Đi tìm ẩn số

Country: Vietnam

The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This is a Vietnamese version of the game show Deal or No Deal. Contestants pick briefcases and try to win the top prize. The show ran for many years on HTV and had both celebrity and non-celebrity winners.

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What happens

Đi tìm ẩn số (lit. 'Find the Unknowns') is the first Vietnamese version and also as the Southern Vietnamese version of Deal or No Deal, as a part of TFS's Tạp Chí Văn Nghệ. It premiered on June 19, 2005 on HTV7, hosted by Thanh Bạch. The top prize was won by Vietnamese actor Lê Bình in October 2011. On July 15, 2012, non-celebrity contestant Minh Trang won the top prize as well. The show took a break on June 15, 2008, due to the death of Prime Minister Võ Văn Kiệt, later on, May 17, 2009; June 24, 2012; June 30, 2013; August 3, 2014, and August 16, 2015, due to the extended time for the Road to Mount Olympia finals for which one finalist resided in the show's host city, TPHCM, finally later on September 11, 2011; October 13, 2013, and December 4, 2016, due to death of Võ Chí Công, Võ Nguyên Giáp and Fidel Castro respectively. The final episode was aired on September 24, 2017, with one repeat on the following week. So far Đi tìm Ẩn Số was one of HTV's longest-running game shows, having been on the air for 12 years. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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