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HCM CITY — The Mau Than Spring 1968 general offensive and uprising has been vividly depicted in an exhibition of 243 paintings and sculptures sponsored by the People’s Committee and the Fine Arts Association of HCM City.

The Tet Offensive was a military campaign conducted between 30 January and 23 September 1968, by communist forces of the Vietcong, or National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam, and the North Vietnamese army, or the People's Army of Vietnam against the forces of the South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies during the Vietnam War. The purpose of the offensive was to strike military and civilian command and control centers throughout the South Vietnam and to spark a general uprising among the population that would then topple the Saigon government, thus ending the war in a single blow.

(19-08-2008)
Young strokes: A painting by Tran Thi Thanh Thao, which earned her a Grand Prix at the last Mitsubishi Asian arts contest.
HA NOI — A painting contest was launched in Ha Noi last week to encourage Vietnamese kids to express their emotions about daily life.

(14-08-2008)
‘Her characters are of near-perfect beauty’.

Portrait of a lady: One portrait painting on display at the show.
HA NOI — Female painter Kim Bach has opened her second solo exhibition in the capital with 90 pieces of art using various materials such as lacquer, oil and ink.
Most of her paintings on display at the exhibition are portraits.

(13-08-2008)
by Vo Le Hong
Don’t tread on me: Two pieces from a collection of hand-paintings done on ceramic tiles by Dinh Cao Son. HCM CITY — A unique new art form called Signature Tile is on show in HCM City with 19 pictures by Dinh Cao Son.

(01-08-2008)
That’s life: The oil painting Cuu Van (porters) by Nguyen Hung Son from Ha Tay Province won first prize out of 123 pieces of art. — VNS Photo
HA NOI — Depicting a group of workers waiting by the roadside to find work in town, Nguyen Hung Son from Ha Tay Province manages with the stroke of a brush to convey the clash of urban development and rural lifestyles in his oil painting Cuu Van (Porters).

(26-07-2008)
What’s that? Tieng Vong 1 and Tieng Vong 2 (Echo 1 and 2) by Nguyen Tri Minh Tuyet are on display along with almost 50 other works. — VNS Photo
HCM CITY — Around 50 digital paintings by the 13 top graduates this year at the HCM City Fine Arts College are on display at an exhibition that opened on Tuesday in the city.

(23-07-2008)
HA NOI — A special art performance has been planned to mark the 40th anniversary of the Dong Loc Junction Victory (July 24, 1968) in the central province of Ha Tinh tomorrow night.
Entitled Dong Loc – Nhung Doa Hoa Bat Tu (Dong Loc – Immortal Flowers), the programme has been devoted to 10 young female volunteers who became legends for levelling bomb craters on that historic July day in 1968.

(21-07-2008)
History in perspective: Impressions of Angkor No 6 by Lam Triet is on display at the exhibition.
HCM CITY — After spending nearly a year in Southeast Asia, American-Vietnamese Lam Triet has completed a series of paintings inspired by his visit to Cambodia’s Angkor Wat.