Vietnam’s equity market witnessed a robust earnings rebound in the first quarter of 2025, as nearly a thousand listed companies disclosed financial results showing widespread improvement across sectors.

Real estate enterprises are facing significant debt maturities of nearly 59 trillion VND (2.3 billion USD) and a rapidly rising delinquency rate in the sector.

The value of corporate bonds issued in October was 9.5 trillion VND (409 million USD), down 12.8 percent from September, according to the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX).

Cutting costs and restructuring products are what many real estate firms are doing to deal with difficulties caused by COVID-19.

More and more domestic real estate firms have begun to seek investment opportunities in global markets, according to Savills Vietnam.

Real estate firms were the major corporate bond issuers in the market in January, according to updates from SSI Securities Corporation.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has instructed local banks to better control risks in corporate bond investment, especially bonds of real estate firms.

Bond issuance is becoming an ideal channel for real estate firms to raise capital as credit policies for property development are gradually being tightened, experts said.

The HCM Real Estate Association (HoREA) has suggested the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) extend the application of regulations on banks’ maximum ratio of short-term funds used for medium- and long-term loans until the end of 2020.

With great strengths in many fields, the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh has become an attractive investment desitnation for domestic and international real estate firms.

The number of newly-established real estate firms recorded an increase of 78.7 percent in the first ten months of 2015 compared to the same period last year.