Enjoy the art work "Historical Days" at the Vietnam Military History Museum

“Historical Days” includes more than 200 typical works of art, depicting the labor, fighting and production activities of our soldiers and people during the resistance war against France and the US; some works about President Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnamese people; about the Vietnam People's Navy and the sacred sea and islands of the Fatherland... are being displayed at the Vietnam Military History Museum (Hanoi).

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the successful August Revolution (August 19, 1945 - August 19, 2025) and the National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (September 2, 1945 - September 2, 2025), on August 19, the Vietnam Military History Museum coordinated with the Political Department of the Navy, Tan Ha Noi Arts Company Limited, and Bao Viet Life Insurance Corporation to organize the art exhibition "Historical Days" at the Vietnam Military History Museum (Thang Long Avenue, Xuan Phuong Ward, Hanoi).

Opening of the exhibition "Historical Days". Photo: Dinh Trung

Speaking at the opening of the exhibition, Colonel Le Vu Huy, Director of the Vietnam Military History Museum, said that the art exhibition “Historical Days” originated from the passion and feelings of journalist and painter Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy. With a revolutionary family tradition and a passion for art, the artist contacted and mobilized painters and sculptors to collect more than 200 typical works of art, showing the labor, fighting and production activities of our soldiers and people during the resistance war against France and the US; some works were about President Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnamese people; about the Vietnam People's Navy and the sacred sea and islands of the Fatherland.

Colonel Le Vu Huy, Director of the Vietnam Military History Museum, speaks. Photo: Dinh Trung

“The exhibition is an opportunity to honor the silent artistic creations of painters and sculptors through many generations; at the same time, widely promote fine art works on revolutionary history themes, contributing to the education of traditions, creating motivation to successfully carry out the task of building and defending the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland in the new era of the country,” Colonel Le Vu Huy affirmed.

Delegates visit the exhibition. Photo: Dinh Trung

The exhibition “Historical Days” introduces to the public 208 works of art, including 130 paintings, 15 graphic works, 52 sketches with materials such as oil paint, lacquer, acrylic, silk, wood carving... and 11 sculptures by many generations of painters and sculptors from the period of Indochina fine arts, resistance art to the years of national construction, fighting, building and defending the Fatherland, with rich and vivid styles and visual languages.

The highlight of the exhibition is the introduction of a collection of oil paintings about the resistance war against France and the US by Colonel and painter Le Huy Toan; a collection of battlefield sketches during the resistance war against the US honoring those who sacrificed silently, such as special forces soldiers, female guerrillas, female militia, ethnic mothers, foster brothers, etc. by painters Le Lam, Pham Ngoc Lieu, and Phan Oanh.

The public enjoys the works. Photo: Dinh Trung

The exhibition brings together typical works of many famous painters in modern Vietnamese fine arts such as: Lacquer painting "Liberating Buon Ma Thuot" (Tran Huu Chat), oil painting "Dien Bien Phu in the air" (Nguyen Thuan), "Missile vehicle crossing Long Bien bridge" (Van Da), gouache painting "New moon" (Mai Van Hien)...

Besides, there are some typical works of generations of military painters, such as the gouache painting "A meal in the forest" (Pham Ngoc Lieu), the acrylic painting "The triumphal song" (Nguyen The Huu), the oil painting "Sac forest commando" (Trinh Ba Quat), the oil painting "Truong Sa rescue ship" (Ngan Chai)...

In particular, many new works on the theme of islands and the Vietnam People's Navy were introduced to the public, such as "Uncle Ho with the islands" (Nguyen Thanh Tung), "Raising the flag to liberate Son Ca island" (Nguyen Thu Thuy), "Sunshine on Truong Sa island" (Trinh Nam)...

There are also sculptures praising the beauty of Uncle Ho's soldiers in peacetime: "Flood Season" (Dinh Van Trong), "Water Special Forces" (Vu Quang Sang), "Break Time" (Mai Thi Ngoc Oanh)...

The exhibition runs until October 20, 2025.

Some works at the exhibition:

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