Oil painting sells for record sum of US$3mil




AN oil painting with the title Portrait de Mademoiselle Phuong (pic) by Mai Trung Thu has sold at auction for the highest price ever paid for Vietnamese art.

Offered at the “Beyond Legends: Modern Art Evening Sale” auction by Sotheby’s Hong Kong, the painting was sold for a record amount.

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