VIETNAM FEARLESS FORECAST 2025: BOLD GLITZ, HARD GRINDS, GAME CHANGERS
03/11/2024
Get ready for Fearless Forecast 2025: Vietnam’s Real Estate Market – Bold Glitz, Hard Grinds, Game Changers and Many Other Reality Checks. The event will take place at Vinpearl Landmark 81, Autograph Collection on Thursday, 21st November 2024 from 4 PM. This is not another glossy, feel-good outlook. This is an unvarnished look at what’s coming—delivered with the honesty and sharp insight you have come to expect from Marc Townsend, Senior Advisor of Arcadia Consulting Vietnam. Entry is complimentary, however event registration is a prerequisite.
Marc will be tackling the big themes: urbanization, regulatory pressure, investment landmines, and key opportunities—all while breaking down the hard realities that most analysts sidestep. Vietnam is bracing for a year of seismic shifts in business, economy, and culture. From political tremors and U.S. trade friction to the slow bleed of climate impacts on infrastructure, Fearless Forecast 2025 is here to dive into the opportunities—and the minefields—that await in this high-stakes market.
What can you expect? A no-holds-barred dive into future-proof strategies, game-changing tech, and fearless (not reckless) predictions. This year’s session will challenge what you think you know about Vietnam’s trajectory. From the rise of AI to artisan bakeries, microbreweries, and a national obsession with specialty gin, Marc will reveal how Vietnam’s cultural trends and economic pivots intersect in unexpected ways.
We are covering everything: Aging leaseholds reverting to government hands, tariff threats from a new U.S. administration, and why Grade B office rents are slipping as prime land soars to $25,000 per sqm. What does it mean when Hanoians fall in love with their metro, while Ho Chi Minh City stays stuck in traffic? And how do The Chainsmokers and Gumball 3000 fit into all this? We will connect the dots between lifestyle trends and hard financial realities, giving you a perspective on Vietnam that’s as complex as the market itself, to thrive where fortune favors the fearless—no matter how hard it hits.
MEET THE SPEAKER
Marc has over 30 years of experience in real estate investment and development in leading roles for Regus and CBRE in Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Manila, Phnom Penh and Hong Kong. In addition to his responsibilities at Arcadia Consulting, Marc is an advisor to Asia Green Real Estate, serves as Chairman of CBRE Cambodia, and is The Creator of Opportunities at Levitate. Marc also served as an independent non-executive director at Vingroup, and more recently with Vinpearl. Marc is a member of MRICS, holds a Bachelor in Accountancy Studies from the University of Exeter and is a graduate from the Executive Course in Real Estate Management at Harvard Business School.
ABOUT ARCADIA CONSULTING
Arcadia Consulting is a boutique real estate brokerage and advisory firm. We specialize in the marketing of exclusive local and international developments, luxury residences, investment sales brokerage, and deal sourcing. Our services enable our clients to make informed decisions about the portfolio they own, the properties they are considering investing in or the buildings they occupy. Arcadia Consulting’s diverse and deep experiences enhance the property advice we offer, empowering our clients to make the right and timely choices for their real estate. We are operating in Singapore and Vietnam.
