Social News 30/7

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Wildlife art exhibition “Wings of the Wild”

The journey of two Vietnamese-born photography artists through their adventures all over the wilderness world for the first time is being exhibited at the Hanoi Creative City, 1 Luong Yen Street, Hanoi from August 4-7.

Exhibition “Reality through the Eyes”

The exhibition “Reality through the Eyes” by artist Nguyen Dinh Duy Quyen will open on August 5-9 at the Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts, 66 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Hanoi.

Concert “Northern Lights”

Saigon Classical Music Group is honored to present the “Northern Lights” concert on August 6th at the Southern Women’s Museum, No. 202 Vo Thi Sau Street, District 3, HCM City.

Livin’ Tour 2016 with Cá Hồi Hoang (Wild Salmon) band

“Livin’ Tour 2016” with music band "Cá Hồi Hoang" (Wild Salmon) will be organized in Hanoi at 8pm, on August 7th at Rec Room, 20th floor, Hanoi Creative City, 1 Luong yen Street.

Roundtable Discussion “Adventure of the Ego in Vietnamese Contemporary Literature”

Roundtable Discussion “Adventure of the Ego in Vietnamese Contemporary Literature”, August 9, Hanoi

Vietnam Connection Music Festival 2016 on August 13-14, Hanoi

Let's come to the Vietnam Connection Music Festival 2016 at the Vietnam National Academy of Music, 77 Hao Nam Str., Dong Da District, Hanoi this August.

Vietnam aims to require business executives to publicly declare assets

Like state high-ranking officials, leaders and managers of credit institutions, investment funds and non-state public companies will have their assets controlled once the amended Anti-corruption Law takes effect.

Realty firms criticize list of property projects in debt

 Many property firms have dismissed as inaccurate the HCMC Department of Natural Resources and Environment’s list of 77 half-done real estate projects in which developers or buyers have used their properties as collateral for bank loans.

Former footballer Ha Bon and his collection of football souvenirs

 VietNamNet Bridge – Former football star Ha Bon diligently seeks souvenirs of Vietnamese and world football despite being almost 80 years old. In his small house in Nui Truc Street in Hanoi, which is popularly called ‘the football museum’,

Vietnamese woman has 32kg ovarian tumor

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Can Tho Oncology Hospital has removed an ovarian tumor weighing 32 kg for a woman from the southern province of Hau Giang.

Aviation security tightened following cyber-attacks at airports

 Airports across Vietnam have been ordered to tighten aviation security following cyber-attacks at Tan Son Nhat and Noi Bai international airports in the afternoon of July 29.

14th NA’s first session focuses personnel work

 The first session of the 14th National Assembly (NA), which wrapped up on July 29, is a success, fulfilling all set tasks relating to key personnel posts and decisions on other important issues.

Xeo Quyt – an attractive historical and ecological site

 VietNamNet Bridge – As a former wetland in Cao Lanh District, Dong Thap Province in the Mekong Delta, Xeo Quyt was a revolutionary base in 1960-1975 during the Vietnam War (1955-1975).

Key role for enterprises in university education

 Much has been said and written about the quality of Vietnam’s university graduates.

Dada 100th anniversary to be celebrated

To celebrate a century of Dada, an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century, Ha Noi Doclab will bring a performance of video in the background to semi-improvised music, entitled Dada Live,

Mobile app ads overtake mobile web in Vietnam

 In-app advertising has been overtaking the mobile web channel in Vietnam, with the click-through rate on apps found to be 1.5 times as high as the mobile web click-through rate.

Damming menaces water security in Mekong Delta

Experts have described increasing damming in the Mekong River in China, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia as a major threat to water security in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, calling on the Government to take prompt measures to deal with the situation.

Hanoi ideal: green and civilised

VietNamNet Bridge – Architect Tran Ngoc Chinh, Chairman of Viet Nam Urban Planning and Development, spoke to the newspaper Kinh Te & Do thi about the need for tough policies in urban planning and management.

10 interesting facts about Da Lat

 VietNamNet Bridge – Da Lat is not only a renowned tourist-resort city of Vietnam but also famous for  unusual and interesting sites.

HCM City seeks foreign capital for cash-hungry startups

HCMC is looking for funding from international organizations to support local startups in a bid to achieve the target of having 500,000 enterprises by 2020, an official said on July 27.

Hanoi to host photo exhibition on nature

 VietNamNet Bridge – Eight photographers will showcase their best work at an upcoming Ha Noi Book Centre exhibition at No 4 Dinh Le Street, Hoan Kiem District.

Patients need hearty care, not lame apologies

VietNamNet Bridge – A joke about a customer going to a tattoo shop to get tattoos all over her body to clarify the various body parts has gone viral after a series of medical errors involving wrong-site surgeries have recently occurred in Viet Nam.

PetroVietnam bio-fuel plant closes

The Dung Quat Bio Ethanol Plant owned by the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) has ceased operations after racking up debts with three local banks.

Muong Thanh group opens first five-star hotel abroad

Muong Thanh Group on July 29 inaugurated the five-star Muong Thanh Luxury Vientiane Hotel in Laos’s capital of Vientiane, marking a new progress in the firm’s ambition to become the largest hotel chain developer in Indochina.