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Top architects, property developers receive awards

BCI Asia gave away the BCI Asia Top 10 Awards for Vietnamese architectural firms and property developers at a ceremony in HCM City on May 22.
BCI Asia gave away the BCI Asia Top 10 Awards for Vietnamesearchitectural firms and property developers at a ceremony in HCM City onMay 22.

The portfolios of the architecture firms contain 3.45billion USD worth of properties construction of which is scheduled tostart this year, while the portfolios of the top developers were worthclose to 1 billion USD.

The BCI Asia Top 10 Developers Award for2015 were given to BIM Group, Dat Xanh Real Estate Service andConstruction Joint Stock Company, Him Lam Corporation, Hung Thinh RealEstate Business Investment Corporation, Keppel Land Vietnam, NovalandInvestment Group Corporation, Phu My Hung Development Corporation, ThaoDien Investment Joint Stock Company, Van Phu Invest Joint Stock Company,and Vingroup Joint Stock Company.

The BCI Asia Awards areannually given to companies in seven Asian jurisdictions — Hong Kong(China), Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, andVietnam.

They are aimed at encouraging socially-responsiblearchitecture and serve as a platform for domestic and internationalnetworking by elite architecture firms, property developers,manufacturers, and service providers.-VNA
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