This year is the 30th anniversary of UNESCO recognition of the Complex of Huế Monuments as a site of world cultural heritage and the 20th anniversary of nhã nhạc (royal court music) being recorgnised as a world cultural heritage.
Vietnam Visual Arts in History, Religion and Culture is a weighty treasure of more than 500 pages. Nguyễn-Long’s narrative is general yet specific and concise in orienting readers to Vietnamese history.
The auction’s highlight is Les Rapides de Cho Bo, a six-panel lacquer screen with gold highlights, painted in 1942 by Le Quoc Loc. The artwork is estimated to fetch €400,000 ($396,000), the highest price of the lot.
After the Hà Nội authority announced the master plan for the Hồng (Red) River, many people living in the area outside the dyke were pleased because the existing residential area on the riverbank was on anbsp;list fornbsp;reconstruction and improvements.