July 12, 2011
A sixty-year-old man has spent half his life and all his money chasing the legend of Emperor Ham Nghi’s buried treasure Nguyen Hong Cong (pictured lower left) now lives in a remote cottage in the Hoa Son Forest where he has hunted an elusive treasure trove for the past 30 years. In the summer [...]
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November 30, 2010
Chieu ta (Sunset), an oil painting by King Ham Nghi (1871-1943) A painting by King Ham Nghi (1871-1943) has been sold for 8,800 euros (US$11,729) at an auction in Paris on Wednesday, an official has said.  The auction was held by SVV Million & Associé and around 80 people attended, according to Nguyen Van [...]
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November 23, 2010
Déclin du jour (Sunset), a painting by Vietnam’s Emperor Ham Nghi (1872-1943), will go on auction in Paris on Nov. 24, 2010. According to BBC News, before going on auction at the starting price of US$1,600, the oil painting will be exhibited at No 5 Avenue d’Eylau in Paris and at the Drouot Hotel. [...]
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February 2, 2010
In a chilling domino effect, the collapse of a house in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City Sunday caused nine others in a row to collapse as well, but no casualties have been reported so far. The incident happed at around 10.15 p.m. when some workers at the construction site of Saigon M&C building [...]
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