Foreigners have the right to own houses for a set period, but land ownership is not permitted. Once their ownership duration concludes, they may renew it once and have the privilege to purchase and sell houses similarly to local residents.

VOV.VN - The Government issued Resolution 127/NQ-CP on August 14, which is the decision to grant e-visas to foreign citizens who plan to enter the country to travel, conduct market surveys, or explore investment chances, among others, now able to apply for e-visas themselves without the need for invitations or guarantees from Vietnamese agencies, organisations, or individuals.

Vietnam’s northern provinces of Cao Bang and Ha Giang, and Baise city in China’s Guangxi province will continue to strictly implement three legal documents on the land border between the two countries and step up communication activities to raise public awareness so as to prevent cross-border crimes.

Vietnam has to date attracted 37,500 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects worth nearly US$450 billion, including 1,100 projects in real estate with a total capital of US$66.4 billion, heard an international workshop in Hanoi on July 13.

VOV.VN - More than three million foreign individuals and organisations have purchased apartments in Vietnam, and the number is expected to continue rising moving forward, heard a workshop held on July 13 in Hanoi to examine the potential for development of the Vietnamese real estate market.

VOV.VN - The Mekong Delta will receive more than US$2.5 billion in official development assistance (ODA) loans to implement 16 sustainable development projects in response to climate change, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

During the debate on the draft revised Land Law at the 15th National Assembly’s fifth session in Hanoi on June 21, land planning and land valuation were at the focus of attention.

Improvements in the group of investment administrative procedures are still slow and not yet in sync with policies to attract investment at the local level.

An exhibition named “The Vietnam land shown on the Nine Dynasty Urns” was held at the Hue Imperial Citadel (Dai Noi) in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on June 16.

Ho Chi Minh City housing is among the least affordable in the Asia Pacific region with a median home price representing 32.5 times the median annual household income, said a report by Urban Land Institute (ULI).