Events in Vietnam's major cities in August. Daily updated

“Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.” — Francis Chan

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

 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.

 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’,

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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).

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

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,

 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.

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.

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.

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.