The Phương Nam Arts Theatre will collaborate with the Happy Dream Circus Japan to dazzle HCM City with a special circus programme beginning this Friday (December 23).

Twenty-eight-year-old backpacker Hoàng Lê Giang will be the first Vietnamese person to join a 300km winter adventure to the Artic circle next April hosted by the Fjällräven Polar website.

A book collection on the HCM City’s revolutionary literature was released on Monday in HCM City, after five years of work involved by a staff from prestigiou research centres and associations. 

The HCM City Tourism Association on December 20 kicked off the 2017 domestic tourism promotion programme with discounts of up to 70 per cent on package tours.

Famous actress Nguyễn Minh Trang left Việt Nam in 1998 to live in Singapore with her husband. She recently returned to Việt Nam to take part in a soap opera entitled Chiều Ngang Qua Phố Cũ (Walking on old street in the afternoon) produced by the Việt Nam Television Film Centre.

French screen legend Michele Morgan, who starred in some 70 movies and took home the best actress prize at the first-ever Cannes film festival, died on Tuesday, aged 96, her family said.

Rap legend Tupac Shakur and grunge rockers Pearl Jam earned spots Tuesday in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as perpetual nominee Nile Rodgers finally won recognition — in a side category.

The Temple of Literature recently hosted the 400th birthday anniversary of a famous Vietnamese historical and cultural figure, Nguyễn Mậu Tài.

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