85-year-old painter Nguyen Trong Nguyen’s mural paintings are beautifying the walls of many homes and the local lanes in general.

The multimillion-dollar price tags on Vietnamese paintings in the global market not only confirm the artistic value infused with Vietnamese identity but also showcase the allure of the art investment market.

A total of 50 paintings of Vietnam’s contemporary art collected since the 1930s are on display at an exhibition in Paris, France.

With today's online art exhibitions or auctions, most accounts are posted on their personal pages in public mode, art lovers will themselves contact painters on the internet.