Vietnam to assign unique digital ID codes to all properties from March
Economy 15:01 05/01/2026Vietnam will require every house, apartment, and real estate asset nationwide to be assigned a unique electronic identification code starting March 1, as per a government decree issued to standardize data on the housing and property market.
Vietnam to create unified national housing, real estate data system from March
Vietnam News 15:53 03/01/2026Vietnam will build its first unified national database on housing and the real estate market from March 1, 2026, under a new government decree aimed at standardizing and centralizing data that has long been fragmented across agencies.
In Vietnam, foreign manufacturers invest in worker housing to secure labor
Economy 16:26 29/12/2025When 21-year-old Duong Tam left her home province of Bac Ninh to work as an intern at Pegatron Vietnam, an electronics manufacturer supplying Apple and Microsoft, she expected to rent a small room near the factory in northern Hai Phong City to cut commuting costs.
Vietnam PM calls for more housing to cool real estate prices
Economy 15:05 23/09/2025Vietnam's prime minister has called for an increase in house building in order to cool soaring real estate prices, saying that many people are no longer able to afford to buy property.
Kuwait opens bidding for construction of three cities to ease housing crunch
World 09:53 15/09/2025Kuwait's government on Sunday invited local and international companies to take the first step in bidding for contracts as part of its plans to develop three new cities to help tackle a shortage of housing in the oil-rich country.
Could robotics and timber tackle Britain's housing challenges?
World 17:22 14/08/2025LONDON -- Gigantic robot arms controlled by artificial intelligence glide around a vast factory in Oxfordshire, England, making building frames from timber, one of the world's oldest construction materials.
1,000 homes to be rebuilt or repaired in Vietnam’s Nghe An after devastating floods
Vietnam News 14:38 06/08/2025The Ministry of Public Security will join hands with local authorities in Nghe An Province, north-central Vietnam to rebuild or repair 1,000 houses damaged by severe flooding and landslides triggered by storm Wipha, the third storm to hit Vietnam this year.
Ho Chi Minh City real estate market still struggles with limited supply
Ho Chi Minh City 13:07 10/07/2025Despite ongoing efforts to address legal bottlenecks and a hopeful outlook for a stronger recovery, Ho Chi Minh City’s real estate market continues to face daunting challenges due to the housing shortage.
Vietnam housing conditions improve over past decade: official data
Vietnam News 14:26 22/05/2025Housing conditions in Vietnam improved significantly between 2014 and 2024, with average living space and structural quality both rising, according to new data released by the General Statistics Office under the Ministry of Finance.
House price climbs, rent falls in Vietnam in first four months of 2020
Economy 19:28 08/05/2020Retail space rent went down by up to 30 percent
Latest census raises eyebrows by finding only 39 homeless families in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam News 17:13 15/10/2019District 1, District 4, and Can Gio District were the only areas in Ho Chi Minh City with homeless family units, according to the 2019 census
Ho Chi Minh City guarantees 10,000 affordable apartments for relocated families
Vietnam News 15:06 18/06/2018They will be helped in buying or renting the social housing apartments
