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Year-end party with Gangnam Style in HCMC’s highest skyscraper

Thursday, December 20, 2012, 15:28 GMT+7

A party to say goodbye to the old year and countdown to the new year 2013 will take place at the Saigon Sky Deck in the Ho Chi Minh City’s highest skyscraper Bitexco on the New Year Eve.

The event will offer diners good food, beverage and music, especially the global fever PSY’s Gangnam Style. Attendants will also receive a postcard of Saigon SkyDeck as well as a chance to enjoy fireworks performance from the height of 178 meters.

The party will take place at Bitexco Financial Tower’s 49th Floor at 36 Ho Tung Mau in District 1.

Tickets costing VND699,000 (US$33.54) for adults and VND449,000 for children (height below 1.3m) are now available at the venue.

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