Exhibition on a collection of sketches of General Vo Nguyen Giap

Exhibition on a collection of sketches of General Vo Nguyen Giap

As many of 60 sketches and oil-on-canvas paintings of General Vo Nguyen Giap created by painter Duong Van Thanh from March to April 1999 are on display at an exhibition which opened in Hanoi on May 26th.

40 of them are sketches Thanh made at the General's residence on 30 Hoang Dieu street, while eight oil-on-canvas paintings feature the General's homeland in the central province of Quang Binh.

The exhibition is being co-organised by the Vietnam Military History Museum, the Vietnam Fine Arts Association, the Association for Liaison with Overseas Vietnamese, EAS Vietnam Company and painter Van Duong Thanh.

The event will run at the Vietnam Military History Museum at 28A Dien Bien Phu street before being moved to Quang Binh province and Ho Chi Minh city.

Source: CPV

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