DAO HAI PHONG.
According to ThingsAsian: "Dao Hai Phong was born in 1965, the son of the well known artist Dao Duc. He studied at the Hanoi College of Film and Theater from 1982-1987 and won a medal as designer at the Vietnam Film Festival for his outstanding contribution to this medium. Although he had painted as a hobby from the age of six, it was only after graduation that Phong started to focus on developing his individual style.
Phong likes to use blue and other luminous, radiating colors. Most of his paintings are landscapes inspired by his travels when working on films. Although he was born and grew up in the city of Hanoi, he has recently been drawn more and more to the beauty of the countryside.
In 1992-1993 he changed his idea about color and began incorporating the use of softer colors such as gray with the vivid blue. Phong admires other artists such as Le Thiet Cuong and Truong Tan, however he believes that each artist is like a tree in a forest - each tree must have its own style.
Since 1992 he has held the position of Chief Designer of the Vietnam Film Studio, but in the meantime has continued to paint and exhibit his work.
Selected Exhibitions
1997 Fine Arts College, Republic of Lao, sponsored by Accords
1997 A Glimpse about Hanoi, Duc Minh Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City
1997 Past and Present, Nam Son Art Gallery, Hanoi

ĐỖ DUY TUẤN.
According to the World Bank, this artist is known as The Lonely Vagabond. "Born in Thừa Thiên, Huế, and graduated from the National Fine Art College of Hue. Before 1975, he participated in many fine arts activities in Huế and Đà Nẵng. Due to family?fs conditions, he did not resume his artist's life until 1994. In 2000, he held a solo exhibition in Singapore and received the Art National Award for three consecutive years in 1999-2001, as well as the Vietnam Fine Arts Awards in 2001. He also worked in Fine Arts Museum in Saigon and Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi.
"Đỗ Duy Tuấn is one of the most talented artists in Vietnam and a profound, Zen thinker. He paints mostly women, portrays his female subjects in somber and dreamlike moods, and uses mixed media as his material. He has received numerous awards from competitions and exhibits overseas. Twice, he has received the Certificate of Recognition from the Philip Morris Group of Companies ASEAN Art Awards.
"'I finally found my inner peace, and it reflects in my creations. My art embraces the nostalgic and romantic ambiance of Hue, of the glorious past, and of the divine, dream like beauty that I have yet to reconcile with today's civilization. My subjects reflect my heart and soul and are not challenging, for I want my viewers to appreciate and enjoy them as if they were actually creating the artworks themselves.'—Đỗ Duy Tuấn."

DUNG.

LE THANH SON.
With works owned by former American President Bill Clinton and well respected by the international art community, Le Thanh Son was born in Hanoi in 1962. He still evokes a clear Hanoi spirit and light in his works, which are usually bright and impressionistic. Le Thanh Son studied at the Stage and Movie College in Hanoi from 1981 to 1986, and the cinematic influence of this period certainly shines through in his work. Greatly influenced by Bui Xuan Phai, Vietnam's best-known painter. Le Thanh Son draws from his cinematic background to paint realistic scenes of Hanoi imbued with a sense of lighting unsurpassed by any other painters in Vietnam at the moment, according to Things Asian. Concerned with the preservation of the capital's ancient streets, Le Thanh Son brings them back to life -- on a canvas near you.

VIEN THUC.
This eccentric Zen monk and artist has become something of a tourist attraction for foreigners visiting Dalat, in the highlands near Ho Chi Minh City. You can view an online gallery of his work at Things Asian, which had this to say about him: "Born in 1941, hermit monk at the Lam Ty Ni Pagoda in Dalat since the sixties. Born in the southern town of My Tho, he has been painting since the age of ten. His oil-on-paper paintings, often accompanied by haiku poems written in an ancient Vietnamese script or in several European languages, are called Zen paintings. Exhibited and collected throughout Europe."