Ho Chi Minh City's gold shops crowded on the God of Wealth Day

Ho Chi Minh City's gold shops crowded on the God of Wealth Day

On the occasion of the God of Wealth Day, superstitious shoppers flood gold shops.
Economic hub set to grow new legs

Economic hub set to grow new legs

Ho Chi Minh City is to develop in two main directions to facilitate better links with neighbouring provinces. The two main development directions will be eastwards and southwards, while the secondary directions will be northwards and northwestwards and westwards and southwestwards, according to a report by the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, submitted recently to the Ministry of Construction
HoSTC stock matching plan gets extra lift wings

HoSTC stock matching plan gets extra lift wings

The Ho Chi Minh City bourse is stepping ahead with its continuous order matching programme after getting the all clear from the nation’s securities market watchdog. “The date has been fixed, which will be July 30 this year,” said Le Hai Tra, the Ho Chi Minh City Securities Trading Centre’s (HoSTC) deputy director.
Keppel eyes rich and beautiful

Keppel eyes rich and beautiful

A Singaporean firm is to build two new residential properties in Ho Chi Minh City over the next two years. Keppel Land, which successfully developed Royal Park Sedona Suites serviced apartments in Hanoi and Saigon Centre office building in Ho Chi Minh City, is to build a luxury villa complex and Vietnam’s first “health conscious” development, a combined residential/sport estate.

Ho Chi Minh City office rents continue rapid rise

The office market in Ho Chi Minh City is strengthening with falling vacancy levels and increasing rental rates, bucking trends in Asian countries, according to property consultant CB Richard Ellis Vietnam (CBRE).