Hanoi is also a tolerant land, embracing all Vietnamese people from all over the world to settle down and make a living.
Director, People's Artist Dang Nhat Minh once made the feature film "Jasmine" to pay tribute to Hanoi.
This city over 1,000 years old has 36 streets with layers of history and culture, with unique traditional occupations, with lifestyles and customs: "Even if not fragrant, it is still jasmine/ Even if not elegant, it is still a person of Trang An".
Hanoi is also a vibrant city, developing strongly on the foundation of a unified Vietnamese culture based on diverse ethnic cultural nuances.
In the palette of painting, red, yellow, and blue are three basic colors, bringing rich and diverse sources of energy. On the streets of Hanoi, we also encounter those basic colors and they remind us of stories of life. Sometimes, just a small figure in a red shirt in the distance reminds us of a school age full of "first mischief, second ghosts" associated with bicycle baskets filled with royal poinciana flowers.
Or 5 young girls in red, pink, orange, green ao dai..., frolicking around the old town, affirming a young generation full of confidence and ambition. Two yellow numbers painted on the tree trunks mark the precious trees growing around the lake, including the “heritage trees”.
Three girls on the walking street around Hoan Kiem Lake are checking in at the Kanagawa Festival (Japan) under cherry blossoms, which symbolize spring, life, and are also a reminder of the finiteness of life... The colors present in life are so interesting.
Sometimes it's a random moment when the girl in the red dress carries a yellow suitcase into a narrow alley with yellow walls, sometimes it's a deliberate arrangement of a scarf in the "Creative Design Ideas 2024" exhibition by young people...
Hanoi Red Yellow Green is a photo series that combines documentary and art.
