http://www.metvuong.com From en.metvuong.com en-us metvuong.com http://www.metvuong.com/images/logovn.jpg http://www.metvuong.com Real estate developers have launched a number of new projects signalling the return from a two-month hibernation of the city's real estate market. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10613_Developers-launch-Ha-Noi-housing-projects.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10613_Developers-launch-Ha-Noi-housing-projects.html The Management Board of the East-West Highway project met March 13 with the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee and Council to report on the March 8 towing and placement of the first section of the Thu Thiem Tunnel. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10612_Management-board-reports-on-towing-first-Thu-Thiem-tunnel-section.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10612_Management-board-reports-on-towing-first-Thu-Thiem-tunnel-section.html Ha Noi's People's Committee has approved in principle a plan to build six flyovers with total investment of VND33 trillion (US$1.7 billion) from 2010 to 2015 proposed by the city's Department of Transport. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10611_Hanoi-plans-to-build-six-new-flyovers.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10611_Hanoi-plans-to-build-six-new-flyovers.html Ho Chi Minh City residents complain that despite the recent completion of several city road works there looks to be no end in sight to the disruptive projects in 2010. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10591_City-residents-lament-ceaseless-roadworks.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10591_City-residents-lament-ceaseless-roadworks.html Instead of being completed in June 2010 the HCM City’s Nhieu Loc – Thi Nghe environmental hygiene project will be delayed until September 2011 because the Chinese contractor was rejected. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10590_HCM-City-Sluggish-environmental-project-still-delayed.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10590_HCM-City-Sluggish-environmental-project-still-delayed.html The emerging property market in the southern province of Dong Nai is recording busy trade in the land plot segment during the first months of this year while the market in HCMC remains quiet. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10589_Land-heats-up-in-Dong-Nai-cools-down-in-HCM-City.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10589_Land-heats-up-in-Dong-Nai-cools-down-in-HCM-City.html The Ministry of Finance has revoked more than 266000 square meters of public land from State-owned corporations and groups in Hanoi and HCM City since last September to reorganize public assets. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10588_Gov’t-revokes-266000-sqm-of-public-land.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10588_Gov’t-revokes-266000-sqm-of-public-land.html It will be an exciting year for resort development in the central coastal region with 700 rooms being added real-estate consultant CB Richard Ellis has said in a report. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10587_Central-Vietnam-set-for-revival-of-resort-boom.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10587_Central-Vietnam-set-for-revival-of-resort-boom.html The Prime Minister has agreed that the Can Tho bridge will be inaugurated on April 21 this year. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10559_Can-Tho-bridge-to-be-inaugurated-on-April-21.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10559_Can-Tho-bridge-to-be-inaugurated-on-April-21.html The survey was carried out during a gathering held in Ho Chi Minh City by the association and Novaland for nearly 400 overseas Vietnamese who had returned to Vietnam for Tet (Lunar New Year) celebrations last month. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10558_Most-overseas-Vietnamese-wish-to-own-homes-in-VN-survey.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10558_Most-overseas-Vietnamese-wish-to-own-homes-in-VN-survey.html The real estate market in Vietnam’s largest city is looking to perform better in this year’s second quarter. “Vietnam’s real estate market is expected to bounce back in 2010 after the global financial crisis. However clear recovery will begin only from the second quarter in Ho Chi Minh City” said Luong Tri Thin chairman of Dat Xanh Real Estate Construction and Services Joint Stock Company. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10557_Economic-hub’s-real-estate-market-ready-to-hit-top-gear.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10557_Economic-hub’s-real-estate-market-ready-to-hit-top-gear.html A rehearsal of the first section of the Thu Thiem Tunnel being towed from Dong Nai Province to Ho Chi Minh City will be carried out today said the East-West Highway and Water Environment Project Management Board. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10535_First-Thu-Thiem-tunnel-section-to-be-towed-tomorrow.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10535_First-Thu-Thiem-tunnel-section-to-be-towed-tomorrow.html The low-income houses sector is expected to boom this year driving the recovery of the real estate market experts have said. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10534_Demand-for-cheaper-housing-set-to-drive-real-estate-market.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10534_Demand-for-cheaper-housing-set-to-drive-real-estate-market.html In the past two months Ho Chi Minh City has granted licences to 29 foreign investment projects (FDI) worth US$333.4 million and five other projects to expand operation a four-fold year-on-year increase. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10533_HCM-City-attracts-over-US330-million-in-foreign-investment.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10533_HCM-City-attracts-over-US330-million-in-foreign-investment.html Real estate developers are moving beyond beach resorts to build second homes in mountainous and suburban areas. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10520_Door-opens-to-new-second-home-frontiers.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10520_Door-opens-to-new-second-home-frontiers.html Hanoi authorities have approved the construction of a new complex of commercial centers hotels and offices covering nearly one hectare near the Hoan Kiem (Sword) Lake the city’s symbol. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10519_Hoan-Kiem-Lake-to-host-new-building.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10519_Hoan-Kiem-Lake-to-host-new-building.html Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has directed all official agencies to expedite progress on construction projects and improve the efficiency of investment capital use. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10518_Construction-progress-investment-quality-needs-boost-PM.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10518_Construction-progress-investment-quality-needs-boost-PM.html Many new urban areas in the capital have been found to lack schools and other necessary public works in a recent inspection carried out by the municipal People's Committee. In addition many initial plans had been adjusted after receiving planning permission the inspection report said. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10517_Ha-Noi-urban-planning-falls-short.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10517_Ha-Noi-urban-planning-falls-short.html Decree 107 set new conditions for those wishing to apply for residential status. Phap Luat (Law) newspaper spoke with Nguyen Van Dung from the Administrative Management of Social Orders about the matter http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10478_Residental-law-eases-eligibility-process.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10478_Residental-law-eases-eligibility-process.html Experts and investors said the real estate market has frozen and a new approach is needed to undo the damage done by the economic slowdown. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10477_New-ways-needed-to-thaw-frozen-property-market.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10477_New-ways-needed-to-thaw-frozen-property-market.html A survey has been started for a new expressway to connect the Mekong Delta province of Long An and Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat airport Long An’s transport department’s director Luu Dinh Khan said March 1. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10458_Survey-underway-for-new-Mekong-Delta-expressway-to-HCMC.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10458_Survey-underway-for-new-Mekong-Delta-expressway-to-HCMC.html The Hanoi Transportation Department has proposed to build six overhead roads from 2010 to 2015 at a cost of over 32 trillion dong (over $1.68 billion) to curb traffic jams in the capital city. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10457_168-billion-to-build-six-overpasses.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10457_168-billion-to-build-six-overpasses.html Fees paid by developers constructing new residential buildings will be scrapped and developers will have more time before they must begin construction work after project approval under a proposal from the Ministry of Construction. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10456_Ministry-to-cut-red-tape-for-construction-projects.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10456_Ministry-to-cut-red-tape-for-construction-projects.html After a bleak past two years during the global economic downturn the Vietnam real estate market needs foreign investment to recover it is claimed. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10437_Tentative-signs-of-Vietnam-real-estate-recovery-as-developers-seek-to-tempt-back-foreign-investors.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10437_Tentative-signs-of-Vietnam-real-estate-recovery-as-developers-seek-to-tempt-back-foreign-investors.html The Ha Noi Construction Department is preparing draft regulations for the management and use of the city's prized State-owned French-style villas for the People's Committee's eventual approval. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10436_Ha-Noi-drafts-regulations-to-preserve-prized-French-villas.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10436_Ha-Noi-drafts-regulations-to-preserve-prized-French-villas.html The Foreign Investment Agency said 88 new foreign direct investment (FDI) projects were licensed in the first two months of 2010 with a total in registered capital of US$1.6 billion equivalent to only 59.8 percent of last February’s figure. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10435_88-new-FDI-projects-licensed-in-two-months.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10435_88-new-FDI-projects-licensed-in-two-months.html Hanoi plans to spend VND32 trillion (US1.68 billion) to build six elevated roads to reduce traffic gridlocks in the capital city according to local online news service VnExpress. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10434_Hanoi-sees-elevated-roads-as-traffic-jam-solution.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10434_Hanoi-sees-elevated-roads-as-traffic-jam-solution.html The cost of leasing offices in Ho Chi Minh City dropped 53 per cent last year as the global slump forced companies to shelve expansion plans according to real estate broker Cushman Wakefield Inc. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10433_HCMC-office-rents-plunged-53-per-cent-last-year-report.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10433_HCMC-office-rents-plunged-53-per-cent-last-year-report.html South Korea’s Kumho Industrial Co. Ltd Thursday signed a contract with Kinh Bac City Development Share Holding Corporation (KBC) to become the main contractor of a US$100 million office and commercial complex in Hanoi. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10432_Korean-firm-to-build-100-million-tower-in-Hanoi.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10432_Korean-firm-to-build-100-million-tower-in-Hanoi.html Rumors about super-stars have been used by many Vietnamese real estate developers to entice buyers at a time when the real estate market is at a low. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10406_The-whispering-campaign-that-uses-super-stars-to-sell-property.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10406_The-whispering-campaign-that-uses-super-stars-to-sell-property.html A series of regulations on urban planning issued recently has created a good foundation for Ho Chi Minh City to develop its urban areas vigorously and sustainably in the future many experts told SGGP. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10393_New-legal-frameworks-boosts-HCM-City’s-expansion-plan.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10393_New-legal-frameworks-boosts-HCM-City’s-expansion-plan.html The capital city of Hanoi will gain funds next month from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for several key infrastructure projects including a terminal at Noi Bai Airport and Noi Bai-Nhat Tan expressway. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10392_Hanoi-to-obtain-JICA-funds-for-major-infrastructure-projects.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10392_Hanoi-to-obtain-JICA-funds-for-major-infrastructure-projects.html The Ministry of Construction has announced that provincial People's Committees must submit a report detailing the misuse of apartment buildings in their localities no later than March 30. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10391_Apartment-office-crackdown.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10391_Apartment-office-crackdown.html For over the past month foreign investment in Ho Chi Minh City has been poured mostly into small service projects according to investment experts. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10371_Foreign-investors-turn-to-small-projects.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10371_Foreign-investors-turn-to-small-projects.html Foreign and domestic developers are rushing to build new tourism resorts in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong especially in Da Lat City after realising the huge potential of its tourism real-estate sector. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10370_Developers-rush-to-build-Highlands-resorts.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10370_Developers-rush-to-build-Highlands-resorts.html The southern province of Binh Duong licensed six new foreign investment projects capitalised at US$116.5 million in January 2010. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10331_Binh-Duong-attracts-foreign-investment.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10331_Binh-Duong-attracts-foreign-investment.html Leasing contracts for State-owned land should be terminated if lessees violate the Land Law and those who re-lease public land must pay the higher rents received to the State budget the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Natural Resources and Environment has proposed. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10330_City-department-calls-for-strict-control-over-State-owned-land.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10330_City-department-calls-for-strict-control-over-State-owned-land.html A representative from the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) has said his agency will accelerate the Japanese ODA-funded projects in Vietnam. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10329_JICA-speeds-up-ODA-projects-in-Vietnam.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10329_JICA-speeds-up-ODA-projects-in-Vietnam.html Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked officers and workers who are working at the construction site of Can Tho Bridge to ensure the progress of the work in order to complete the construction before March 30. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10328_Prime-Minister-asks-for-completion-of-Can-Tho-Bridge-as-scheduled.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10328_Prime-Minister-asks-for-completion-of-Can-Tho-Bridge-as-scheduled.html Urban areas throughout the nation now have more than 3 million square metres of residential buildings that are more than 18 years old a recent survey by the Department of Housing shows. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10327_Poor-planning-slows-residential-upgrades.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10327_Poor-planning-slows-residential-upgrades.html This is a judgment of Ms Tash Tobias Resident Manager InterContinental Asiana Saigon Residences at the signing ceremony of the 110th lease since its opening on September 9th 2009. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10297_Strong-markets-response-to-serviced-apartment.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10297_Strong-markets-response-to-serviced-apartment.html HCM City’s Department of Construction said the property market saw a dramatic rise in the number of low-income housing projects built last year. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10296_Low-cost-housing-sector-takes-off.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10296_Low-cost-housing-sector-takes-off.html Many overseas Vietnamese want to buy a house in their hometown but the prices for land and housing in HCM City are higher than in Australia the US Canada or France. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10295_Overseas-Vietnamese-surprised-at-high-priced-HCM-City-land.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10295_Overseas-Vietnamese-surprised-at-high-priced-HCM-City-land.html Authorities and construction companies have raised concerns that limited demand for low-income housing estates will lead to profiteering among speculators. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10270_Low-income-earners-shun-housing.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10270_Low-income-earners-shun-housing.html GS Engineering Construction is seeking approval from authorities to transfer land use right of a 1.8-hectare plot in HCMC’s District 10 to a local firm to pool money for the Tan Son Nhat-Binh Loi-Outer Ring Road project. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10269_GS-EC-seeks-to-transfer-land-use-right.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10269_GS-EC-seeks-to-transfer-land-use-right.html While apartments were the choice of many property buyers it appears tastes are changing and instead people are wanting street-fronted houses. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10268_Hanoi-property-market-changes-as-apartments-are-out-and-houses-are-in.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10268_Hanoi-property-market-changes-as-apartments-are-out-and-houses-are-in.html Hundreds of thousands of Viet Kieu (overseas Vietnamese) return to Vietnam in January or February each year to celebrate Tet in their former homeland. Typically that’s also a time for them to find and purchase houses in Vietnam. This year however reports Saigon tiep thi it seems that the number of Viet Kieu who plan to buy houses here is rather modest. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10240_Overseas-Vietnamese-remain-wary-of-home-purchases-in-their-own-names.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10240_Overseas-Vietnamese-remain-wary-of-home-purchases-in-their-own-names.html Thu Thiem bridge spanning the Saigon River in Ho Chi Minh City was open to traffic on January 31 helping reduce load for Saigon bridge and shorten travel time from Thu Duc district to the downtown. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10225_New-bridge-open-to-traffic-in-HCM-City.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10225_New-bridge-open-to-traffic-in-HCM-City.html The real estate market will remain stagnant if the State Bank maintains its tight monetary policy through the first half of this year experts warn. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10224_Bank-keeps-real-estate-on-ice.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10224_Bank-keeps-real-estate-on-ice.html The construction of the new Nam Dinh – Phu Ly road started on January 29 in Nam Dinh city with the Tasco Joint Stock Company as its investor. http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10223_Construction-of-Nam-Dinh-–-Phu-Ly-road-starts.html http://www.metvuong.com/thongtin/10223_Construction-of-Nam-Dinh-–-Phu-Ly-road-starts.html