Big housing project set to join market next week
	Wednesday,  September 1,2010,20:23 (GMT+7) HCMC - Local property developer Van Phat Hung Corporation is pressing ahead with a plan to market its condo project in HCMC’s District 7 by launching a sales program for first apartments in the project next week.

Land reserve will help douse property fevers: experts
	Tuesday,  August 31,2010,22:11 (GMT+7) HANOI – Experts and officials at a seminar on urban development in Hanoi on Saturday called for a new approach to urbanization management in the capital city by increasing land reserves to choke off property fevers there.

Office and villa projects half-done
	Tuesday,  August 31,2010,22:10 (GMT+7) HCMC - Two property developers have announced the completion of the first phase of an office building project in HCMC and a villa project in the central coast city of Danang.

The westward expansion
	Monday,  August 30,2010,22:51 (GMT+7) According to Hanoi’s draft plan for the 2015-2030 period, the capital city will be developed towards the west, so a lot of investments have been poured into My Dinh area, 11 kilometers west of the city center.

Six Senses Con Dao to open in December
	Wednesday,  August 25,2010,00:23 (GMT+7) HCMC – Six Senses Resorts and Spas, in conjunction with Indochina Land, will open the Six Senses Con Dao on Con Dao Island off the coast of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province in December.

Skyscraper BFT to get professional property management
	Monday,  August 23,2010,21:43 (GMT+7) HCMC - Bitexco Group last week signed a contract with Global CyberSoft (Vietnam) and BayanTrade (Philippines) to apply professional property management called SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) to the skyscraper Bitexco Financial Tower (BFT) in downtown HCMC.

NAC named sales agent for Saigon Villas stateside
	Friday,  August 20,2010,11:00 (GMT+7) HCMC – The Vietnam-based Nguyen Alliance Corporation, or NAC Real Estate, announced on Thursday that it had been appointed as exclusive selling agent in Vietnam for a property project in the U.S. named Saigon Villas.

Retail market sees old and new combined
	Tuesday,  August 17,2010,01:03 (GMT+7) With the country’s steady economic growth and increased world integration, shopping at department stores and supermarkets has gradually become a way of life. So, the number of commercial centers in major cities like HCMC and Hanoi has doubled in the last three years.

Realty developer upbeat about home sales in Dong Nai
	Monday,  August 16,2010,20:55 (GMT+7) HCMC - Long Thuan Loc Corporation has wrapped up its second sale in a housing project in the southern province of Dong Nai with over 80% of the lots sold out since early this year.

House-for-lease demand to grow as more expats return
	Thursday,  August 12,2010,21:24 (GMT+7) HCMC - The increasing number of expatriates coming to HCMC for working is sending a positive signal to the serviced apartment market as those potential tenants are believed to create demand for residential leasing market in the coming time, said a market researcher.