When the wife of rubbish collector Tong Van Thom complains about the
accumulation of junk in their home, the 63-year-old often asks her what
she would prefer: collecting trash or drinking wine?
After decades belonging to galleries and exhibitions outside Viet Nam,
several paintings by famous Vietnamese painters have been returned to
the country thanks to the extraordinary efforts of a Vietnamese art
collector, Nguyen Minh.
Hollywood director Phillip Noyce will judge the 48-Hour Film (48HFP) Project Viet Nam 2012.Noyce,
who achieved fame with many recent blockbusters such as Salt, The Quiet
American, The Bone Collector, Dead Calm and Patriot Games, has agreed
to help out with the competition...
The French owner of King Ham Nghi''s painting Chieu
ta (Declin du Jour) wants to exhibit it in Viet Nam on the occasion of
the sovereign''s 70th death anniversary.
