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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, has developed under a strong economic growth. Its infrastructure initiative includes a light rail system (MRT) and a new international airport expansion. The city’s Thu Thuem redevelopment is deemed as the ‘West Kowloon’ or ‘Pudong’ of HCMC. With a realm of benefits, the property market has a strong prospect to further escalate, especially those in close proximity to the development of Thu Thiem.

Golden Emperor Properties hosted the New Investment Opportunities in HCMC Vietnam, Property Investment Seminar over the weekend and launched New City Thu Thiem, the latest development in HCMC’s prime location. The seminar was supported by a number of investors and many chose to invest in this vibrant, rising city of Vietnam.

Photo Above: Mr. Terence Chan, Managing Director of Golden Emperor, discusses the HCMC property market with the audience.

Photo Above: A generous number of investors from Hong Kong attended the seminar and launch of Thu Thiem New City.

America’s Cable News Network (CNN) has created a promotional video in June, ‘Destination Hanoi.’ This is the second year in a row, that CNN has created a promotional video for Hanoi to be broadcasted in Vietnam, in addition to Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North America and South Asia.

Since 2017, CNN has partnered with Hanoi’s tourism board, creating three promotional videos: ‘Heart of Vietnam,’ ‘Cradle of Heritage,’ and ‘Hanoi- History and Its People.’ ‘Heart of Vietnam’ and ‘Cradle of Heritage’ has been broadcasted last year worldwide. This year, ‘Hanoi – History and Its People’ will be broadcasted featuring the capital’s 1,000 year old history, UNESCO sites and Hanoi’s busy Old Quarter.

These 30-seconds promotional video has quite an impact on the public. According to a report by Hanoi’s tourism board, 62% of CNN’s users have watched Hanoi’s promotional videos and 43% have vivid memories of the videos and 43% of internet users remembers the promotional advertisements related.

Many who were surveyed, said Hanoi is an attractive destination and hope to be able to visit someday.

Reports show that Hanoi’s visitors have increased steadily over the few months. In just May this year, Hanoi received a total of 1.3 million visitors, a 10% increase year on year. Major attractions in Hanoi includes the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, the Temple of Literature, National Museum of Vietnamese History, Ho Chi Minh Masoleum and the Yushan Shrine of Hoan Kiem Lake.

Many clients of Golden Emperor have visited Hanoi City, in case you haven’t, the promotional videos by CNN will  be an ultimate eye opening experience of travelling in Hanoi.

The Vietnam National University, HCM City and Vietnam National University, Hanoi have been ranked in the groups 701-1,000 in the QS World University Rankings 2019.

The Vietnam National University, HCM City is in the group 701-750 and the Vietnam National University, Hanoi is in group 801-1,000.

Nguyen Huu Duc, deputy head of the Vietnam National University, Hanoi, said the World University Rankings emphasise research more than the Asia University Rankings. Hanoi National University maintained its 139th ranking and Ho Chi Minh City National University climbed five places to 142nd in the QS Asia University Rankings last year.

Universities continue to be evaluated according to six metrics of academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty-student ratio, citations per faculty, international faculty ratio and international student ratio. The highest weighting of the metrics is academic reputation which accounts for 40% of the scores, followed by citations per faculty and faculty-student ratio which account for 20% each.

This year, 4,763 universities from 151 countries were evaluated and 1,000 universities from 85 countries were selected in the final rankings based on the surveys conducted with 1,2 million scientists and Elsevier’s Scopus database.

According to Duc, the rankings proved that the teaching quality of Vietnam National University, HCM City and Vietnam National University, Hanoi is reaching up to international standards and widely recognised with more publications and citations.

He went on to say that during a conference about how to build outstanding universities with perspective from Russia and emerging countries held in Moscow in May, many educators had agreed that the potential of a nation was measured by the number of excellent universities, not its military.

“The results show that the government’s education reform is a right step. The authorities should invest more into universities with potential so that more universities will get into top 1,000 and even in the top 200,” Duc said.

Source: dtinews.vn

Vietnam Prime Minister, Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed gratitude towards his visit to Canada and the G7 Summit, applauding significant contribution to the Summit along 7 of the most developed economies in the world including USA, Japan, Germany, UK, France, Italy and Canada.

This is the second time Prime Minster Nguyen Xuan Phuc has led Vietnam to attend the G7 Summit, but the first Vietnam has attended independently. In the 2018 G7 Summit, Vietnam remains the only Southeast Asia country to attend, marking a significant diplomatic tie to Canada and Vietnam’s position as a leading economy internationally.

Prime Minister Nguyen proposed the importance that international partnerships remain crucial in facing climate changes and global warming and suggested that countries participating in the G7 Summit should further collaborate to minimize issues, including reducing plastic debris dumped into the ocean to prevent further pollution.

To Deepen Partnerships and Ties

Canada’s Prime Minster Justin Trudeau said Vietnam is Canada’s most important partner in the ASEAN region. He praised Vietnam’s role and position in the international platform and Prime Minster Nguyuen’s and his fellow delegations at the summit. Prime Minister Trudeau thanked Vietnam’s initiatives in environmental protection from climate change in order to develop fisheries sustainability and protect the marine environment.

Both leaders turned to agreement for developing partnerships in politics – diplomacy, investment and development, national defense and security, education and training, employment, scientific technology, culture promotion, and exchange between the two countries.

PM Nguyen Welcomes Investments from Canada

During the visit to Canada and G7 Summit, Prime Minister Nguyen participated in the Vietnam-Canada corporate seminar to speak in regards to attracting foreign investments and employment and training. Prime Minister Nguyen suggested that partnerships and investments between the two countries will continue to flourish under the CPTPP agreement and both prime ministers expect to open up to more bilateral opportunities for the trade market.

Canada now ranks 14th among 112 nations and territories investing in Vietnam, with 149 projects worth a total of US$4.1 billion. It is also one of the leading official development assistance (ODA) providers for Vietnam, with over 800 million CAD (US$618 million) allocated to Vietnam since 1990. Canada’s ODA is focused on helping Vietnam enhance its capacity to better respond to non-traditional security challenges, including climate change, environmental issues, sustainable development, and new-style rural development.

Source: Vietnam +, Voice of Vietnam

Golden Emperor Properties undergoes a strict process in choosing partnerships with the most established and acclaimed property developers worldwide. Our global partners are renowned for their high quality work and are often acknowledge in their field of expertise. The PropertyGuru Vietnam Property Awards 2018 nomination list shortlisted Golden Emperor’s major partners in Vietnam including CapitaLand Vietnam, Gamuda Land and SonKim Land. Past launches of our partners’ projects in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City consistently outperformed and were highly demanded by investors in Hong Kong, selling out the quickest on the market.

PropertyGuru Vietnam Property Awards will take place on June 22nd, 2018 at the InterContinental Saigon Hotel. The winners of ‘Best Developer,’ ‘CARE Special Recognition for Positive Construction Practices,’ ‘Best Condo Development (Vietnam),’ and ‘Best Housing Development (Vietnam),’ will be revealed at the award gala dinner next week.

Although a number of winners will not be revealed until next week, CapitaLand Vietnam leads on the list with a total of 16 nominations, taking 5 of the 7 citations as the most-nominated developer under the categories: ‘Special Recognition in CSR,’ ‘Special Recognition in Sustainable Development,’ ‘Special Recognition for Design and Construction,’ ‘Special Recognition for Building Communities,’ and ‘Special Recognition for Customer Care.’ CapitaLand’s property projects, De La Sol, D’Edge and D2eight in Ho Chi Minh City are nominated under several categories in the Development Awards section. De La Sol leads the shortlist as it is nominated in 4 categories: ‘Best High End Condo Development,’ ‘Best High End Condo Architectural Design,’ and ‘Best High End Condo Landscape Architectural Design.’ The launch event of De La Sol and D’Edge hosted by Golden Emperor Properties received a generous amount of support from investors in Hong Kong and units quickly sold out.

Photo Above: De La Sol, receives a leading number of 4 nominations in 2 design award categories with its outstanding architectural and landscape design.

Photo Above: Golden Emperor hosted the ‘Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City Property Investment Seminar’ and the launch of De La Sol, which received an overwhelming support from investors in Hong Kong.

Photo Above: Gamuda Land, one of Golden Emperor’s major partner, specializes in township developments and community projects.

Gamuda Land, a listed Malaysian developer, remains to be Golden Emperor’s major partner and is additionally, this year’s PropertyGuru Property Awards top shortlister. Gamuda Land is listed under Developers Awards, Development Awards and Design Awards as the 3rd best performing developer this year with a a total of 8 nominations.

On the other hand, renowned Vietnamese developer, SonKim Land received a number of awards with its luxury residential project, Serenity Sky Villa in Ho Chi Minh City, besides its nomination under the ‘Best Boutique Developer’ category. Serenity Sky Villa is the first and only residential project of its kind in Vietnam with a unique architectural design and concept as elevated villas. This affluent residential project is nominated under the following categories: ‘Best Luxury Condo Development (Ho Chi Minh City),’ ‘Best Luxury Condo Architectural Design,’ and Best Condo Interior Design.’ Investors from Hong Kong and overseas showed high interest in the project both as an investment and for self use, resulting in a highly successful launch event.

Photo Above: SonKim Land’s Serenity Sky Villa, a luxury residential project, is nominated across a number of categories.