Flexibility is seen as the key element for new landlords to consider if they want to woo tenants to set up in their office buildings after a slow market in the last six months, said an executive officer of CB Richard Ellis Vietnam (CBRE). Chris Currie, associate director of office services for CBRE, said on Tuesday that rent was part of a negotiation process between landlords and tenants and that... 

It is estimated that by 2013, HCMC will have about 740,000 square meters of retail space at shopping centers, double the current space, due to property developers going full steam ahead with new shopping center projects. Experts said that even though shopping centers have been mushrooming in Vietnam, recent events prove that some malls don’t produce the goods. Location, location, location not enough Distributors... 

A common saying that a challenge for someone is sometimes a chance for others may be true for the office sector in HCMC. For developers, one can say that leasing office buildings is not easy these days when the supply in the HCMC office market is on the rise, putting more pressure on rents across all grades. Seen from the view of tenants, however, abundant supply is offering them a great chance to... 

Luxuries like fine cosmetics, high-end cell phones, super cars and others now flood Ho Chi Minh City market amidst concerns over rising prices and government measures to reduce Vietnam’s trade deficit. It is very easy at the moment to find in large numbers cosmetic products imported from the United States, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia and others which are all on display at high-end shopping... 

As his office building has a good location in the central business district and was designed with the latest technology and building materials, Ha Van An wonders why the A&B Tower underway on Le Lai Street in downtown HCMC is classified as a grade B office building. The chief executive officer eventually learns that his building’s grading follows the criteria applied in the city, hence it is...