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Vietnam failed to buy Déclin du jour (Sunset), a painting by exiled Vietnamese emperor Ham Nghi (1872-1943), at a Paris auction this week, the Center for Preservation of Hue Relics said Thursday. The painting Déclin du jour went on auction Wednesday at the starting price of US$1,600 and was finally sold at …
As the bride’s family foots the bill at a Co Ho wedding party, families with a lot of nubile daughters are often left facing bankruptcy. After a long chat, finally, Ka Hinh, a 57-year old Co Ho woman from Di Linh’s Gung Re commune, agrees to talk about her least favourite topic …
Northern province displays largest bronze drum in Vietnam The largest bronze drum, which sets Vietnam Guinness Record, is being displayed at the Ho Chi Minh Commemorative House, northern Thanh Hoa Province. The drum was offered by Mr. Nguyen Xuan Lam’s family for the occasion of Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day (November 23). The drum has a [...]
Propaganda art is well-known in Vietnam and has proved highly popular with tourists but in this era of mass-marketing, billboard advertisements and TV commercials is anyone producing original propaganda art anymore? Vietnam’s President Ho Chi Minh once said “when propaganda reaches a certain result, it becomes art. When a kind of art …
A 2,000 year old village with a 1,000 year old traditional craft, Hanoi’s Son Dong is a must-see stop on any heritage trail for tourists. Son Dong craft village in Hanoi’s Hoai Duc district is the place to go for wooden statues of Buddha or worshipping objects. Apparently, it has always been …
The final round of the first Mrs. Vietnam pageant began today, September 14, in Vung Tau. The organizing board announced that seven contestants had withdrawn from the finals because of poor health or conflicts with work. These vacancies will be filled by five others who will enter the final round without having to compete in [...]
Visitors look at exhibits in the display hall. An art exhibit to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the implementation of President Ho Chi Minh’s testament opened in Ha Noi last Friday. Organised by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the exhibit features the best 600 photos and paintings collected from the movement Studying and [...]
The Fighting – Long Hair Army in Mo Cay, Ben Tre in 1965. This oil on canvas was painted by veteran Huynh Phuong Dong. Some well-known artists are display their latest paintings and sculptures to mark the August Revolution and National Day, to be cetebrated early next month at an annual exhibition that opened in [...]
A sand painting exhibition of late President Ho Chi Minh and top-ranking General Vo Nguyen Giap by artisan Y Lan opened in Hanoi on August 23 at No. 8 Hung Vuong. Artisan Y Lan at the exhibition. The exhibition introduces 30 portraits of Ho Chi Minh and 23 of General Vo Nguyen Giap, which were [...]
Fine arts shows are common, but it’s rare to see an exhibition that is also emotionally moving, but this is what painter Trinh Long has achieved. Although Long couldn’t attend the opening of his first solo exhibition at the Viet Art Centre in Ha Noi on Wednesday, hundreds of his friends and fine arts lovers [...]