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Fletcher spent nine days discovering the cuisine across Vietnam with a local expert named Thanh Huynh. The five experiences she included in her list are: Hopping on a Vespa On the first night in Ho Chi Minh City, Fletcher was on the back of a Vespa scooter to head into the city center and try many delicious dishes at traditional markets. She also tasted a Chinese roasted duck and a French baguette. Tourists eat coconut candies and fruits and enjoy ‘don ca tai tu,’ a traditional musical art of southern Vietnam, on Phung Islet, Ben Tre Province. Photo : Minh Huyen / Tuoi Tre Going deep into the Mekong Delta Arriving in Ben Tre Province, southern Vietnam, Fletcher hopped on a small-boat tour in the Mekong Delta, including a stop at an artisan workshop and lunch with a local farming family. Truoi Lake in Thua Thien-Hue Province, central Vietnam. Photo : Bao Khanh / Tuoi Tre Taking slow train to Hue A rail journey to Thua Thien-Hue Province in central Vi...

‘La famille dans le jardin’ (Family in a garden) by acclaimed painter Le Pho was sold at 18.6 million Hong Kong dollars, inclusive of taxes, equivalent to US$2.369 million. The painting was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong’s Modern Evening Auction at 5:30 pm (Hong Kong time) on April 5. Given this price, the ‘La famille dans le jardin’ painting is officially Le Pho’s most valuable work, and the second-priciest in the history of Vietnamese fine art, after painter Mai Trung Thu’s portrait of Miss Phuong sold at $3.1 million, according to Ace Le, Sotheby’s CEO for the Vietnamese market. This price surpasses that of the painter’s oil painting called ‘Figures in a garden,’ which was also auctioned off by Sotheby’s Hong Kong on April 7, 2022 for $2.29 million.  This is also the first million-dollar record of 2023, a year of multiple economic challenges, showing an optimistic signal. ‘The family in a garden’ had earlier been auctioned in 1999, along with a certificate from Alain Le ...