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Vo Van Kiet — Prime Minister of Vietnam (1991-1997); not only a leading figure in the economic reforms, which have transformed Vietnam's economy, but the highest-ranking former government official to support and sponsor Vietnamese art, culture, publishing industries and Vietnamese artists and Boi Tran, Saigon, circa 2000.
Nguyen Khoa Diem — Minister for Culture and Information of Vietnam (1996-2001), Poet and Boi Tran on the occasion of the Grand Opening of one of the very first privately-owned galleries in Vietnam, Boi Tran Art Gallery, at Saigon Morin Hotel, 30 Le Loi Street, Hue, Vietnam, 1998.
Mai Thi Hanh — Lady of President Truong Tan Sang (2011-2016) and Boi Tran at Boi Tran Garden, Thien An Hill, Hue, Vietnam, 2015.
Volker Wissing — General Secretary, Germany Federal Minister for Digital Affairs and Transport and Boi Tran on the occasion of the official foreign visit to Vietnam, Boi Tran Garden, October 2019. Photo courtesy Thuc Doan / Bem.
Anthony Bourdain — American Celebrity Chef, Author, Travel Documentarian and Boi Tran on Part Unknown, Season 4, Episode 4: Vivacious in Vietnam featuring Boi Tran Garden’s royal cuisine, her art and garden in 2014.
Naly Sisoulith — The present first lady of Laos President Thongloun Sisoulith, the Delegation and Boi Tran at Boi Tran Garden for the Cultural Exchange: The Combination of Hue Royal Refined Music and Hue Culinary Culture on the occasion of the official first foreign visit to Vietnam, April 2015.
William Drea Adams — 10th Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities; Joe Boulos — Founder of Boulos Brokerage, Asset Management and Boulos Development and Thuc Doan / Bem deepening in almost endless conversation during the fine dining at Boi Tran Garden, Thien An Hill, Hue, 16 March 2017.
Rena Bitter — American Diplomat, Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, Consul General at the US Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2012-2020) and Boi Tran, Boi Tran Garden, Hue, Vietnam. Photo courtesy Thuc Doan / Bem
Uri D Herscher — Executive Committee of WorkingNation; Founding President and CEO of Skirball Cultural Center (1996-2020); Pamela Balton, Jeffrey Balton, Myna Herscher and Thuc Doan / Bem for "A Perfect Evening of Companionship" at Boi Tran Garden, Hue, Vietnam, 11 March 2018.
Lacy A. Wright, Jr. — Program Manager of US Department of State and Boi Tran in front of her artworks, Boi Tran Garden, Thien An Hill, Hue, 13 February 2017.

Doug Elmendorf — Dean of Faculty, Harvard Kennedy School; Hai Nguyen — Director, Global Vietnam Wars Studies Initiative at Ash Center, Boi Tran and Thuc Doan / Bem at the Incubating Culture in Vietnam and Hue’s Rebirth as Vietnam’s Center of Art & Heritage, Boi Tran Garden, Hue, Vietnam, 18 January 2020.

Thomas J Vallely — Senior Advisor of Mainland Southeast Asia, Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center, Founder of Harvard Vietnam Program (1989), Fulbright School HCMC (1994); Pham Xuan Hoang An — Harvard Vietnam Program Consultant; Ho Dang Hoa — Associate Producer of The Vietnam War; Boi Tran and Thuc Doan / Bem, Boi Tran Garden, Thien An Hill, Hue, Vietnam.
Nguyen Minh Thong — Minister, Deputy Chairman of the Office of the Government (1997-2004), Permanent Head of the Steering Committee for Enterprise Renewal and Development (1997-2004) under Prime Minister Phan Van Khai and Boi Tran at Boi Tran's solo exhibition: The Call From Within in Hanoi, 2002.
Le Kinh Tai — H.E. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of The Socialist Republic of Vietnam to Germany, France and UNESCO (1970-2011); Nghia Le; Boi Tran and Chau Le on the special occasion of the Grand Opening of Minh Chau Art Gallery, 7 Ly Dao Thanh, Hanoi, Vietnam, circa 2000.
Nguyen Van Thanh — Vietnamese Diplomat; Senior Lieutenant General, Deputy Minister of Public Security (2015-2021) visiting Boi Tran Garden and gifting Boi Tran a painting on this special occasion, 19 July 2020.
Bui Quang Vinh — Minister of the Ministry of Planning and Investment (2011-2016), the Delegation and Nguyen Van Cao — Chairman of the People's Committee of Thua Thien Hue Province (2016-2021) and Boi Tran, Boi Tran Garden, Thien An Hill, Hue, 2015. Photo courtesy Thuc Doan / Bem.

Ta Quang Dong — Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism visiting Boi Tran and enjoying the Hue cultural cuisine at Boi Tran Garden on this special occasion of Vietnam Film Festival, 17 November 2021. Photo courtesy Thuc Doan / Bem.

Tran Thanh Nam — Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development accompanied by Nguyen Van Phuong — Chairman of the People's Committee of Thua Thien Hue Province and the Delegation to enjoy Hue cultural cuisine, art and traditional architecture at Boi Tran Garden, 20 November 2021. Photo courtesy Thuc Doan / Bem.

Minh Anh Vu — Diplomatic Representative of Mexico in Ho Chi Minh City and his lady Linh Truong — Deputy Director at TerraVerde Travel & Events, Boi Tran and Thuc Doan / Bem at a ceremony to introduce the Honorary Consul of Mexico to Ho Chi Minh City and to inaugurate the Honorary Consul’s office in the city, Saigon, Vietnam, May 2018.
Marko Walde — Chief Representative at AHK Vietnam - Delegate of German Industry and Commerce in Vietnam and Boi Tran at Boi Tran Garden, Hue, Vietnam. Photo courtesy Thuc Doan / Bem

Ton Nu Thi Ninh — Vietnamese diplomat; President, Ho Chi Minh City Peace and Development Foundation; Vice President, HCMC Peace Committee; Former Ambassador of Viet Nam to the E.U, Belgium and Luxembourg; Former Vice Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee, Viet Nam National Assembly; Nguyen Quoc Khanh — President, AA Corporation and Handicraft and Wood Industry Association of Ho Chi Minh City (HAWA); Ly Quynh Kim Trinh — Chairwoman, RuNam and Boi Tran at APEC, 27 September 2017.
Rebecca Bryant — Chief of Staff at Minister for Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry and Minister for Emergency Management of Australia; Australian Deputy Ambassador to Vietnam (2017-2020) and Thuc Doan / Bem, Hue, Vietnam, 2018.
Ng Teck Hean — Deputy Secretary (Asia-Pacific / Southeast Asia), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Singapore, H.E. Ambassador of Singapore to Vietnam (2012-2016); Nguyen Van Cao — Chairman, The Provincial People's Committee of Thua Thien Hue Province (2016-2021) and Boi Tran, 7 April 2015.
Truong Gia Binh — Co-founder, Chairman and CEO of the Vietnamese technology company FPT Corporation and Minh Chau at the Grand Opening of Minh Chau Art Gallery and the art exhibition: The Small and Miniature Paintings by the Masters, Hanoi, Vietnam, circa 2000.
Pham Tan Cong — Chairman and President, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), Founder of Vietnam Youth Business Club (formerly known as Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs' Association) (1993); Boi Tran and Minh Chau at Minh Chau Art Gallery's Grand Opening at 7 Ly Dao Thanh, Hanoi, circa 2000.
Do Quoc Viet — Deputy Director, Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum; Phan Thanh Hai — Director, Thua-Thien Hue Department of Culture and Sports; Thuc Doan / Bem and Boi Tran at Boi Tran Garden, 17 November 2021.
Cao Trong Thiem — Director, Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum (1998-2003); Tran Nguyen Dan — Deputy Director, Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum (1998-2003) and Boi Tran, Hanoi, circa 2000.
Wannida Saetieo — Deputy Director of China and Southeast Asia, Head Deputy Director, Country (Thailand) at Sotheby's and Boi Tran at Boi Tran Garden, 2008.
Jean-François Hubert — Senior Expert, Vietnamese Art, Christie's; Philippe Damas — Chairman, Tmb Bank PCL (2007-2020) and Board Members, Armstrong Asset Management Pte Ltd, Eurofin Asia Group and Thanachart Bank PCL and Thuc Doan / Bem at Boi Tran Garden, Hue, Vietnam, 29 January 2016.
Zineng Wang — Vice President, Head of Sale, Senior Specialist, Southeast Asian Art, Christie's and Founder of Art Agenda S.E.A. and Boi Tran, Hue, 17 June 2010.
Zineng Wang — Vice President, Head of Sale, Senior Specialist, Southeast Asian Art, Christie's and Founder of Art Agenda S.E.A. and Thuc Doan / Bem working, Boi Tran Garden, 21 August 2015.
Jean-François Hubert — Senior Expert, Vietnamese Art, Christie's; Buu Y — Professor, the great Francophile of the former Imperial capital of Hue; Cam Lai — Former Senior Advisor, Hue University; Boi Tran and Thuc Doan / Bem, Boi Tran Garden, Hue, Vietnam, circa 2017.
Dexter How — Director, Southeast Asia at LGDR and former Vice President, Head of Sale, Senior Specialist, Southeast Asian Art at Christie's and Boi Tran and Thuc Doan / Bem, Boi Tran Garden, Hue, Vietnam, 2017.
Tuan H Pham — Founder, Phamatech, the San Diego-based collector who assembled a collection of Vietnamese Art auctioned at Christie's in 2019; his wife; Boi Tran and Minh Chau at Minh Chau's home, San Diego, California, 1 August 2019.
Zhang Zhi Yong — President, Shanghai Pujiang Southeast Asia Culture and Art Exchange Center where “Nguyen Trung Works” published on 26 December 2020, Mrs Zhang Jing celebrated Boi Tran's Solo Exhibition: Le Rêve Qui Veille, 26 October 2017.
Melchior Dejouany — CEO, Kaktus Padel, Partner of the FFT PADEL TOUR, Head of Thematic Television Channels at Cine+ (Canal+ Group) and Boi Tran holding Boi Tran's work, Paris, circa 2016.
Tran Khanh Chuong — President, Vietnam Fine Arts Association (1999-2019) celebrating and delivering an inaugural speech on behalf of Vietnam Fine Arts Association on the special occasion of Minh Chau Art Gallery's Grand Opening, 7 Ly Dao Thanh, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2002.
Nguyen Trung — Vietnamese Contemporary Artist and Boi Tran at Boi Tran Art Gallery, Tran Hung Dao, Hue, 1996

Vu Giang Huong — Painter, General Secretary, Vietnam Fine Arts Association (1994-1989); Tran Khanh Chuong — Painter, President, Vietnam Fine Arts Association (1999-2019); Boi Tran; Hoang Phu Ngoc Tuong — Author and Truong Be — Painter, President, Hue University of Fine Arts (1996-2002), Hue, Vietnam, circa 1995.
Trinh Cong Son — Vietnamese Musician; Buu Y — Professor, Translator, the Great Francophile of the former Imperial capital of Hue; Ha Thuc Can — CBS Cameraman, Director and Boi Tran at the grand opening of Boi Tran Art Gallery, Saigon Morin Hotel, 30 Le Loi, Hue, Vietnam, 1998.
Nguyen Van Trung — Painter; Boi Tran; Trinh Cong Son — Musician and Ha Thuc Can — CBS Cameraman, Director at Phu Bai Airport, Hue, Vietnam, 24 March 1998.

Vinh Phoi — Professor, Painter, Dean, Hue College of Fine Arts (1966-1975), Vice President, Hue University of Fine Arts (1975-1999); Tham Duc Tu — Painter, Former General Secretary and President, Hanoi Fine Arts Association; Boi Tran and Hoang Phu Ngoc Tuong — Author at Boi Tran Art Gallery, Tran Hung Dao Street, Hue, Vietnam, circa 1995.
Trinh Cong Son — Vietnamese Musician; Buu Y — Professor, Translator, the Great Francophile of the former Imperial capital of Hue and Boi Tran on the special occasion of Boi Tran Art Gallery's Grand Opening, Saigon Morin Hotel, 30 Le Loi, Hue, Vietnam, 1998.
Hoang Phu Ngoc Tuong — Vietnamese Author and Boi Tran at the Grand Opening of Boi Tran Art Gallery, Saigon Morin Hotel, 30 Le Loi, Hue, Vietnam, 1998.
Dinh Cuong — Vietnamese Painter; Buu Y — Professor, the great Francophile of the former Imperial capital of Hue; Phi Long and his family; Boi Tran at Boi Tran's Hoang Vien Restaurant in Hue, Vietnam, 20 July 2010.
Tran Hung — Architect, Professor, Hanoi University of Architecture, Son of Tran Quang Tran (Vietnamese, 1900-1969), known as Ngym and Boi Tran, Hanoi, circa 2005.
Hoang Tich Tri — Son of Hoang Tich Chu (Vietnamese, 1912-2003) and Boi Tran in Hanoi, circa 2005.
Phan Ke An — Painter, also known under the pseudonym Phan Kich (Vietnamese, 1923-2018) and Boi Tran at Phan Ke An's home, circa 2005.
Diep Minh Chau — Painter and Sculptor (Vietnamese, 1919-2002) awarded the Ho Chi Minh Prize for fine arts in 1996; his wife, Minh Chau and Boi Tran with his sketch portraying Minh Chau, Saigon, 1 January 1994.
Nguyen Thi Sinh — Wife of Bui Xuan Phai (Vietnamese, 1920-1988) and Boi Tran at Bui Xuan Phai's home in Hanoi, Vietnam, circa 2005.
Kim — Wife of Nguyen Sy Ngoc (Vietnamese, 1919-1990) and Boi Tran at Nguyen Sy Ngoc's home in Hanoi, Vietnam, circa 2005.
Nguyen Do Bao — Professor, Former President of Hanoi Fine Arts Association, Son of Nguyen Do Cung (Vietnamese, 1912-1977) and Boi Tran at Nguyen Do Bao's home, Hanoi, circa 2005.
Dang Ngoc Bach — Vietnamese Painter; Kim — Wife of Nguyen Sy Ngoc (Vietnamese, 1919-1990) and Boi Tran holding Nguyen Sy Ngoc's work at Kim's home in Hanoi, circa 2005.
Nguyen Ba Dam — Art Collector, a close friend of Bui Xuan Phai (Vietnamese, 1920-1988) and Dang Ngoc Bach — Vietnamese Painter and Boi Tran at Nguyen Ba Dam's home, Hanoi, circa 2005.
Nguyen Ba Dam — Art Collector, a close friend of Bui Xuan Phai (Vietnamese, 1920-1988) sharing old good stories about Bui Xuan Phai with Boi Tran at his home, Hanoi, circa 2005.
Le Ba Dang — Vietnamese Painter and Boi Tran, Hue, Vietnam, circa 1995.
Nguyen Trong Tao — Vietnamese Author, Art Critic, Musician; Doan Tuyen Chau — Journalist and Boi Tran at Boi Tran Art Gallery's Grand Opening, Saigon Morin Hotel, 30 Le Loi, Hue, 1998.
Duong Tuong — Translator, Art Critic, Author; Tran Luu Hau — Vietnamese Painter on the special occasion of Minh Chau Art Gallery's Grand Opening in Hanoi, Vietnam, 2002.
Tran Nguyen Dan — Painter, Deputy Director, Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum (1998-2003) and Boi Tran, Boi Tran Garden, Thien An Hill, Hue, Vietnam, May 2009.
Dinh Cuong — Vietnamese Painter; Boi Tran; Truong Be — Painter, President, Hue University of Fine Arts (1996-2002) and Vinh Phoi — Professor, Painter, Dean, Hue College of Fine Arts (1966-1975), Vice President, Hue University of Fine Arts (1975-1999), Hue, 13 January 2010.
Tran Hung — Architect, Professor, Hanoi University of Architecture, Son of Tran Quang Tran (Vietnamese, 1900-1969), known as Ngym and Boi Tran, Boi Tran Garden, Thien An Hill, Hue, 1 November 2011.
Nguyen Do Bao — Professor, Former President of Hanoi Fine Arts Association, Son of Nguyen Do Cung (Vietnamese, 1912-1977) and Boi Tran at Boi Tran Garden, Thien An Hill, Hue, Vietnam, 15 March 2012.
Le Ba Dang — Vietnamese Painter and Boi Tran on the special occasion of Boi Tran Art Gallery's Grand Opening, Saigon Morin Hotel, Hue, Vietnam, 1998.
Nguyen Trong Tao — Vietnamese Author, Art Critic, Musician and Boi Tran, Nguyen Trong Tao having a speech at Boi Tran's solo exhibition: Le Rêve Qui Veille, Boi Tran Garden, Thien An Hill, Hue, Vietnam, 26 October 2017.
Ho Thieu Tri — Architect, Founder, HTT Group and Boi Tran, Saigon, Vietnam, November 2017.
Nguyen Quang Dung — Vietnamese Director, Son of Writer Nguyen Quang Sang (Vietnamese, 1932-2014); Buu Y — Professor, Translator, the Great Francophile of the former Imperial capital of Hue; Boi Tran and Thuc Doan / Bem, Boi Tran Garden, Thien An Hill, Hue, Vietnam, 12 December 2022.
Gilbert Montagné — French Singer, Musician, Pianist, Organist and Boi Tran at her residence nestled on Thien An Hill, Hue, Vietnam, 18 May 2011.
Texas Tech University's Professors: Sean Cunningham; Ron Milam; Steve Maxner; X; X and Thuc Doan / Bem for a cultural conversation with Boi Tran at Boi Tran Garden, Thien An Hill, Hue, Vietnam, October 2019.
The Voyager with Joshua Garcia — Joshua Garcia, production team and Thuc Doan / Bem, Saigon, 23 June 2017.
Ng Teck Hean — Deputy Secretary (Asia-Pacific / Southeast Asia), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Singapore, H.E. Ambassador of Singapore to Vietnam (2012-2016) and Boi Tran, Boi Tran Garden, Hue, 7 April 2015.
Le Viet Hai — Founder, President, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hoa Binh Construction Group; Tran Si Chuong — Senior Advisor, Member of the Board of Directors of Hoa Binh Construction Group; and Boi Tran at Boi Tran Garden, Thien An Hill, Hue, Vietnam, 9 February 2018.
Le Viet Hung — Senior Advisor, Member of the Board of Directors of Hoa Binh Construction Group; his wife; Boi Tran and Thuc Doan / Bem at the gate of Boi Tran Garden, Thien An Hill, Hue, Vietnam, 19 April 2022.
Jean Baptiste Huynh — Photographer; Anne-Solenne Hatte — Eurasian Actress; their friends and Boi Tran at Boi Tran Garden, Thien An Hill, Hue, Vietnam, 22 June 2016.
Han Ngoc Vu — CEO, Member of the Board of Directors, Vietnam International Commercial Joint Stock Bank (VIB) and Boi Tran at Boi Tran Garden, Thien An Hill, Hue, Vietnam, 3 October 2020.
Ngo Thi Phuong Thien — Vice President, General Secretary, Vietnam-Australia Friendship Association in Ho Chi Minh City and Boi Tran, Hue, Vietnam, 18 April 2022. Photo courtesy Thuc Doan / Bem.
Ly Quynh Kim Trinh — Chairwoman, RuNam and Boi Tran, RuNam d'Or, 03 Cong Xa Paris, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, HCMC, Vietnam, 7 November 2017. Photo courtesy Thuc Doan / Bem.
Thomas J Vallely — Senior Advisor of Mainland Southeast Asia, Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center, Founder of Harvard Vietnam Program (1989), Fulbright School HCMC (1994) visiting Boi Tran at Boi Tran Garden, Hue, Vietnam, 8 December 2018.
Anne-Solenne Hatte — Eurasian Actress; Boi Tran and Thuc Doan / Bem at Boi Tran Garden, Thien An Hill, Hue, Vietnam, 14 February 2020.
KF Seetoh — Singapore’s Food Ambassador, Founder, Makansutra and Hailed as a “Food Guide Maven” and the “Guru of Grub” by the New York Times and CNN; Boi Tran and Thuc Doan / Bem doing an interview regarding Vietnamese royal cuisine at Boi Tran Garden, Thien An Hill, Hue, 15 December 2020.
Hoang Tich Quang — Son of Hoang Tich Tri, Grandson of Hoang Tich Chu (Vietnamese, 1912-2003) and Thuc Doan / Bem at Boi Tran Garden, Thien An Hill, Hue, Vietnam, 2017.

Le Hanh — Plastic Surgeon; Nguyen Thanh Trung — Chairman of BOD, Ton Dong A Corporation; Ha Van An — President, AB Group; Phan Q Hang — Asian Dragon Group; Tran Van Chau and Hoang Van — CEO & CFO, Kelly-Moore Paints; Nguyen Quoc Thong - President, Cara Lighting; Tran Si Chuong — Senior Advisor, Member of the Board of Directors of Hoa Binh Construction Group; Huy Phuong — Musician; Cao Xuan Hai — Chairman, Pool Spa Vietnam and Boi Tran, RuNam, Saigon, 2017.

Phan Thanh Binh — Vietnamese Painter, President; Hue University of Fine Arts; Zineng Wang — Vice President, Head of Sale, Senior Specialist, Southeast Asian Art, Christie's and Founder of Art Agenda S.E.A.; Jean-François Hubert — Senior Expert, Vietnamese Art, Christie's; Buu Y — Professor, Translator, the Great Francophile of the former Imperial capital of Hue and Boi Tran, Hue, 21 June 2008.