Even before the global financial crisis hit late in 2008, the Vietnamese government was already working to halt galloping inflation and investment due to an overheated real estate sector.

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A Real Estate Investment Trust is for small investors, although wealthy, big investors can invest in it also.

小投资者可以投资房地产投资信托基金,富人和大投资者也可以投资

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Now the interesting thing is, the green line here is the expenditure on real estate investment.

有个有趣的情况,绿线代表房地产投资支出

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Real Estate Investment Trusts became very important in three waves.

房地产投资信托基金,在经历三次发展浪潮后变得十分重要

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Wal-Mart, after the 1960 Act of Congress, would say, hey we're a real estate investment trust, we own real estate--all these stores -but that's not what the intent of this bill was.

国会通过这部法案后,沃尔玛说我也是房地产投资信托基金,我也持有房地产,所有店铺都是房地产,但这并不是这部法案的本意

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These are called REITs, Real Estate Investment Trusts.

房地产投资信托基金也简称REITs

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