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(08-07-2008)
HA NOI — Various colourful Vietnamese art and cultural programmes will be presented at the "Days of Vietnamese Culture in Russia" in September.
Russian audiences as well as the Vietnamese expatriate community in Russia will get a unique chance to revel in the finest in art and culture from the Asian country during performances scheduled to take place in Moscow and St. Petersburg between September 13-20.

Sasquatch: Nguyen’s art explores mythical creatures.
HCM CITY — An exhibition of 15 paintings inspired by graffiti by Vietnamese-American artist Burt Quoc Nguyen is now on show in HCM City.
Unknown Monsters at San Art features images of horrible faces done using watercolours on canvas.
For Nguyen, who signs as Tyke Witnes/The Eyewitness on his works, graffiti is like monsters. The feeling when he comes across a graffito hidden between alleyways or clinging to broken walls is akin to seeing a monster revealing itself – magnificent, magical and mysterious.

(08-07-2008)
HA NOI — Work has begun on Viet Nam’s largest ever historical painting, a gift from painter Nguyen Doan Son to the capital for its 1,000th birthday in 2010.
The oil painting, entitled Ha Noi, Chien Luy va Hoa (Ha Noi, Defence Works and Flowers), measures 2.15m by 9.3m and will depict moments of history across 10 centuries of Ha Noi life.

(01-07-2008)
by Le Hong
HCM CITY — An exhibition of 14 abstract paintings titled Strikes and Gutters by Scottish artist Daniel Joel Hume is now on at Himiko Visual Cafe in HCM City.
"Strikes and Gutters is, for me, an analogy of life," Hume said at the opening last Thursday.
"It’s a short phrase spoken in a film by the Coen brothers called the The Big Lebowski.
"I suppose it’s a bowling phrase, describing how things in life can be ‘strikes’.
"Sometimes you are up and all is well, while at other times things aren’t going your way. It can sum up how you’ve been recently without explaining why."

(04-07-2008)
VIET NAM — Three Vietnamese artworks will be among the 34 entries in this year’s inaugural Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) Foundation Signature Art Prize – the most prestigious award in the region.
Representing Viet Nam are Hoang Duong Cam, Nguyen Quang Huy and Vuong Van Thao.

Water puppetry in Vietnam Culture Days in Poland
The Thang Long Cultural House, under the Centre for National Cultural Preservation and Promotion invited artist Phan Thanh Liem to give his performances during the Vietnam Culture Day in Warsaw, Poland

The largest-ever so far of its kind, the picture depicts famous landscapes and relics in Vietnam’s northern, central and southern regions.

A photo exhibition on Vietnam officially opened on June 4 at the Vietnam National Library in Hanoi as part of the French Spring Festival.

(06-05-2008)
by Minh Thu

HA NOI — Traditional art is getting a modern twist at a new exhibition of paintings by veteran artist Nguyen Xuan Tiep.
The show Phuc Linh (Spiritual Revival) opened in the capital yesterday.
Instead of painting on canvas, the 52-year-old painter uses do (poonah) paper. The material is traditionally used in folk art and famously produced in Dong Ho Village, on the outskirts of Ha Noi.