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The latest Hong Kong rich list has been published by Forbes Asia. The top forty of Hong Kong's richest people are all US dollar billionaires too. In fact, the combined net worth of Hong Kong's super rich is a net worth of US$167 billion.

Vietnam is attracting more overseas investors. In a survey by the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate, Vietnam was ranked the fourth highest emerging global real estate market in the world.

The Gandhi house, named Satyagraha House and owned by Voyageurs de Monde Group, will be rennovated into a Gandhi memorial. It is now officially registered as part of South African national heritage.

The former home of Mahatma Gandhi is for sale and Coal India Limited, an Indian state controlled company, are trying to buy the South African property. It's their second attempt to do so.

News has just been released that Thai property developer, Amari Estates Company, has won the lease management contract for Herathera Island Resort in the south Maldives.

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce has issued a statement indicating that China will tighten its restrictions on foreign real estate investment.

Redevelopment of Battersea Power Station, the iconic and grade two listed building, has been approved by London mayor, Boris Johnson.

As European and US economies continue to suffer from the economic downturn; consumers in the West have been cautious and the retail market slower than usual this Christmas.

Currently, more than seventy percent of Vietnam’s tourists visit te country's coastal provinces but, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), the country has failed to tap into this lucrative market.

Accor, the world's leading hotel manager and market leader in Europe, have set an ambitious goal of operating thirty additional hotels in Vietnam by 2013.