VietNamNet Bridge – The people in the southwestern region of Vietnam build their houses with simple and available materials like cajuput and coconut leaves, which are suited to their floating way of life. Floating houses in Chau Doc, An Giang province, with fish cages underneath. Stilt houses in flooded areas in An Giang and Dong Thap. The entrance to the house is a monkey bridge. Floating houses on the Tien River. A rural house with tree fences. A house with a front altar. A three-compartment house in the Mekong Delta. A leaf-roofed house. A house with tin roof, leaf walls and wooden door. Stilt-houses for those who live in the flooded area. A stilt house with hundreds of poles. Houses in the flood season in An Giang. An old farmer in Dong Thap is cleaning the indoor altar. A water jar in the front yard. A young girl in a bamboo house. A 100-year-old market house in Can Tho. Binh Thuy ancient house in Can Tho. The house of the Bac Lieu.Dude. Thu Ly … [Read more...] about Special houses in southwestern Vietnam
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Hanoi to build 11 million square meters of housing area in 2018
The Hanoitimes - The Capital city targets to construct roughly 11 million square meters of housing area this year, according to the city’s Department of Construction. Among the total, 430,000 square meters will be social housing projects and 348,000 square meters will come from resettlement projects, while the rest will be commercial housing projects. The municipal department said it would initiate measures to remove obstacles and promote the development of the real estate market. It will also strive to create conditions for developers to diversify products as well as adjust the planning of scales of housing projects to meet the market demand. Hanoi will build 348,000 square meters of resettlement housing areas this year Nguyen Chi Dung, Deputy Director of the city’s Department of Construction, said Hanoi built more than 11 million square meters of housing area in 2017, of which 60,688 square meters were social housing projects, 164,640 square meters … [Read more...] about Hanoi to build 11 million square meters of housing area in 2018
Sustainable Housing & Urban Development Discussed
According to Cisco, technological companies in the S+CC development network are working with foreign governments to build smart and connected cities according to Songdo Incheon (Republic of Korea), Shanghai (China), Florida, New York (the US), Shah Alam (Malaysia). In Vietnam, the city of Da Nang and the M&C Corporation are pioneering in building this model. The bloom of skyscrapers and migration trend from rural areas to urban areas are challenging Vietnam regarding sustainable housing and urban development. Real estate specialists, consulting and urban planning companies, investors and managers discussed this issue in a seminar entitled 'Smart and connected - new trend in housing and urban development" which was jointly held by the Ministry of Construction, the Ministry of Information and Communication, and Cisco Company in Hanoi on July 6-8. Nguyen Tran Nam, the Deputy Minister of Construction, estimated that by 2040, urbanization rate in Vietnam will reach 50 percent. Total … [Read more...] about Sustainable Housing & Urban Development Discussed
Focusing on developing social housing and warming the real estate market in 2013
(CPV) - On the threshold of the lunar New Year 2013, Comrade Trinh Dinh Dung, Party Central Committee member and Minister of Construction, responded to the Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper regarding essential socio-economic issues, especially those related to social housing and solving burdens on real estate. * Developing social housing is an ordinance Reporter: Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung issued Decision 2127 approving the national housing strategy until 2020, with a vision to 2030, a year ago. But within the last year, people have not seen positive results from the implementation of the strategy, could you talk about the difficulties during implementation? Minister Trinh Dinh Dung: The strategy introduced goals and solutions for the next 10 and 20 year periods. For this work, in just one year, people couldn't be expected to see immediate results. Aiming to realize the goals of the strategy, it is necessary to have scientific and logical implementation of authority at … [Read more...] about Focusing on developing social housing and warming the real estate market in 2013
Ministry mulls incentives for developing low-income housing
The Ministry of Construction has submitted to the government a list of sweeteners, including tax breaks it wants to offer property developers to invest in low-income housing. The proposal it sent on January 15 envisages repealing land use/lease charges for developers investing in public housing and allowing them to build 50 percent more on a square meter of land. Vietnam does not technically allow land ownership but grants land-use rights, which confer the same rights as freehold property. The proposal also seeks to scrap value-added tax on low-income housing and lower corporate income tax for developers to 10 percent. From January 1 this year, the corporate tax is 25 percent, down from 28 percent earlier. But in return, the proposal requires new urban areas and commercial housing projects on five hectares or more to set aside at least 10 percent of the constructed area for low-cost housing. The ministry also sought approval to allow it, the Ministry of Finance, and other … [Read more...] about Ministry mulls incentives for developing low-income housing