Vietnam devises strategies to revive dying art form

Visitors to Hanoi can now see 12 genres of Vietnamese folk paintings at an exhibition at the Hanoi Museum. More than 200 works from well-known painting genres such as Dong Ho, Hang Trong and Kim Hoang are on show.

The exhibition, which opened on Friday, aims to showcase Vietnamese traditional folk paintings to domestic and foreign visitors, the organizers say.

According to Nguyen Tien Da, director of the Hanoi Museum, traditional folk paintings display a community's unique cultural characteristics.