HCM CITY (VNS)— A proposed decree to guide the recent amendments to the Law on Real Estate Business that requires housing developers to get guarantees from banks before they can sell or lease out units needs to be more specific to ensure safety, a developer has warned.

HCM CITY (VNS) — Japan's Creed Group, a real estate firm specialising in principal investment and property development, has signed a comprehensive investment co-operation contract with An Gia Real Estate Investment and Development JSC.

HCM CITY (VNS)— The country's property market attracted US$1.69 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) for 15 projects in the first seven months of 2015, according to the Foreign Investment Agency. This figure accounted for 19.3 per cent of the total FDI capital of $6.92 billion.

On July 1st 2015, the law for foreigners to buy houses in Vietnam began to take effect. 2015 07 15 1This will make the real estate market have a larger demand. Thus, for approaching international standards, the investors have to adjust operations, ways of working and management to introduce the products with strict requirements on quality and attentive service ... so as to meet the requirements of this new market.

While residential developments in the west and north of HCM City have few customers, the property spotlight is falling on the east and south of HCM City where Districts 2, 9, and Binh Thanh are seeing plenty of transactions.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) capital to Vietnam’s real estate market has continued increasing recently with high-value deals of many giants from South Korea, Japan and Singapore. The Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment reported as of July 20, the country has licensed 1,068 new projects with the registered capital of US$6.92 billion, up 1 percent over the same period in 2014

With a majority of 77 per cent vote the National Assembly last week passed the long-awaited amended Law on Housing which would expectedly make positive changes to home-ownership rights for foreigners. Bich Ngoc reports.

Viet Nam's real estate market will become more competitive within the region because foreigner property rights will soon be allowed, Savills Viet Nam said in a statement last November 26.