Vietnam's foreign direct investment rose 9.6% year over year to about $9.75 billion in the first five months of 2026, the National Statistics Office reported Wednesday.
FDI grew from $7.40 billion in the first four months and exceeded analysts' forecast of $9.1 billion, according to Trading Economics data.
Total registered foreign investment in the country as of the end of May increased 35% year over year to $24.8 billion.
The national average asking price for property in New Zealand remained nearly flat in May, down just 0.2% year over year to NZ$862,518, realestate.co.nz said in a Wednesday report.The Central Otago/Lakes District set a new 18-year average asking price record of NZ$1.7 million, an over 20% increase from May 2025.The surge in prices was driven primarily by the Queenstown and Wanaka districts, where average asking prices reached NZ$2 million and NZ$1.7 million, respectively, in May."Lifestyle, landscape, and liveability have become serious price drivers," realestate.co.nz spokesperson Vanessa Williams noted.Taranaki recorded the greatest decline in the average asking price, dropping 9.7% year over year to NZ$678,359.New Zealand saw 9,521 new listings nationally in the month, a 0.3% annual increase and the highest level for May since 2018, while stock levels rose 5% to 36,130 from 34,415 in May 2025.Coromandel saw a more than 48% annual increase in new listings, while Wairarapa saw new listings fall past 11% over the same period, per the report.
Seven Elements Investment (HKG:1660) named Ip Yik Nam, as its chief compliance officer effective Tuesday, according to a same-day Hong Kong bourse filing.Shares of the property firm were up nearly 4% in Wednesday afternoon trading.Ip has been an independent non-executive director of Thelloy Development Group (HKG:1546) since April 10.
Eastech (TPE:5225) booked operating revenue of NT$893 million for May, up 11.8% year on year from NT$798.8 million, according to a Tuesday Taiwan Exchange filing.Shares jumped about 10% in Wednesday's late morning trade.However, cumulative revenue for the first five months of 2026 fell 8.6% year on year to NT$4.05 billion, compared with NT$4.43 billion a year earlier.