Vietnam’s Ministry of Construction has approved a proposal to develop 20 square meter apartments on a trial basis to meet the high demand for housing in Ho Chi Minh City.

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Developer gets nod to build 20 sqm efficiency apartments

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors will help Vietnam train local personnel skills to boost development of the country’s property market.

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Int’l surveyors to develop human resources in Vietnam

Property prices in Vietnam have grown out of proportion and far above their real value as the market has not been managed properly, a group of government advisors have said in a report.

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Lack of management blamed for high real estate prices

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism has launched a nationwide inspection into travel agencies offering trips to Cambodia, Thailand and China following reports of poor quality service.

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Tourism supervisor inspects overseas trips

Air travel to the UK and the Netherlands is disrupted again due to Icelandic volcanic ash, with passengers from Vietnam stranded en route in Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur

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Ash disrupts Vietnam-Europe flights again

A proposal to develop super small apartments in Ho Chi Minh City has elicited contrasting reactions, with some experts slamming the idea on social concerns and realtors welcoming it as move to boost a sluggish market.

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Critics, realtors divided over super small flats

Now is a perfect time for home buyers to purchase property as prices are unlikely to drop further and lending interest rates have begun to fall, realtors say.

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Now’s the time to buy houses: realtors

Critics have slammed a proposal to develop super small apartments of only 20 square meters in Ho Chi Minh City as one that would create “slums in the sky.”

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‘Efficiency apartments’ an inefficient idea: critics

The Vietnamese central bank’s benchmark interest rate has “lost much of its monetary policy relevance” and a new instrument is needed to control lending and inflation, Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

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Vietnam rate losing relevance, new instrument needed, ANZ says

Kinh Bac City Development Share Holding Corp., Vietnam’s third-biggest listed property firm, plans to buy the almost 80 percent of Saigon Telecommunication & Technology Corp.

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Vietnam’s Kinh Bac to buy SaigonTel adding technology, land