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"Portrait of Mademoiselle Phuong" by Mai Trung Thu and "Nude" by Le Pho are some of the priciest Vietnamese artworks sold for millions of dollars at international auction houses. - VnExpress International
Saturday, April 10, 2021, 09:27 GMT+7
Screenshot shows user interface of Cong Troi, Vietnam s first homegrown non-fungible tokens (NFT) trading platform.
As non-fungible tokens (NFT), a blockchain technology, appalls the art world after helping artists sell their digital pieces for millions of U.S. dollars, Vietnamese hopefuls are also expecting a radical shakedown from the launch of the country’s first ever NFT-based art marketplace Cong Troi.
From the very onset of its existence, the modern Vietnamese art scene has always been considered ‘one step behind’ from the global status quo.
During the 1970s and 1980s, international art dealers arrived in Vietnam, an uncharted territory of the art world, to snatch the country’s invaluable artworks back home at nominal prices.