Posts Tagged ‘ Duc Minh ’

More than money

January 31, 2010
More than money

Singer Luong Duc Minh at C’est Moi nightclub. Ho Chi Minh City’s night club singers often attract small local followings, but fame and fortune are not much of an option for these vocalists who perform purely for the love of song. After 30 years of singing, popular night club act Thanh Hoa doesn’t have a [...]

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An unlikely cabaret star

August 18, 2009
An unlikely cabaret star

Disabled singer Duc Minh, a household name in Ho Chi Minh City’s cabarets and nightclubs, poses with his wife and son in their house in HCMC A man rises from his disability to light up nightclubs across Ho Chi Minh City unlikely cabaret star. It takes a lot of guts to stand up on stage [...]

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Art collectors, past and present

August 16, 2009
Art collectors, past and present

The global economic crisis has depressed the Vietnamese painting market. Fewer collectors, especially knowledgable collectors, are buying these days.   A painting by Vietnamese artist Tran Luu Hau, collected by NewAsia gallery in Singapore. The late connoisseur Duc Minh (also called Bui Dinh Than) is still well-remembered.  As a rich businessman, Duc Minh enriched Vietnam’s art [...]

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Vietnam Fine Arts Museum displaying counterfeit artworks?

April 17, 2009
Vietnam Fine Arts Museum displaying counterfeit artworks?

At a workshop on art copyrights in late March 2009, some art critics and painters said they believed the Vietnam Fine Art Museum was displaying some fake paintings and statues, confusing art researchers and cheating art lovers for over 40 years. “Girl and Lilies” by To Ngoc Van. Painter Nguyen Do Bao, Chairman of the Hanoi [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...