VietNamNet Bridge – Having private aircraft, possessing
islands, traveling in a Rolls & Royce, owning yachts and attracting the
media like the portraits of the showbiz world – this is the common portrait of
the Vietnamese millionaires.
The villas in West Lake area
Hanoi is the city which has the
highest land price in the world, comparable with that in Tokyo, Hong Kong or
Paris. Meanwhile, the land price in the West Lake area is considered the most
expensive in Hanoi, which is called the golden land.
Leon Lai, a Hong Kong’s actor,
could buy a villa with an area of 1000 square meters in Ruby Hill – San Francisco,
with swimming pool and golf course, at five million US dollars.
However, he would not be able to
buy a land plot with the same area in Hanoi with the same sum of money. A real
estate expert said that the land plots in the area are priced at no less than
40,000 square meters. However, even if accepting the sky high prices, one would
still not be able to buy a land plot here, because of no seller.
As such, if Leon Lai wants to
live in the West Lake area in Vietnam, with five million dollars, he can only
buy a house with the area of 125 square meters.
In the West Lake area, there are
the villas with hundreds of square meters in area, which have the sky high and
logically enigmatic prices.
There is also a golden land area
in HCM City – the Dong Khoi area in district 1. However, the land plots here
have been reserved to do business, not for accommodation. Therefore, the West
Lake area is considered the most wonderful area for people to live.
Hollywood’s stars like Tom
Cruise, Taylor Swift and Mariah Carey are living in the villas worth 2.6-30
million dollars. However, if they want to live on the golden land in Vietnam,
they would have to pay much higher for the same area of accommodations.
Private aircraft, yachts and luxurious cars
Doan Nguyen Duc, Chair of the
Hoang Anh Gia Lai was recognized as the first Vietnamese person who owns a
private airline, after he bought a Beechcraft King Air 350 in 2008 at 7 million
dollars.
In fact, in Vietnam, there are
many people rich enough to buy private aircrafts. Just two years later, local
newspapers reported that Tran Dinh Long, Chair of the Hoa Phat group bought an
aircraft at 5 million dollars.
In 2009, Diem My, a well-known
actress in Vietnam, said on local newspapers that her husband was possessing a
2 million dollar yacht.
In fact, a lot of businessmen
have luxurious yachts, including Dao Hong Tuyen, who is called the “King of the
Tuan Chau Island”.
Meanwhile, nearly all the most
luxurious car models have been present in Vietnam, from Bugatti Veyron, Ferrari
599 Fiorano GTB to Lamborghini Aventador, from Rolls-Royce Phantom Year of the
Dragon, Maybach 62S, Audi R8 to Aston Martin Vanquish.
The rich people whisper in each
other’s’ ears that the remaining luxurious models with Koenigsegg or Pagani
have not been present in Vietnam not because Vietnamese millionaires cannot
afford them, but because they do not fit the taste of the rich people.
Only very rich people can possess
luxurious cars in Vietnam. They not only have to pay high for the luxurious
cars, which would be much more expensive in Vietnam than in the manufacturers’
countries because of the high tax, but also pay high to run the cars.
Analysts believe that in Vietnam,
the expenses to run a car is triple that in other countries in the world. A Bugatti
Vevron, which is sold at one million dollars in the US, would be priced at 3
million dollars in Vietnam, or 60 billion dong.
VTC
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