-star Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake hotel, owned by Hoa Binh Group and […]

The next steps for Vietnam’s booming solar sector THANG NAM DO, PAUL BURKE Vietnam is showing promising early signs of emerging as a major solar producer, Thang Nam Do and Paul Burke write. 2019 was a bumper year for Vietnam’s solar sector. The country overtook Thailand to have Southeast Asia’s largest installed capacity of solar […]

Chinese experts resume delayed work on Vietnam’s Hanoi metro line After undergoing a 14-day quarantine period to prevent Covid-19 before entering Vietnam, a group of 23 Chinese experts has begun to work on the long-delayed Cat Linh – Ha Dong urban railway in Hanoi. SEE ALSO: Vietnam’s HCMC Saigon Metro Faces Delay As Experts Unable […]

Vietnam’s HCM City to develop hi-rises along metro line HCM City plans to stop construction of high-rise apartment buildings in downtown areas and focus instead on building such residential complexes along the first metro route in the eastern part of the city comprising districts 2, 9 and Thủ Đức. Under a new proposal for 2021-30 […]

Vietnam’s Hà Tĩnh province eyes $43 million Wyndham Costa Hà Tĩnh resort project The Onsen Fuji Services Travel Joint Stock Company has proposed investing in a high-class marine resort project, the Wyndham Costa Hà Tĩnh, in the central province of Hà Tĩnh. The project with a total investment of nearly VNĐ1 trillion (US$43 million) is […]

Vietnam moves towards approving construction of third Aeon Mall in Hà Nội The proposed construction of a parking lot and the Aeon Mall Hoàng Mai Trade centre will soon be decided upon by the Hà Nội People’s Committee as Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved the adjustment of the construction planning of the capital […]

Foreigners’ housing demand is increasing in Vietnam’s domestic property market The domestic real estate market is hoped to have growth in the fourth quarter of this year and before the Lunar New Year 2021 if, by this year-end, the domestic economy is restored to levels from before the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the most positive […]

Vietnam’s HCMC Saigon metro faces delay as experts unable to enter Vietnam due to Covid-19 pandemic Saigon’s first metro line could face further construction delays since 100 foreign engineers working on it have been unable to enter Vietnam. The experts work for Japanese contractor Hitachi, which is in charge of installing tracks and maintenance equipment […]