Students of English at the HCMC Open University will perform dramas in English adapted from American literary works at the HCMC Drama Theater in downtown HCMC on December 9, 15, 16 and 23.

 Veteran Bollywood actor and producer Shashi Kapoor has died aged 79. Kapoor, who acted in huge hits like Deewar and Kabhie Kabhie, had been ill for some time and was in hospital.

 Artists from the central city of Da Nang will display 60 of their paintings, sculptures, and lacquer, oil and canvas, and water colour paintings in an exhibition at the city’s Fine Arts Museum from December 6-12.

 Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes north of Los Angeles as a fast-moving wildfire rips through the area.

 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has described high-level meetings between army leaders of Vietnam and the EU as an important channel to increase their mutual understanding.

 Vietnamese lifter Le Van Cong on December 4 made a new world’s record in the men’s 49kg at the ongoing World Para Weightlifting Championships 2017 in Mexico City.

 Numerous financial institutions such as Eximbank, Vietbank, CB Bank, Oceanbank, and GP Bank have failed in scraping away their million-dollar accumulated losses despite their ever-growing profitability over the past first three quarters of 2017.

 Ambassador of New Zealand to Vietnam Wendy Matthews on December 4 inspected the English training course provided by New Zealand for staff of Vietnam’s level-2 field hospital No.1 at the Military Hospital 175 in Hanoi.

“The unique colours of Khmer culture are part of the rich variety among the 54 nationalities who live in Vietnam,” Dang Hung, head of the Bac Lieu Province’s Union of Associations for Literature and Arts,

Large companies considered leaders in their fields are being sought after by buyers, mostly from Asia.

 Dieu Thuy left Ho Chi Minh City for China on December 3 to vie for the title of Miss Tourism Queen of the Year International 2017.

Vu Binh Minh has been triumphantly crowned Miss Vietnam Global Business 2017 in the grand finale of the pageant in Taiwan.

 Erato School of Music and Performing Arts will present a movie’s music concert at the French culture centre L’Espace on December 7.

Hanoi authorities have handed down disciplinary measures to 51 government officials and civil servants working at the Department of Construction or took part in construction management in the locality since 2014,

 Vietnam claimed high prizes at the Seoul International Invention Fair 2017 (SIIF 2017) held in the Republic of Korea (RoK) from November 30 to December 3.

 The Dong Giao farm in the northern province of Ninh Binh is famous for vast pineapple fields that create a colourful picture.

 Miss Earth Vietnam 2017 Ha Thu will serve as a jury member in the final night of Miss Tourism Ambassador World 2017 scheduled for December 10 in the Philippines.

Vietnamese actress Khanh My was in attendance for the 1st China-Asean International Micro Film Festival in Guangxi.

 Windmill cake shop in Da Lat and Nguyen Hue pedestrian street in HCM City, to name a few, are popular check-in places for young travellers in 2017.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The 15th Hanoi People’s Council opened its fifth session yesterday, in which the council said Hanoi needed to strengthen urban order and strictly handle violations of construction regulations.