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PM demands stricter oversight to curb property speculation and lower housing costs

PM demands stricter oversight to curb property speculation and lower housing costs

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called for stricter oversight of Vietnam’s real estate market to curb speculation and price manipulation, ensure transparency, and expand access to affordable housing for citizens.
Why more young Vietnamese are buying home despite climbing prices

Why more young Vietnamese are buying home despite climbing prices

Interest rate falls further on subsidized loans for homebuyers under 35

Interest rate falls further on subsidized loans for homebuyers under 35

Vietnam’s biggest property developer Vinhomes to raise $40M by selling bonds to Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Vietnam’s biggest property developer Vinhomes to raise $40M by selling bonds to Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Vietnam’s biggest property developer Vinhomes plans to issue US$40 million worth of international bonds to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to fund infrastructure construction.
March 11, 2025 | 07:46 pm PT
Housing prices in Germany and Vietnam: A similar challenge

Housing prices in Germany and Vietnam: A similar challenge

Buying a house in Germany is as challenging as buying one in Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City.
December 16, 2024 | 03:12 pm PT
Major property developers set their sights on social housing

Major property developers set their sights on social housing

Tens of thousands of social housing units are planned to be built with major upmarket developers all set to enter the affordable segment.
May 26, 2024 | 03:28 am PT
Southern developer to borrow $600M for social housing development

Southern developer to borrow $600M for social housing development

Social housing developer Hoang Quan Group plans to borrow VND15 trillion ($618 million) to build at least 50 projects and renovate 10 others by 2030.
December 7, 2023 | 12:14 am PT
Hanoi wants more profit for social housing developers

Hanoi wants more profit for social housing developers

The Hanoi Department of Construction has proposed increasing the profit rate for social housing construction to 15-20% from the existing 10% of the total investment cost.
November 17, 2023 | 06:59 am PT
Government admits social housing stymied by low incentives

Government admits social housing stymied by low incentives

Time-consuming investment procedures and lack of attractive incentives for developing social housing are preventing the segment from developing strongly despite great demand.
October 11, 2023 | 05:13 pm PT
Hanoi eyes conversion of 3,200 commercial apartments into social housing

Hanoi eyes conversion of 3,200 commercial apartments into social housing

Hanoi authorities are considering a proposal by a developer to convert its commercial housing project with 3,200 apartments into social housing.
August 30, 2023 | 11:15 pm PT
1,300 workers' homes left unsold in northern province

1,300 workers' homes left unsold in northern province

Over 1,300 apartment units built for workers have not been bought in the northern province of Bac Ninh, demonstrating low demand even though the northern province has over 314,000 workers.
August 29, 2023 | 12:44 am PT
Northern industrial province to build 75,000 social housing units

Northern industrial province to build 75,000 social housing units

Bac Giang, where major foreign companies, including Apple supplier Foxconn and Samsung Electronics supplier SI Flex, have manufacturing facilities, plans to build 75,000 social housing units by 2030.
August 21, 2023 | 06:56 pm PT
Southern industrial hub unveils ambitious social housing plans

Southern industrial hub unveils ambitious social housing plans

Binh Duong Province, a key industrial hub in southern Vietnam, plans to build 170,000 social housing units from now through 2030, nearly double the target assigned by the government.
August 5, 2023 | 12:00 am PT
Lawmakers call for incentivizing social housing for lease rather than sale

Lawmakers call for incentivizing social housing for lease rather than sale

Building social housing for lease rather than purchase will enable more low-income people to get accommodation and so incentive policies should be geared toward this, lawmakers have said.
June 19, 2023 | 12:15 am PT
Social housing developers fazed by 500-day permit approval

Social housing developers fazed by 500-day permit approval

It takes over 500 days to get all the necessary permits to develop a social housing project, but few people are eligible to buy the houses once completed.
June 1, 2023 | 07:07 pm PT
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