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A61
Vietnam Real Estate Week 2, December

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MARKET SITUATION
A few transactions in city Although the frozen situation on the real estate market has not yet ended, the single housing market in
the city continues to be quot;warmquot;. According to surveys at some real estate transaction centers, the
Tuoi Tre – 08 Dec, 2008 transaction situation has risen by over 40% for the single houses in the city in November 2008 and the
transaction value has also increased as compared to the previous months.
For this market, the transactions have increased because this type of product is suitable for those who
have real housing demands. Moreover, the fact that banks are loosening their lending to buy the
properties that have clear legal documents has also created advantages for customers in the real estate
buying and selling. In addition, the channels of bank savings and stock investments are now not
attractive any longer, many investors have switched to buying houses that have clear legal documents
and are able to be exploited.
According to some ideas, if the monetary policies were loosened and the interest rates were reduced a
month sooner, the housing market in the city would be more eventful. The Tet holidays are only a month
away, although banks have eased the loans, people have still limited their borrowing because it is late to
prepare a new house for welcoming Tet holidays.
However, some banks have forecasted that the market will be eventful after Tet holidays because the
real estate prices on the market are too low; the house prices do not rise, the gold prices tend to go
down and the construction material prices drop. The loan interest rate is getting close to the level of
2007, etc. The housing demand is still great and real, therefore the housing credit will also become “hot”
sooner or later.

The rise of low-priced and Due to many reasons including the desire for quick profits in the past years, enterprises have just put a
lot of effort into the high-grade apartment projects. The supply is greater than the demand, which has led
small-sized houses to the situation of superfluity, sluggishness and price decreases. Although the current prices have
Lao Dong – 08 Dec, 2008 significantly dropped, in fact, it is still higher compared to the incomes of the majority of the low and
middle-income people. The deviatory development of the upside down trapezium has caused the real
estate crisis and has collapsed when the monetary policy was tightened.
Most enterprises have shown that currently, there is no cash to maintain the operations. The delays and
troubles in the administrative formalities have also lost the liquidity of the market. In addition, the heavy
impacts of the financial crisis and the spreading global economic recession have forecasted that the
Vietnamese real estate market will become gloomier. According to the enterprises, although the property
prices have declined by 40 - 60%, they have not touched the bottom. The market will be gloomier in the
second and third quarters of 2009. According to some experts, even when the interest rate is 0% but the
policies and procedures have not been adjusted, the market has continued to freeze and some
enterprises have not dared to continue investing. Additionally, the construction has been executed
perfunctorily, the workers have been unemployed for a long time, the investors have no cash and there
have been no customers for a long time. These causes have put many enterprises in the danger of
bankruptcy and Viet Nam will see the scarcity of apartments within the next 2 - 3 years.
To adapt to the current situation, some enterprises have shifted their directions from quot;the high-grade
apartments with the big sizes” to quot;the low-price houses with small sizesquot; in order to suit the majority of
the low-middle income people. In addition, the real estate enterprises have also suggested that the
National Assembly and the Government should have preferential policies of welfare houses, socialize
the welfare houses and adjust some regulations relevant to the Housing Laws, etc to “ease” the real
estate market. Meanwhile, the government should have the supporting policies in the loan interest rates
for the workers when they buy houses.

REAL ESTATE FOREIGN INVETSMENT
Works start on high-grade complex Real Estate Investment Company Indochina Land (America) together with Trade Center and Houses in
Hanoi held a groundbreaking ceremony to start the construction of Indochina plaza Hanoi complex at
Indochina Plaza Hanoi 239 Xuan Thuy Street, Cau Giay district, Ha Noi on 9th December.
Lao Dong – 09 Dec, 2008
With a total investment of 150 million USD, the project is 16,600 m2 in size, including two towers of 32
and 36 floors reserved for the high-grade apartments, an 11-floor tower for offices for lease and a 5-floor
building for trade center. The project is expected to be completed in 2010. Savills Viet Nam company will
exclusively market and sell the project.

Increasing investment in Ha Long Quang Ninh Provincial People's Committee has had a decision on adjusting the investment in the project
of Ha Long Star general urban – tourism area, invested by the joint venture between Limitless World
Star tourism area (belonging to Dubai World Group), Vietnam - America Ha Long JSC and LLC International Real Estate
Bao Xay Dung – 10 Dec, 2008 Investment Company (USA). The project investment is adjusted from 180 million USD up to 550 million
USD. In addition to the registered functions, the project is adjusted to add the first 6-star resort complex
of the country including 1 hotel and 100 villas on a site of 40 ha.

Australia to build a tourism area On 11th December 2008, Thua Thien-Hue Provincial People's Committee licensed Lost World – Hue
One Member Co., Ltd (belonging to Wings Trust Company - Australia) to implement the project of
in Hue constructing the tourism area Lost World Resort Hue at Vinh Thanh commune and Vinh An, Phu Vang
TheSaiGonTimes – 11 Dec, 2008 district.
The total investment of the project is 50 million. The construction process of the project will be divided
into 4 phases, lasting from now to year 2013. The tourism area includes a center area, a villa zone,
hotels, beauty centers, conference centers, amusement parks and sports area on a site of approximately
49.5 hectares.

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Total FDI and the number of
investment projects in Vietnam until
In November, 2008 the whole
Nov, 2008 country had 106 newly licensed
Source: General Statistics Office projects with the registered capital
of 726 million USD, pushing the
number of new-level projects (from
the beginning of the year to 20th
November 2008) up to 1059
projects with the total registered
capital of 59 billion USD. In spite of
17.5% decrease in the number of
the projects, the registered capital
has increased by 252.5% over the
same period last year.

VIETNAM IN THE WORLD
HCMC, one of 15 places suggested According to the investigative result that has just been announced by Asia Pacific - Urban Research
for receiving real estate investment Institute and PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ho Chi Minh City is one of the places that are evaluated to have
potential for the growth in real estate 2009.
VietRees
Tokyo (Japan) has topped the rankings. This city has had the most eventful real estate market in Asia for
many recent years. The next is Singapore and Hong Kong is ranked third, going up 2 ranks as compared
to the last year. The other positions in the top 10 include Shanghai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Taipei, New
Delhi and Kuala Lumpur. Ho Chi Minh of Viet Nam is ranked 13th at the same group with a number of
other cities in the Asia Pacific region such as Melbourne, Beijing, Sydney, Osaka, Guangzhou,
Auckland, Bangkok, Manila and Jakarta.
The annual reports on real estate investment opportunities provide the information about the market
prospects and development trends of the relevant industries in the regional big cities. This report is
based on the professional opinions of the real estate specialists around the world, including investors,
developers, consultants and brokers.

REAL ESTATE AGENTS
The first hotel in Vietnam using On 6th December, Phat Dat Company & Hotel Management Group Starwood (USA) have signed a
contract to manage the hotel The Westin Resort & Spa in Cam Ranh, Khanh Hoa invested by the
Westin brand name Company. The Westin Resort & Spa has a total investment of approximately USD 100 million with an
Thanh Nien – 07 Dec, 2008 area of 26.8 hectares, including one 5-star hotel (250 rooms) and 80 villas. It is expected to be put into
operation in 2012.

Opening Thu Thiem real estate Thu Thiem Investment JSC has officially opened and operated Thu Thiem real estate transaction center
at Thu Thiem Building - 40/1 Tran Nao Street, Binh An Ward, District 2, Ho Chi Minh City.
transaction centers
Customers can directly visit the transaction center or access www.diaocthuthiem.vn to look up the real
BDS & TS – 08 Dec, 2008 estate law documents, find out information their land and implement the requirements transactions such
as real estate brokers - consultation, evaluation, advertising, bidding, and management inside and
outside the country.

Centec Tower to come into operation Sao Phuong Nam JSC plans to start putting the grade-A office building Centec Tower into use at the
beginning of 2009 and this building will be managed by CBRE.
Nguoi Lao Dong – 08 Dec, 2008
Centec Tower is located at 72-74 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, having the
total usable area of 27,660 m2 with 23 floors and 3 basements. The area of each floor is approximately
1,178m2, which is suitable for the companies in need of using the large spaces. The rent is estimated to
be 57 - 65 USD/m2 (excluding VAT).

Sacomreal starts to sell the 2nd Saigon Thuong Tin Real Estate JSC (Sacomreal), the exclusive distributor, has begun to sell the 2nd
phase of Sai Gon Ham Tan (Lagi town) invested by Sag Gon – Ham Tan.
phase of Saigon – Ham Nghi project
In this stage, Sacomreal will sell about 40 ground bases with the areas of from 100m2 and above at the
Thanh Nien – 09 Dec, 2008 price of 1.4 million dong/m2.

Organizing a design contest for Khanh Hoi Sugar Company has started the contest of architecture designing to find the suitable designs
for Harmony Point project that is located at 147 Bis Nguyen Tat Thanh, W.13, Dist.4, Ho Chi Minh City
Harmony Point project and invested by the Company with an area of over 10,000 m2. According to the request of the investor,
TheSaiGonTimes – 10 Dec, 2008 Harmony Point project will has a maximum height of 35 floors (excluding the mezzanine floor and
basement), including trade center, office buildings for lease and high-grade apartments.
The organization board shows that the deadline for submitting exam design is before 24th February,
2009 and the award is expected to be announced on 6th March, 2009.

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Websites of real estate companies in Vietnam
Property developers Brokerage Evaluation
Ho Chi Minh Ho Chi Minh AREV - www.arev.com.vn
Company 585 - www.585.com.vn An Gia - www.angia.com.vn Hoang Quan - www.thamdinhgia.com
Company 584 - www.congty584.com.vn ACBR - www.acbr.com.vn Vietland - www.thamdinhgia.com.vn
An Phu - www.anphugroup.vn Dat Xanh - www.datxanh.com.vn VVFC - www.valuation.vn
BCCI - www.bcci.com.vn Dia Loi - www.nhadatdialoi.com.vn
Daewon - www.daewon.vn Dat Cat - www.datcat.com.vn Construction
Him Lam - www.himlam.com FICO - www.ficohome.com.vn
Ho Chi Minh
Hoang Anh Gia Lai - www.hagl.com.vn Kim Son - www.kimson.com.vn
CIC8 - www.cic8.com
Linh Phong Conic - www.conic.com.vn Phuc Duc - www.phucduc.com
Coteccons - www.coteccons.com.vn
Nam Long - www.namlongvn.com Hung Phu - www.hungphunhadat.com
Cosaco - www.cosaco.com.vn
Phu Long - www.phu-long.com.vn Hung Thinh 2 - www.diaochungthinh.com.vn
Hoa Binh - www.hoabinhcorporation.com
Phu Quoc Land - www.phuquocland.net Hoang Quan - www.hoangquan.com.vn
Hai Thanh - www.haithanh.com.vn
SacomReal - www.sacomreal.com Intresco - www.intresco.com.vn
Toan Thinh Phat - www.toanthinhphat.com.vn
Sadeco - www.sadeco.com.vn Loc Dien - www.nhadatld.com
Resco - www.rescovn.com Nova - www.novahomes.com.vn
Thai Thinh Capital - www.richlandhill.com.vn Phat Hung - www.phathung.com.vn Ha Noi
Thu Duc House - www.thuduchouse.com SacomReal - www.sacomreal.com Constrexim - www.constrexim.com.vn
Phu My Hưng - www.phumyhung.com.vn Tan Dien - www.tandien.com.vn Cavico - www.cavicovn.com
Van Phat Hưng - www.vanphathung.com.vn HANCIC - www.hancic.com.vn
Vietnam Land SSG - www.saigonpearl.com.vn Ha Noi HUD - www.hud.com.vn
Incomex - www.incomex.vn
Cland - www.cland.com.vn
Ha Noi Dong Do - www.dongdobds.com
FPT Land - www.fpt-land.com Phu Thai Group - www.phuthaigroup.com Architect and Interior Decoration
C.E.O - www.ceoholdings.com.vn Petrowaco - www.petrowaco.vn Ho Chi Minh
Gia Tue - www.giatue.com.vn Petrolimex – www.pland.com.vn A2 Visualization - www.a2viz.com.vn
HUD - www.hud.com.vn Cat Moc - www.catmoc.com.vn
HDB Viet Nam - www.hdbgroup.com.vn Other cities Nha Vui - www.nhavui.com
Keangnam - www.eng.kne.co.kr Dieu Hien - www.dieuhien.com.vn Nha Viet - www.nhavietdecor.com
Nam Cuong - www.namcuong.com.vn Thien Loc - www.thienlocnhadat.com.vn Nha Dep - www.nhadep.com.vn
Song Hong Land - www.songhongland.com.vn Pho Xinh - www.phoxinh.com.vn
Vinaconex - www.vinaconex.com.vn Research
Vincom - www.vincom.com.vn CBRE - www.cbrevietnam.com Ha Noi
Viet Hung - www.ecopark.com.vn Savills Viet Nam - www.savills.com.vn ACT - www.act.com.vn
VietRees - www.VietRees.com ADKientruc - www.adkientruc.com
Other cities Ashui – www.ashui.com
Becamex IDC - www.becamex.com.vn Consulting Kien Truc Ha Noi - www.kientruchn.com
Biconsi - www.biconsi.com.vn CBRE - www.cbrevietnam.com
Tuan Chau - www.tuanchau-halong.com.vn Dong Duong - www.indochina-consulting.com Other Countries
GNSVINA - www.cozyvill.com Eden Real - www.edenreal.com Architects 61, Sing - www.a61.com.sg
Company 579 - www.cecico579.com.vn Hop Nhat - www.uniland.com.vn DP Architects, Sing - www.dpa.com.sg
Duc Manh - www.ducmanhco.com Indochina Land - www.indochinacapital.com SWA, USA - www.swavietnam.com
Long Gia Khang - www.longgiakhang.com Ong&Ong, Sing - www.ong-ong.com
Savills Viet Nam - www.savills.com.vn RSP Vietnam, Sing - www.resp.com.sg
Vina Capital - www.vinacapital.com Surbana Vietnam, Sing - www.surbana.com

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REAL ESTATE PROJECT AND PRICES
Pho Phong Complex of Industrial – Quang Ngai Provincial People's Committee has officially licensed Tan Tao Industry and Investment JSC
to implement the project of building the infrastructure & trading in the complex of Industrial - Residential -
Residential – Service(Quang Ngai) Services in Phong Pho (Duc Pho suburban district) with a total investment of approximately 717 billion
VietRees – 08 Dec, 2008 VND. The project includes a system of restaurants, hotels, trade centers, houses, apartments, offices on
a site of 300 ha. The project is expected to be completed in 2012.

One more building welcoming 1000- Ha Tay Tourism JSC has started the construction of HATTOCO building at Mo Lao ward, Ha Dong city
With the investment of 1,000 billion VND and the construction site of 101,000m2, the 39-floor building
year Thang Long - Hanoi uses 6 floors for a 4-star hotel. The remaining floors are used for accomodating or offices for lease. The
Ha Noi Moi – 08 Dec, 2008 project is expected to be completed at the end of 2011.

Works start on high-rise apartment Civil Engineering Construction and Investment JSC No 135 (Cedico 135) has held a groundbreaking
ceremony for the construction of 16 storey apartment building at No.69 Street 18, Quarter 4, Hiep Binh
building at Thu Duc Chanh Ward, Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh city.
VietRees – 10 Dec, 2008 The apartment includes 1 basement for parking, ground floor and mezzanine floor used for commercial
area & community activities and 120 apartments with the size of 55 - 98m2 per unit.

Piloting the construction of 10,000 The Ministry of Construction has just submitted the Government the projects of constructing the welfare
house projects with the State-owned budget. According to the Statement, there will be 4 - 6 projects in
welfare apartments. Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City with the land reserve of about 30 - 40 hectares. The gross floor area is
Kinh Te Do Thi – 12 Dec, 2008 about 500,000m2. In which, there are 5,000 apartments for the workers and 5,000 units for the low
income households. At present, the investment ration is estimated to be about 5 million VND/ m2/ floor.
The construction progress lasts 2 years from 2009 to 2010.
The Ministry of Construction will take responsibility for the progress of implementing the projects. After
the pilot projects are completed, managing, organizing, exploiting and operating the housing reserve to
revoke and return the investment will be managed by the Ministry and transferred to the local authorities.
Those who want to lease or lease-to-purchase houses also have to meet the conditions about the
monthly average income following the regulations. The maximum period for a lease is 5 years. When the
time is over, if the tenants have the demands, they have to perform the procedures to confirm that they
still belong to the subjects allowed to lease the welfare houses for a maximum period of 15 years. The
subjects given the priority for leasing and leasing-to-purchasing include cadres, state civil servants,
military officers, professional servicemen of the armed forces.
In general, the price of high-class
apartments in Ho Chi Minh City have
tended to keep going down after the
slight increase in August
Edited by VietRees – Dec, 2008

Announced prominent real estate developments during the last 2 weeks*
Week 1, December 2008 Week 2, December 2008
Ho Chi Minh City Truong Tho apartment building (Thu Duc) Cecico 135 apartment building (Thu Duc)
Resettlement AP An Phu – Binh Khanh (Dist.12)

Other Areas Tam Dao 2 tourism area (Vinh Phuc), My Tho golf hotel Pho Phong Industrial – Residential area (Quang Ngai)
(Tien Giang), Ana Mandara Resort (Ninh Binh), Hanoi Hattoco office building (Ha Dong)
Indochina Plaza Complex (Hanoi), Sheraton Hotel & Spa
Indochina Plaza Hanoi Complex (Hanoi)
(Nha Trang)

Approved prominent real estate developments in HCM City*
November December
Housing, apartment, residential area AP - offices at Binh Quoi (Binh Thanh), AP at Phu Thuan Truong Tho apartment building (Thu Duc)
Ward (Dist.7), AP at Thao Dien Ward (Dist. 2) Resettlement AP An Phu – Binh Khanh (Dist.12)
* Note: RA=Residential Area, AP=Apartment Building, HA=Housing Area, RuA=Reurban Area, TA=Tourism Area, IA=Investment Area, UA=Urban Area, ReA=Resettlement area

Websites of properties in Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Ha Noi Other cities
Blooming Park - www.bloomingpark.com Viglacera Tower - www.viglaceraland.vn Cozyvill - www.cozyvill.com
Saigon Paragon - www.saigonparagon.com My Dinh – Me Tri RA - www.sudicosd.com Flamingo Dai Lai - www.flamingodailai.com
Dragon City - www.dragonland.com.vn Bac An Khanh RA - www.vinaconex.com.vn Van Phu township - www.dothivanphu.com
Preche - www.preche.com Ha Noi Plaza Hotel - www.charmvit.co.kr Dam Vac Golf - www.damvacgolf.com
SaigonPearl - www.saigonpearl.com.vn Phap Van – Tu Hiep RA - www.hud.com.vn Sanctuary - http://sanctuary.com.vn
V-Star - www.v-star.com.vn Ho Tram Strip - www.hotramstrip.com
Time Square - www.timessquare.com.vn Sai Gon Sunbay - www.ctc-corp.vn
The Everrich - www.theeverrich.com Other cities Eden Lagi Resort - www.edenreal.com
Tan Da Court - www.tandacourt.com Furama Resort - www.furamavietnam.com Van Quan – Yen Phuc township - www.hud.com.vn
Lancaster - www.lancaster.com.vn Sai Gon – Mui Ne Resort - www.saigonmuineresort.com Quoc Te Do Son - www.vietlandgroup.com
The Vista - www.thevista.com.vn Sunspa ResortVietnam - www.sunsparesortvietnam.com

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Property Retail Price
Updated on information from ACBR, Van Phat Hung, Hung Thinh, Phuc Duc, Tuoi Tre Newspaper and developers (VietRees gathered by direct surveys), listed prices can be
original prices or transfer prices at current or at one week prior from the date this newsletter is issued.

Typical apartments in HCM city Other apartments and land lots
Area Price (million
Dist.
(m2) VND/m2)
+/-
Apartment building – HCMC
Central Garden 1 141 28
An Khang 2 103.5 24.5 -
An Thinh 2 140 23.7 +
Screc Tower 3 69.5 24.5
Cantavil, Dist.2 V- star, Dist.7 Sky Garden , Dist.7 Constrexim 4 81.5 19
* 150m2 – 1,950 USD/m2 * 97.56m2 - 15.8 million VND/m2 * 81m2 – 27.7 million VND/m2
H3 Hoang Dieu 4 71 24
* 119m2 – 16 million VND/m2 * 337m2 – 21.4 million VND/m2
Hung Vuong Plaza 5 121 28.5 +
An Hoa 2 7 50 15
Carina Plaza 8 99 14.2
Thai An 2 12 73 13.4
Gia Phu BT 70 9.4 -
Phu My Thuan NB 93.5 7.9 -
Bau Cat 2 TB 55.55 14.5 +
Fortuna TB 81 11.4
Blooming Park, Dist.2 Phu My, Dist.7 The Everich, Dist.11 Development land lots – HCMC
* 115m2 – 29 million VND/m2 * 83.28m2 - 19.2 million VND/m2 * 115m2 – 1,450 USD/m2 An Phu – An Khanh 2 160 22.2
* 135m2 – 31million VND/m2 * 91.14m2 – 18.1million VND/m2 Thanh My Loi 2 110 13.5 +
Direct contact with the investor1
The ky 21 2 236.5 15
An Phu Hung 7 88 21.5
Khang An 9 144 7
Nam Long 9 240 8
Phong Phu 4 BC 100 6.5
Hoang Hai HM 200 9
Thai Son 1 NB 250 10.5 -

Preche, Dist.2 Panorama, Dist.7 Saigon Pearl, B.Thanh Apartment building - Ha Noi
* 147m2 – 2,222 USD/m2 M5 – Nguyen Chi Thanh BD 144 29
* 166m2 – 43.3million VND/m2 * 135m2 – 1,800 USD/m2
302 Cau Giay CG 125 22
* 194m2 – 39.1million VND/m2 * 140m2 – 1,850 USD/m2
Chelsea Park CG 128 24.5 -
Dong Nam Tran Duy Hung CG 145 26
Thai Thinh Plaza DD 114 25.4 -
Phap Van HM 68 13.7 -
Bac Ha TX 70 15.5 -
Development land lots – Other provinces
Ben Cat BD 132 0.95
Binh An BD 100 6
The Vista, Dist.2 New SaiGon, Nha Be The Manor, B.Thanh My Phuoc 2 BD 150 1.5 -
* 101m2 – 1,754 USD/m2 * 98.9m2 – 16.5 million VND/m2 * 80m2 – 1,750 USD/m2 Wind Hill BR-VT 180 4.1
* 139m2 – 1,625 USD/m2 * 126m2 – 17.2 million VND/m2 * 140m2 – 1,800 USD/m2 HUD DNI 100 2 +
Long Hau 1 LA 300 2.2
Tan Do LA 162 2.2 -

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Kien A Investment & Services Co., Ltd. - An Phu Ward, District 2, HCMC - Tel: (84.8) 740 6688, Fax: (84.8) 740 6949

Danang: 225 Huyen Tran Cong Chua - T: (84) 511 836 216 * HCMC: 390 Nguyen Cong Tru, D.1 - T: 8 821 7509 * Hanoi: No.6-1D Trung Yen New Town, Caugiay - T: 4 783 1598

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PROPERTY SUPPLY FOR DIFFERENT TARGETS OF CUSTOMERS
Social welfare houses for worker * Saigon Construction Corporation investor two apartment blocks high 5-storey for workers in Quarter 1,
Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc Dist, HCMC.
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* Hung Vuong JSC has just put a 5-storey apartment building into use for cadres and workers. The
company continues to petition Tien Giang Provincial People’s Committee to grant a 5.000m2 land area to
construct more apartment buildings for workers with an investment of 100 billions VND.
* Saigon Paper JSC has put an apartment building into use for workers at My Xuan Commune, Tan
Thanh suburban district, Ba Ria - Vung Tau province. The stage 2 of the apartment building is about to
be implemented with a scale of 8 storey.
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* Morning of August 28 , 2008, the Ministry of Construction has signed a memorandum for the
cooperation in the field of welfare housing with Korean Ministry of Land-Traffic and Marine.
* Ha Noi Construction Investment JSC (Hancic) has finished 4/10 units of the 5-storey house which
belongs to the housing project for workers at Kim Chung Commune (Dong Anh).
* Construction and Import-Export JSC (Vinaconex) has transferred and put into use 4 blocks of houses
among the total 16 blocks of the housing project for the workers at Thang Long industrial zone.
* The housing area of 7,000 m2 (380 rooms) for 1,500 workers of Dong Quang Knit Limited Company at
Hai Son industrial cluster (Duc Hoa Ha commune, Duc Hoa suburban dist., Long An province) has just
been put into use. The total investment cost of this housing area is 20 billion VND. (02/10/2008)
* The 4-storey apartment building at cluster 5, ward 8, Vinh Long town that serves the cadres,
employees, professional serviceman and etc has been ratified by Vinh Long Provincial People's
Committee with a total investment of over 37 billion VND. (03/10/2008)

Real estate for the low income * Sai Gon – Gia Dinh Real Estate Company and Hoa Binh Phu Yen Company build Thoi An Apartment
Building in District 12 with 1,000 apartments.
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* Construction Co. No.8 (CIC8) will invest in construction of 10,000 Keppel Land apartments & Tien
Phuoc Co. will build a resettlement area including 1,900 apartments at An Phu, Binh Khanh, District 2.
* HCM City People’s Committee will advance 50.5 billion to carry out the project of Vinh Loc B, Binh
Chanh residential area for resettlement with hundreds of townhouses and 40 apartment blocks.
* Construction Co. No.5 will invest in construction of 500 apartments at Ward 22, Binh Thanh District.
* HCM City Cooperative Alliance has developed its construction investment project of housing area at Le
Minh Xuan Commune, Binh Chanh Suburban District on a site of 67.49 hectares.
* 50% of the house reserve at The Splendor apartment area (Go Vap Dist.) will be intended to serve
resettlement demand in the district.
* Dat Lanh Co. will offer 1,500 apartments to the market with the prices of 500 - 700 millions VND/unit.
* People‘s Committee of HCMC has approved the project of the resettlement area on a site of 55.24
hectares at Dong Nam Cu Chi industrial - residential area in Cu Chi.
* House management of Dist.1 is assigned to construct the resettlement area at 7/4ª Kha Van Can, Thu
Duc district.
* In early 2010, Hai Thanh company will complete 352 apartments of Hai Thanh 1 resettlement area
project, Binh Tan District for the civil servants at Binh Tan District.
* People’s Committee of Binh Chanh has just cooperated with Hung Vuong university Investment &
Development JSC to construct resettlement area at Tan Kien commune, Binh Chanh suburban district.
* People’s Committee of HCM City has just licensed Cho Lon Real Estate JSC to invest in the
construction of the apartment building at No. 99 Ben Binh Dong, ward 11, district 8 in order to make the
house reserve at the social welfare housing program.
* People’s Committee of HCM City has promulgated the decision about reclaiming the land areas at
Phuoc Kien, Nhon Duc and Phuoc Loc communes, Nha Be suburban district for the construction of the
resettlement area in order to serve the project of Nhon Duc - Phuoc Kien new urban area.
* The HCM City Union of Housing Co-operatives has prepared to commence the construction of Thanh
Loc apartment building with 238 apartments on a site of 6.600 m2 in District 12. The Union intends to
construct another apartment building with over 200 apartments at Truong Tho ward, Thu Duc district.
* HCMC People’s Committee has ratified the planning of Binh Khanh residential area (Dist.2) which is
built on a site of 384,019 m2 to serve the resettlement of the locals in Thu Thiem new urban area.
* Dat Xanh has cooperated with Truong Son Vanguard Youth General Squad to build apartments for low-
income people at Dist.12
* Go Vap People’s Committee and Go Vap Public Benefit Service Co. have bought back the house
reserve belonging to Phu Gia Hung high-end apartments, Duong Quang Ham Street, Ward 15, Go Vap
Dist. and Dong Hung Thuan 1, 2 apartment buildings, Dist. 12 to serve the resettlement of the locals at
Tham Luong project - Ben Cat - Nuoc Len ditch.
* Approximately 184,000 apartments belonging to the investment program in the construction of the
social welfare houses in the stage of 2009 – 2015 with the total investment of about 49,000 billion VND
have been submitted to the government for approval. (30/09/2008)
* 800 social welfare houses for lease - lease to purchase will be built at 19A and 21A plots, Viet Hung
urban area in 2009, which have been ratified by The People’s Committee of Ha Noi City. (16/10/2008)
* 462 units of Khang Gia 3 apartment building (Go Vap Dist.) invested by Khang Gia Real Estate
Investment – Development JSC will be used for the resettlement demands. (27/10/2008)

The Committee for overseas Vietnamese in HCMC has showed that there have been 130 overseas
Dwellings for overseas Vietnamese Vietnamese buying houses, mainly in HCMC. Those who brought houses are those who come back to
and foreigners the country for their long term and direct investment, scientists, culture researchers invited to come back
VietRees to the country to become experts and repatriating overseas Vietnamese. To buy houses, beside
documents verifying priority subjects, the buyer must present their passport (issued in Vietnam). In the
case that house buyers bring foreign passports, they must have certificates of Vietnamese nationality or
documents confirming their losing Vietnamese nationality, or certificate of citizenship registration.
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REAL ESTATE LEGISLATION

Transferring the leases of state- On 9th December, the Ministry of Construction sent the official document 106/BXD-QLN on transferring
the leases of the state-owned houses to the Department of Construction of HCMC and Hanoi.
owned houses. According to the Housing Laws and the documents providing the implementation guidelines, the state-
Bao Xay Dung – 10 Dec, 2008 owned houses are the welfare houses built with the state-owned budget. The public houses have to be
leased by the right subjects, used with the right purposes and the leases are not allowed to be
transferred under any form during the rental period.
However, for the state-owned houses leased following the stipulated prices of the Prime Minister, the
point a item 5 of the Resolution 23/2006/NQ-CP on 7th September 2006 has decided to assign the
People's Committee at the provincial level to solve the sale of the state-owned houses for those who are
leasing with the simple procedures, creating the advantages for the house buyers, including the cases in
which the contracts are available or not and there is no dispute.
Therefore, according to the above regulations, signing the contracts of leasing the state-owned houses
that have not yet been renovated, rebuilt following the prices stipulated at the above Resolutions
continues to be implemented for the cases in which there is not tenant’s name in the lease contracts and
there is no dispute over the leases.

REAL ESTATE MARKET FORECAST
* Note: Information on market forecast is only updated every 4 periods (after one month) by VietRees

General tendency of HCMC market The transaction situation of the apartments, townhouses and project ground bases in November
continued to decrease more dramatically as compared to the previous months. According to VietRees’s
forecast, the real estate prices can continue to decline with the level of 2%- 5 % in December and before
Lunar New Year holidays after each month. The prices of the high-grade apartments in November will
see the larger decreases as compared to the October and the rate of the successful transactions has still
been low, even there are the transaction centers that do not have any successful transaction within 1
week. The buyers are still waiting for the further price decreases.
A series of the real estate brokerage agents and centers have stopped operating. The transaction center
systems of many companies with the relative scales have been narrowed because they cannot cover
their costs and have no customers. According to VietRees, about 40% of the brokerage centers and
agents have closed down until the end of November and this number will continue to rise after Lunar
New Year holidays. Most of the closed brokerage centers and agents have been located in the districts
2, 9, 7, Nha Be and Binh Chanh. These centers can be the transaction offices of the companies that
have many offices and transaction agents scattered in many districts in the city. The remaining centers
have not yet closed down but according to the surveys of VietRees, they have only operated
perfunctorily and many centers are closed on weekends to reduce the operation costs.

Apartment market The supply of apartments belonging to the average and low segment is quite limited, so the market of
this segment has also not seen any movement compared to the previous month. The successful
apartment transactions do mainly belong to this segment. The investors are beginning to implement the
new apartment projects of the average low segment, but in at least 2 years, the new market will have
more supplies of the new apartments of this type. According to VietRees, the construction material
prices in the past 2 months have declined, which has created favorable conditions for the investors to
implement or speed up the construction progress of the projects, especially for this segment.
The high-grade apartment prices have slightly decreased in the past month. According to VietRees, the
prices have fallen down by approximately 2% as compared with September 2008. The domestic
customers of this segment are gradually scaling down.
The investors are looking for the new directions aiming at the Vietnamese overseas who are in need of
buying houses in Vietnam. However, according to VietRees, there are many difficulties in approaching
as well as successfully trading with this group of customers in the short term (1 - 2 years).

Project ground base market. The market of ground bases has continued to go down by 4% as compared to October, 2008 according
to VietRees, Similarly to October, the successful transactions have been very low and much lower than
the apartments whose successful transactions are limited.
According VietRees, after Lunar New Year 2009, the real estate market will be the attractive field and
bring appealing opportunities to the investors with the plentiful investment and the long-term investment
strategies. Therefore, the real estate enterprises that have potential need to build long-term development
strategies; work actively in researching and developing, especially, seriously invest in the market
researches, customer researches; make the sustainable development steps and avoid
scattering/strewing their investment capital in the current difficult situation.

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VIETNAM REAL ESTATE MARKET
Under View Of Expert – Statistics and edited by VietRees
Statistics from VietRees Over 90% of the experts are confident in the future of Vietnamese real estate market. 30% of the
opinions show that the market will recover in 2009 or after 2009 (according to statistical data of VietRees
in November, 2008).
Before the movements of the current real estate market, VietRees has collected the real estate experts’
opinions in order to determine the confidence in the development potential of the market in the future
and concurrently, determine when Vietnamese real estate market will recover.
This statistical result gathers the opinions of 33 leading real estate experts working for the state
agencies, the senior leaders of some big famous prestigious real estate corporations operating in the
real estate field. These comments have been publicized in the media such as newspapers, magazines,
big and reputable websites from March 2008 to October 2008.

Confidence in Vietnamese real Every expert has his own arguments to judge the market. However, according to 100% of the experts,
the current market is facing many difficulties but they are still confident and optimistic about the future
estate market market. According to Mr. Jean Chretien, former Canadian prime minister and the advisor of Asian Coast
Development Ltd. “Although Vietnamese real estate market is having difficulties, it is only temporary.
The market still has a lot of potential and foreign investors are aiming at the long-term investment herequot;.
In fact, there are some experts that have not clearly expressed their confidence in the market. However,
they have still believed that quot;the real estate market does not have a big problem, in the near future the
market will change according to the stability of the financial market as well as other stable indexes of the
economy”.
More particularly, nearly 90% of the experts are still optimistic and confident in the development of the
Vietnamese real estate market in the near future because in the so-called current recession of the
market, some other real estate segments are still developing.

According to the Chairman of Viet Nam Real Estate Association, Le Hoang Chau quot;Although the real
estate market is leveling off, it only affects the segments of ground bases and apartments. The offices
and industrial zone land for rent are still in the situation of “the supply not meeting the demand”. With the
same opinion, Matthew Koziora, the director of the Vinaland company (VinaCapital Group) states: “The
interesting fields are attracting foreign investors, including houses, industrial zones, hotels, high rise
office buildings for rent, tourism sitesquot;.

Forecasting the time of Vietnamese As of now, many individuals and units take interest in the time that the real estate market begins to
recover and develop stability. The result of these statistics will answer these queries to some extent.
real estate market recovering According to the result, 70% of the experts have not yet determined the specific time when the market
will be up and about again.
The reason for having not yet determined the time of the real estate market recovering is that the real
estate market has still been much affected by other economic factors, shown by these experts.

30% of the experts’ opinions determine that the exact time for the recovery of the market is in 2009 or
after 2009 (in which, 12% of the opinions determine that the market will recover in 2009 and 18% of the
ideas determine that the market will recover after 2009).
Summarizing all of the opinions of the experts, we can see that it is very difficult to determine the time for
the recovery of the market. The recovery of the market depends on many factors. Only when we fully
analyze the factors and economic indexes, combining with statistical prediction science, we can
somewhat determine the exact time of the market recovering. Forecasting the time for the recovery of
the market is only exact to some extent. Because the forecast does not just look at some expressions of
the economy or not base itself on the opinions of some people but it needs to base itself on many
different researches and scientific analyses.



CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL MARKET
Supply still abundant According to the forecast of Vietnam Cement Association, the cement demand of the whole country can
reach 4 million tons in December 2008, rising by 10-12% over the same period last year. Since October
Edited by VietRees 2008, the cement demand has seen the signs of the upturn with 3.3 million tons, rising by 9% over the
same period of the year 2007. In November, the cement consumption was still remained but it
decreased by 4% as compared to November, 2007 due to the floods in the Northern provinces.
According to the Association’s forecast, the cement consumption will continue to increase at the end of
the year – the peak of construction season. On the other hand, the construction process of the big
projects is also intensified by the enterprises at the end of the year. The import duty on clinker has gone
down to 0%, which has considerably contributed to the stability of the cement production and market.
Therefore, the prices will definitely not have the dramatical changes as the beginning of the year.
On 10th December 2008, the Ministry of Finance promulgated the decision about adjusting the import
tax on iron and steel products to be 2% - 12% and it will take effect after 15 days from the date of its
publication in the Official Gazette. Although the transactions have increased a little bit, the construction
material market has continued to be sluggish in general. According to the forecast in the near future, the
cement prices still continue to be kept unchanged. There will probably be some more promotion
programs and after-sale services from the producers and distributors in order to stimulate the demands.
The brick prices have now decreased significantly and the brick inventory has been large, as a result,
there is a faint possibility that the price increase will increase. There may be some changes until the first
quarter of 2009.

STOCK MARKET
VN-Index continues to rise on At Ho Chi Minh bourse, the upturn has still continued to
be maintained since the opening time of the market.
two bourses VN-Index has added 6.58 points to close at 295.51
Edited by VietRees points. The total trading volume has reached 1.8 million
units. In the consecutive order matching phase, the big
Chart Source: Vietstock share codes have still affirmed the upward trend in
Up to date: 12 Dec, 2008 prices. Vn-Index has continued to add 3.53 points and
closed at 299.04 points.
Closing the session, Vn-Index has added a total of
10.61 points to close at 299.54 points. The total trading
volume has reached over 11.8 million units worth 265.27 billion VND.
After one trading week, VN-Index has had 2 upward sessions and 2 downward sessions. As compared
to the last week, VN-Index has lost 0.14 points (down from 299.68 points to 299.54 points).
At Hanoi bourse, HASTC-Index has maintained the upturn when adding 4.04 points to climb up to
105.09 points. The total trading volume has reached 8.5 million units worth 199 billion VND.
In sum, after one trading week, HASTC-Index has had 3 upward sessions and 2 downward sessions. As
compared to the last week, HASTC-Index has added 1.55 points (from 103.54 points up to 105.09
points).


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