On 13 June 1971, The New York Times published leaked documents…
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1958: Lê Huy Toàn’s ‘SMOLEVSK’ Revelation
Colonel Lê Huy Toàn became one of Vietnam’s best-known wartime…
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1955: Northwest Countryside in Newly Liberated Vietnam
In the years that followed liberation from French colonial rule,…
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13 March-7 May 1954: The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ
Phạm Thanh Tâm recounts his experiences and roles as a…
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November-December 1953: Tô Ngọc Vân’s Re-educational Pilgrimage
Towards the end of 1953, Tô Ngọc Vân was sent…
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Lương Xuân Đoàn Biography
Third Generation Artist: Vietnam’s Post-War Socialist Realism Lương Xuân Đoàn…
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Early-1952: Training in China and the “Soldiers of Bronze Foot and Iron Skin”
At the beginning of 1952, the First Indochina War between…
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December 1950: Phan Kế An paints “Remembering the Northwest”
By the end of 1950, North Vietnam had politically and…
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Late-1950: Huỳnh Văn Thuận’s First Indochina War Series in the Việt Bắc
The autonomous zones of the Việt Bắc and the Tây…
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1950: Tô Ngọc Vân and The Border Campaign
In modern-day Vietnam, one artist’s legacy unites Hanoi and Ho…
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