The three-day Tân Lộc Fruit Garden Festival kicked off in Cần Thơ City’s Thốt Nốt District on Sunday.

After a five-year break Miss Teen Việt Nam will return, featuring Việt Nam’s talented and beautiful teenagers. 

ScreenX technology has been launched recently and Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge is expected to be the first film shown via this technology in Việt Nam.

Jack Sparrow is back. The wry and wicked freebooter helped the latest Pirates of the Caribbean film sail to a first place opening weekend on North American screens, with a solid US$62.2 million take, according to industry estimates.

Swedish satire The Square, a send-up of political correctness and the confused identity of the modern male, won the Palme d’Or top prize at the Cannes film festival on Sunday.

Nicotine is the chemical in tobacco that makes you want to smoking, and can be as addictive as cocaine. It increases the release of brain chemicals called neurotransmitters, which help regulate mood and behaviour. One of these neurotransmitters is dopamine, which makes you feel good. Getting that dopamine boost is part of the addiction process.

Female theatre director Trịnh Kim Chi of HCM City’s private drama troupe, TKC, believes that musical dramas created for children will dominate the market this summer. 

A series of Vietnamese books that debuted this week to celebrate Children’s Day on June 1 are now available in bookstores around the country.

The Việt Nam Youth Federation (VYF) in co-operation with its partners has launched a national campaign to mark the 70^th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day on July 27 in HCM City.