Veteran sewer hopes a stitch in time can save traditional craft

Nguyễn Quốc Sự’s embroidery business used to provide jobs for a hundred employees and his store in the Old Quarter welcomed throngs of foreign tourists and buyers.

Artworks by celebrated Vietnamese painters snapped up at auction

Paintings by celebrated Vietnamese artists sold for top dollar on Sunday in Hong Kong.

Portrait by late Vietnamese painter breaks price record

An oil painting on canvas entitled Portrait de Mademoiselle Phương (Portrait of Mademoiselle Phương) by painter Mai Trung Thứ has sold at auction for the highest price paid for Vietnamese art.

Virus pushes US hospitals to the brink, India hits record new cases

Officials at the epicenter of the worsening coronavirus crisis in the United States warned on Sunday their hospitals were in danger of being overwhelmed by the upsurge, as India registered a record number of new cases.

Louvre Abu Dhabi reopens after 100-day closure Visitors in masks and gloves returned to the Louvre Abu Dhabi on Wednesday as it reopened its doors after a 100-day closure under coronavirus restrictions.

Hong Kong Innovation Foundation presents Think Like Leonardo da Vinci 500th Anniversary Exhibition Hong Kong Innovation Foundation presents Think Like Leonardo da Vinci 500th Anniversary Exhibition

The Museum of Art reopens in Hong Kong with installations by Goppion The Museum of Art reopens in Hong Kong with installations by Goppion

Nigerian contemporary art booms and prices soar First there was Tutu, the African Mona Lisa sold last year for US$1.5 million. Then a second portrait by revered Nigerian painter Ben Enwonwu, called Christine, sold in mid-October, for $1.4 million.

Mona Lisa's smile a touch clearer through Louvre's new protective glass Visitors to the Louvre in Paris should have a clearer view of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa after the museum installed a new, more transparent form of bullet-proof glass to protect the world's most famous painting.

Louvre opens bookings for blockbuster Leonardo show in October

The Louvre museum in Paris will on Tuesday open bookings for a blockbuster exhibition in October of most of Leonardo da Vinci's paintings to mark the quincentennial of the Renaissance master's death.