Vietnam included in Asia Property Awards

The Asia Property Awards will include Vietnam from this year, helping showcase the country's best properties on the regional stage.
The Asia Property Awards will include Vietnam from this year, helpingshowcase the country's best properties on the regional stage.

Startedin Thailand in 2006 by Ensign Media, the publisher of Property Reportmagazine, the awards honoured consultants, architects and designers inSingapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, and China until last year, and hasbeen expanded this year to include Myanmar and Indonesia besidesVietnam.

The 2015 Vietnam Property Awards were opento nominations from the real estate industry and general public, TerryBlackburn, CEO of Ensign Media, said.

Entries willclose on March 27 and the final winners will be honoured at a galadinner in Ho Chi Minh City on June 25, he said.

In all 32 awardswill be given away to the most exceptional projects, designers anddevelopers covering residential, commercial, office, hospitality, villa,and green development.

Special recognition will also be given to the company exhibiting excellence in corporate social responsibility.

Winners will go on to compete in the grand finale in Singapore in October.

All award categories will be assessed and judged under the supervisionof BDO International, one of the world's largest accountancy networks,Blackburn said.

After remaining frozen for a few years, Vietnam's real estate market has bounced back strongly this year, he added.-VNA

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