“Watching his brush’s line on canvas streaming cooly as smooth as the water, we seem to see the flame inside. His brush seems like an uncontrollable horse trying to both escape from the artist’s control and learn from the viewers feelings”. Poet Tran Manh Hao about Painter Trinh Thanh Tung HCMCITY – An exhibition of

I/-INTRODUCTION: More than 4000 years of founding and defending our country-VIETNAM-our forefather had shed so much blood to defend our country and preserve our traditional culture particularly and independently. Except from the historical fight to exist, “THE BEAUTY” is still expressed by our ancestor in each period through archaeological sites and cultural vestiges. In the

Viet Nam Net Bridge – A seminar on Vietnam’s traditional lacquer paintings was held on November 22 at the Hanoi Fine Arts University with the participation of many artists, fine art critics, lecturers and art connoisseurs. This is an effort to preserve and develop the unique art of Vietnam lacquer paintings. The seminar was held following an ever-largest Vietnam’s traditional lacquer