On the history of a thousand-year-old ‘sơn ta’ and a hundred-year-old lacquer, ‘sơn ta’ is a story of slow living that is filled with philosophy of art and Vietnamese soul. Throughout history, ‘sơn ta’ and lacquer have enduringly conveyed a unique national cultural value. Above all, ‘sơn ta’ can make lacquer but more. ‘Sơn ta’…

Painter Bui Xuan Phai (1920-1988) is a well-known Vietnamese painter; especially he is famous for the oil paintings of Hanoi Old Quarters – which create a unique style called “Pho Phai” – Phai’s street. He is one of the artists who influence the orientation of modern Vietnamese art, also becomes one of the most prominent…