Most foreign assignees in Hanoi choose to rent furnished apartments in districts formerly held by the French. These neighbourhoods are accessible from international schools, establishments and business areas.

If you are a foreigner looking for a house, apartment to stay in Hanoi you will have a question of how to find a good apartment at a reasonable price. This post will give you some tips in order to help you save time and money while looking for a home that best suit you.

A survey by Gialong news newspaper found a number of such serviced apartments available in places such as Hoan Kiem, Ba Dinh, Hai Ba Trung and Tay Ho district with monthly rents of US$300-500. A 40sq.m apartment on Hai Ba Trung Street in Hoan Kiem District with a kitchen and washing machine, refrigerator and wifi costs $450. For shorter terms, they cost up to VNĐ900,000 ($38) per day.

Things to ask real estate brokers before buying a house.Buying a house through a broker is the option that many people choose in order to save time, effort and close transactions more effectively. However, customers should not entrust the broker completely but should actively participate in the buying process. Buying a house through a broker is the option many people choose in order to save time, effort and close transactions more effectively.

The recent National Assembly session passed the Law on Enterprise, Law on Investment, Law on Residential Housing and Law on Real Estate Business. These new laws contain provisions which help to create a more transparent, consistent and conducive legal environment for domestic and foreign real estate investors alike.

The construction ministry will focus on housing development this year, especially social housing projects, said Minister Trinh Dinh Dung at a meeting yesterday.

Experts at foreign property consulting firms expect the property market in Ha Noi to rebound strongly this year, owing to robust sales of apartments during the last quarter of 2014.

The housing market in this southern city performed strongly during the fourth quarter of last year, according to a Savills Viet Nam report released on January 8.