The housing markets in both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City will continue to see price falls in 2012 as cities across Asia-Pacific are expected to have weaker sales volumes, according to global property consultant Knight Frank.

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Vietnam to see further decline in home prices: report

Vietnam’s once-frenzied property market has ground to a halt, leaving local developers limping and international investors salivating at the chance of snapping up distressed deals.

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Vulture funds circle Vietnam’s property market

Rice exports from Vietnam, the second-largest shipper, reached a record level, boosting supply at a time when floods and government policies may reduce flows from Thailand, the largest exporter.

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Rice exports from Vietnam reach record on increased demand

Investors are focusing on the long-term potential of Vietnam’s property market as the majority of markets in Asia Pacific still offer “excellent” prospects, according to a new report by real estate services firm DTZ.

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Property investors see long term potential in Vietnam

The flooding that has ravaged Thailand over the past three months has hurt not only the country’s automobile industry but also that of Vietnam, as Thailand is a major provider of auto parts here.

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Vietnamese auto industry affected by floods in Thailand

Japanese companies, Thailand’s biggest foreign investors, may spend more to build factories in neighbors including Indonesia and Vietnam after the worst flooding in 70 years disrupted global production.

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Thai floods may shift Japan investment to Indonesia, Vietnam

Vietnam Sturgeon Corp. launched the country’s largest Russian sturgeon farm at a hydroelectric reservoir in Vietnam’s highland province of Daklak on Tuesday.

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Daklak raises Russian sturgeon

Ocean Group Joint-Stock Co., a Vietnamese real-estate and financial company, reduced its 2011 pretax profit target by 54 percent as a slump in the property market hurt its business.

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Vietnam’s Ocean Group lowers profit, sales target on property market slump

Vietnam’s office rents will fall as much as 7 percent in 2012 because buildings are completed at a faster rate than business expansion, said Jones Lang LaSalle Inc., the world’s second-biggest commercial property broker.

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Vietnam office rents to fall 7pct in 2012, Jones Lang LaSalle says

Vietnam’s property market has “slowed down” as higher interest rates made it difficult for potential buyers to finance purchases, said CapitaLand Ltd., Southeast Asia’s biggest property developer.

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Vietnam property market hurt by lending rates, Capitaland says