Property Crisis Pressures Vietnam to Act Before It’s Too Late

(Bloomberg) — Time is running short for Vietnam to prevent a worsening property-sector credit crunch from derailing one of the world’s fastest economic expansions. With about $4.6 billion of property developer notes tracked by Vietnam’s bond association coming due next year, firms will struggle to meet obligations without government support, according to local real estate […]

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West Kootenay landowner seeks fair land-use compensation from power companies

A West Kootenay property owner is seeking fair compensation for landowners across the province. Pend d’Oreille resident Jim Urquhart is putting out the call to BC landowners who have electrical transmission line right-of-ways on their private property, to come together and discuss what the government and civil society have determined constitutes fair, owed land-use compensation. […]

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