The disbursement rate of foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in 2010 is expected to increase by 10 percent over 2009.

Real estate developers nowadays are eyeing the sea city of Vung Tau, injecting money to develop big supermarkets and trade centre projects.

Opening the door to tourism real estate The Vietnamese tourism industry’s ongoing recovery is a good signal for investors to tap into the nation’s lucrative tourism real estate industry.

The Ha Noi People's Committee has set a new land price framework for more than 1,100 streets in 29 districts and wards in the Capital.

The southern province of Dong Nai has attracted US$2.78 billion in foreign investment in the past 11 months, a year-on-year increase of 6.7 percent and 39 percent more than the target set for 2009.

Viet Nam’s property market remains strong and will attract even more investors in the near future, delegates said at a two-day international real estate conference that ended yesterday in HCM City.

Some 500 projects will be unveiled at a conference and exhibition next week in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Hanoi and HCM City real estate markets have quietened over the last week since the start of personal income taxation (PIT).

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is rushing to finish inspecting the efficiency of land use and to map out land allocation for next year for submission to the Government this month.

The average office rent in HCMC, especially at prime locations, is still higher than the reasonable level even though it has fallen sharply in the year to date, according to the general manager of the real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield (Vietnam) Ltd.