January 19, 1949     Born in Nha Nam, Ha Bac, Vietnam

Began painting from the age of 7 (with his work Alubber Cock, won the gold prize in Painting Competition of International Children)

From 1960    Entered the Hanoi Fine Arts College

1966   Joined the Army, in military engineering force, participated in the battlefields of Central Part, Laos, Central Highland

1974    Worked as painter for the Thong Nhat Journal

From 1975 on    Worked as main painter for Van Nghe weekly (The Weekly Journal of Art and Literature - the Writers Association of Vietnam)

Exhibitions and Awards

1973, 1976, 1980     Painting Exhibition in Hanoi

1973    The third prize of Hanoi Painting Exhibition

1974    Exhibition of Illustration for publications in Hanoi

1985    National Painting Ehxibition

1987    Hanoi Artists Group Painting Exhibition, Ho Chi Minh City

1988    Hanoi Artists Group Painting Exhibition at the Hanoi Fine Arts Museum

1994    Painting Exhibition in China
           Asian Art Painting Exhibition in Hongkong
           The second prize for Graphics by the Plastic Artists Association of Vietnam

1995    Solo painting Exhibition at Red River Gallery in Hanoi
           Exhibition of Vietnam Contemporary Art, Royal College of Art in London, England
           Exhibition of Vietnam Open in Copenhagen, Denmark
           Exhibition of paintings in Yokohama, Japan

1996    Painting Exhibition in Seoul, Korea
           Exhibition of Hanoi painting at the Centre of Introduction and Change for Arts in Hanoi
           Ten Hanoi's Artist painting Exhibition, at Nam Son Gallery, Hanoi

1997    "A moment from Hanoi", Duc Minh Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City
           "The changing face of Hanoi", Hongkong
           "Vietnam Selection", Nam Son Gallery, Hanoi
           Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam Osaka, Japan
           Aspiration Daewoo Hotel & Nam Son Gallery, Hanoi
           Thanh Chuong's painting, Vietnam Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City
           Vietnamese sensibility, Hien Minh Gallery & Soobin Art Gallery, Singapore
           Gold Paintbrush, Faber Foundation, Castell, Ho Chi Minh City
           Nostalgia, Sofitel-Metropole & Red River Gallery, Hanoi
           A new morning, The Hanoi Fine Arts College

1998    With Heart & Soul &Mind New World Arts Centre (So Ho), New York, The USA
           Vision from Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City
           Vietnamese Sensibility, Germany
           Vision from Vietnam, Prudential's collection
           Five contemporary Vietnamese Painters, Vinh Loi Art gallery, Ho Chi Minh City

1999    "A celegration of life", London, England
           Exhibition of Internation, Korea
           "The colors of Vietnam", New World Hotel, Vinh Loi Art gallery, Ho Chi Minh City
           The 4th Vietnamese contemporary Art Exhibition, Art U Gallery , Osaka, Japan
           The Exhibition of Vietnamese painting, Seoul, Korea
           Two contemporary Vietnamese painters Painting Exhibition, Tatkamatsu and Kyoto, Japan
           The Lacquer World of Thanh Chuong, Nam Son Gallery, Hanoi
           Thanh Chuong's Lacquer painting, Art U Gallery, Osahaka, Japan