Vietnamese-Belgian artist Thy Nguyen Truong Minh opens his solo exhibition in Brussels on October 4, displaying artworks depicting life in Vietnam. (Photo: VNA)
Brussels (VNA) – Vietnamese-Belgian artist Thy Nguyen Truong Minh opened his solo exhibition in Brussels on October 4, displaying artworks depicting life in Vietnam.
It is the fourth exhibition by Thy in Belgium.
The black-and-white artworks were created with wavelengthprints on do (Poonah) paper, a brand-new painting technique. Some of theartworks portray his grandparents, while some others illustrate his memories about Vietnamese villages with water buffaloes and bamboo trees,chopsticks in Vietnamese meals, and others.
Thy said though he was born and raised in Belgium, healways wants to explore the social structures of the cultural identity concept.Being a Vietnamese-Belgian makes him aspire to discover the cultural diversityhe himself experiences every day, in both the Vietnamese and Belgian ways, hesaid, adding that he wants to learn about his roots, where his grandparents andparents were born.
Speaking at the launch of the exhibition, VietnameseAmbassador to Belgium Nguyen Van Thao said he was moved by Thy’s works andthat he hopes the second-generation Vietnamese in Belgium will uphold theirlove for the fatherland, preserve cultural identity and promote the Vietnameseculture among international friends.
Thy Nguyen Truong Minh is a painter involvedin artistic projects, which focus on multiculturalism.
He has a degree in Fine Arts, visual and spatial, from Brussels-basedERG School of Graphic Research. Born in the Belgian capital city in 1982 toVietnamese parents, he later decided to live between Brussels and Ho Chi MinhCity.
He is also co-founder of “La centrifugeuse” or “May xaysinh to” (The centrifuge), an international art programme involving art schoolsjointly conducted by French-speaking Belgian community in Wallonie-Brussels andVietnam in HCM City.
He is also a lecture in visual arts at HCM City Universityof Fine Arts./.
An art project featuring typical women’s costumes during the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) was created during the social distancing period by Nguyen Quoc Tri, a.k.a Kris Nguyen, an illustrator in Binh Thanh district in Ho Chi Minh City.
Museum No Hero in Delden of the Netherlands has opened an exhibition introducing paintings by many Vietnamese artists, which belong to the collection of Dutch entrepreneur Geert Steinmeijer.
The Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum has opened an online creative space for children on Saturdays to encourage them to explore and practice painting while staying at home to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Vietnamese team will gather on June 26 in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, where they will train until July 14 before departing for Indonesia for the ASEAN U23 Championship 2025, which runs from July 15 to 29. Vietnam will face Laos on July 19 and Cambodia on July 22 in the group stage.
The exhibition showcases more than 100 valuable documents and artifacts, divided into two main parts: “Journalist Nguyen Ai Quoc – Ho Chi Minh” and “President Ho Chi Minh – Founder and Mentor of Vietnamese Revolutionary Press.” This is an opportunity to recall the late leader’s journalism journey and affirm his exceptional role in founding and guiding the revolutionary press in Vietnam.
For the first time, the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) has granted Vietnam hosting rights for the two championships, including the Asian women’s solo category, which debuts this year as an officially recognised event.
Eight teams will join the tournament, divided into two groups. Group A features Vietnam, the Philippines, Sichuan Club (China), and Australia, while Group B consists of Vietnam U21, Korabelka Club (Russia), Taiwan (China), and U21 Thailand.
Despite strong home support and high expectations, Vietnam were unable to overcome the defending champions, who secured their third consecutive win over Vietnam in a regional final, following previous victories in 2014 and 2023.
The event, part of Vietnam’s cultural diplomacy strategy through 2030, was jointly organised by the Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela and USM’s Faculty of International Relations. It attracted thousands of students from universities across Venezuela.
For the first time, Vietnamese audiences will have the opportunity to experience the ballet masterpiece "Don Quixote" in its original version by renowned choreographer Marius Petipa.
The contest carried deep meaning as it was the first time the life of Vietnamese women abroad had been highlighted as the central theme, said poet and writer Nguyen Quang Thieu, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association.
The event formed part of Vietnam’s ongoing campaign to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the complex at the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, scheduled to take place in Paris in July.
Creative cultural festivals are fast emerging as a new catalyst for tourism development in Vietnam, as localities increasingly invest in these vibrant events on a more systematic and larger scale.
This marks the first time Vietnam has hosted a continental-level Muay event which will feature competitions across 28 weight categories in combat and eight performance categories.
Coming to the Vietnamese booth, visitors had the chance to take part in a bamboo dance, a workshop on painting woven bamboo or rattan, or quizzes about Vietnam.
These are impressive achievements, not only showing the efforts and prowess of Vietnamese paddlers but also serving as proof of the sports sector’s strategic and systematic investment.
The cultural event in Canberra not only fostered cultural exchanges between Vietnam and Australia but also contributed to promoting Vietnam’s image internationally
The U23 competition will run from June 16 to 22, followed by the U17 event from June 23 to 28, while athletes competing in the U23 category will undergo weight and skill checks ahead of the matches starting June 18, while similar checks for U17 athletes will take place before June 23.
Vietnam continues to sit just behind continental powerhouses Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, China, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Vietnamese-Belgian artist Thy Nguyen Truong Minh opens his solo exhibition in Brussels on October 4, displaying artworks depicting life in Vietnam. (Photo: VNA)
