Vietnam Invites Foreign Investment for its Real Estate Market

Currently demand overrides supply in the Vietnamese real estate market. There is a shortage of office space, middle income residential properties and grade A hotels. Given recent market conditions such as inflation and lack of funding local developers are finding it hard complete their projects while owners are finding it difficult to sell their properties.

The real estate market is seeking foreign investment now more than ever. Due to high interest rates and expensive local lending options Vietnamese developers are eager to for foreign investment. All the while global investors and speculators are taking advantage of the lucrative opportunities in the real estate market. For example developers such as Keppel Land, Banyan Tree and Oak Tree are currently building multimillion dollar projects around Vietnam.

Vietnam Real Estate 2008 is IQPC’s third conference in the Alternative Investments Vietnam series. This series was previously attended by companies such as Vina Capital, DBS Bank, BVIM, Dragon Capital, Deutsche Bank, Ernst & Young, Manulife, Deloitte & Touche, Goldman Sachs, and Indochina Capital. Vietnam Real Estate 2008 will attract both local and global fund managers, institutional investors, property developers, real estate trusts, investment bankers and property consultants. The conference will provide a platform for local developers, foreign investors, and regulators to strategize on how to optimally receive foreign investment.

Download our full agenda now to review this must attend event.

“Most Vietnam-based property funds say they intend to tie up with other players, including local and foreign property developers, to complete large projects.” Financial Times Vietnam’s property market still offers returns for investors even as prices have fallen by as much as 40 percent this year… Thanhnien News

Our experts include:

Adam McCarty, Chief Economist, Mekong Economics Ltd Dr. Do Thi Loan, Secretary General, Ho Chi Minh City Real Estate Association (HoREA) Peter R. Ryder, Chief Executive Officer, Indochina Capital & Indochina Land Christopher A. Muessel, Partner, Duane Morris Vietnam Le Dinh Buu Tri, Director of the Southern Branch, State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) Phùng Chu Cường, Deputy General Director, Phu Long Real Estate Corporation M SaJid Bodhy, Vice President, Head of Real Estate, HSBC Vietnam Bradley C. Lalonde, General Director, BIDV – Vietnam Partners Investment Management Joint Venture, Company (BVIM) Rakesh Patnaik, Head Real Estate Investment Funds, Global Investment House Luc Metivier, Partner, INDOCHINA LEGAL- Law Firm Todd Riikonen Gelinas, Managing Partner, Pacific Capital Advisors Ivan Ossa, Director, Meritum Group Fred Burke, Managing Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Vietnam Offices

David Fitzgerald, Partner - Tax and Legal Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers Vietnam Toby Dodd, MRICS, General Manager, Vietnam, Cushman & Wakefield Brett Ashton, Managing Director, Savills Vietnam David Blackhall, Deputy Managing Director, VinaCapital Real Estate Kelvin Ng, CEO Senior Accredited Mall Manager, Synergistic Real Estate Stephen O’Grady, Managing Director, Vina Capital Hospitality Milton Lawson, Managing Lawyer, HCMC Office, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Tran Quyet Thang, Chairman, REFICO Christian Schaefer, Senior Associate, Lovells LLP Marc Townsend, Managing Director, CB Richard Ellis Vietnam Truong Trong Nghia, President, Ho Chi Minh City Government's Investment & Trade Promotion Center (ITPC) Mark Fraser, Managing Partner, Frasers Law Company Nguyen Thi Cam Van, Head of Planning Division, Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam Nguyen Quoc Tuan, Partner, INDOCHINA LEGAL- Law Firm

Inquire further through workshops catered to your needs:

• “Understand real estate taxation in Vietnam” by David Fitzgerald, Partner - Tax and legal services, PricewaterhouseCoopers Vietnam
• “Master the technicalities of establishing real estate joint ventures during market entry” by Luc Metivier, Partner & Nguyen Quoc Tuan, Partner, INDOCHINA LEGAL- Law Firm
• “Exploring financing options for real estate investments” by M SaJid Bodhy Vice President, Head of Real Estate HSBC Vietnam
• “Examine hospitality real estate in Vietnam”

To see full details of the workshops, please download our agenda

If you are not yet ready to register, feel free to request a reminder nearer the time.

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