By Dung Nguyen/Saigontimes

Real estate credit under control
PolicyOutstanding loans for the real estate sector grew by 8.8% last year, below the banking sector’s credit growth of 13.7%, said Nguyen Quoc Hung, director of the Credit Department of the State Bank of Vietnam.

Property firms outpace banks in bond issuance
InvestmentReal estate enterprises outpaced banks to issue the largest volume of corporate bonds last month, according to a newly released report by SSI Securities Corporation.