LY HOÀNG LY
Visual artist, poet
Birth name: Hoàng Ly
Based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
www.lyhoangly.com

EDUCATION
M.F.A – Sculpture & Interdisciplinary Studies, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago
B.F.A – Oil Painting, Fine-Arts University of Hochiminh City
Since 2000: book editor – Trẻ (The Youth) Publishing House, Hochiminh City, Vietnam


PUBLICATION
2020: “0395A.ĐC” CATALOGUE (bilingual) – Vista Publishing, Taiwan
2009: QUÀ (GIFT) – personal book of poetry – Trẻ (Youth) Publishing House, Vietnam
2005: LÔ LÔ – personal book of poetry – Viet Nam Writers’ Association Publishing House
1999: CỎ TRẮNG (WHITE GRASS) – personal book of poetry – Viet Nam Writers’ Association
Publishing House


HONOR IN POETRY
2006: Awarded the Vietnam Writers’ Association for “Lô Lô” – a personal book of
poetry, but sent a rejection letter for the award to oppose the corruption of the
goverment system.
2003: Invited by US Department of State, USA to attend “3-month International Writing
Program” at The University of Iowa
1999: Poet of the Year – Mai Vàng (Yellow Apricot) Award – Acclaimed by Labors
Newspaper, Vietnam
1996: First Prize – New Pens Poetry Contest – Youth Newspaper, HCMC, Vietnam
ARTWORKS IN THE COLLECTION OF
San Francisco Asia Art Museum . Kamel Lazaar Foundation . Queensland Art Gallery – Gallery
of Modern Art . Nguyen Art Foundation . M+ Museum . Museo de Antioquia. Private
Collections

SOLO EXHIBITION
2023: Poems of the sky – Những vần thơ của trời – San Art, HCMC, Vietnam
2022: The Dreamer: Heterotopia, tabula rasa, noble silence – part of ongoing project
0395A.ĐC – Manzi Art Space, Hanoi, Vietnam
2018: Hope – Memory Tree – Guerilla public sculpture – part of ongoing project “Trees:
Natural Cultural Heritage” – Tôn Đức Thắng Street, Hochiminh City, Vietnam
2017: 0395A.ĐC – A Solo Exhibition by Ly Hoàng Ly – The Factory Contemporary Arts
Centre, HCMC, Vietnam
2016: Prvdens Vivo Prvdens Morior – 1 week fasting durational performance,
installation and photography from May 24th to May 30th with the participation of more
than 30 random guests – personal studio, Hochiminh City, Vietnam
2015: PRISM – lăn[g] kính lăn[g] trụ – sound installation – Manzi Art Space, Hanoi, VN
2014: Prvdens Vivo Prvdens Morior – 3-week fasting-cooking durational performance,
installation and photogtaphy from Nov 24th to Dec 15th with the participation of 38
special guests – personal studio, Chicago, USA
2014: Faithfully Flat – Phase 1 – collaborated with Fields Medal, Dr. Ngô Bảo Châu

  • Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics, Hanoi, Vietnam
  • Manzi Art Space, Hanoi, Vietnam
  • Joan Flasch Artists’ Book ollection, SAIC, Chicago, USA
  • North Branch Projects, Chicago, USA

2013: 0395A.ĐC – multimedia installation – Sullivan Gallery, SAIC, Chicago, USA
2012: Uprooting Nature – sound installation – Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental
Education, Indiana Dunes, National Park, Indiana, USA
2008: Gabarge . Water . Cloud – Hochiminh City Exhibition House, HCMC, Vietnam
2005: New York’s inside Rodney’s House – Cave Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA – Funded by
Ford Foundation
1998: The Dream – IDECAF (Institute d’Exchanges Culturels avec La France), HCMC,
Vietnam – Sponsored by Consulate General of France, HCMC, Vietnam.
PERFORMANCE ART/ POETRY FESTIVAL/ BIENNALE
2019: POETIC LEAF – Qi Dong Poetry Salon, Taiwan Literature Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2018: THE 9TH ASIA PACIFIC TRIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART (APT9) – QAGOMA –
Queensland Art Gallery – Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia – Curated by Zara
Stanhope
2016: ENCUENTRO EXCENTRICO – Santiago, Chile – Organized by Hemispheric Institute, University of Chile & New York University
2013: MA’ YA’AB ART LAB. ASIAN PERFORMANCE ART FESTIVAL – Curated by Seiji
Shimoda and Rachel Araujo.

  • La Rendija Sede 50.51, Merida, Mexico
  • Central Park of Caucel, Sans Jose. Mexico
  • Tzal Public Park, Mexico
  • Plaza Grande, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
     2012: RAPID PULSE – International Performance Art Festival – Defibrillator
    Performance Gallery, Chicago, USA – Curated by Julie Laffin, Steven Bridges, Joseph
    Ravens, Giana Gambino
     2012: RIAP 2012: “Recontre International d’Art Performance de Quebec”, Quebec &
    Alma, Canada – Curated by Richard Martel.
  • Le Lieu, Centre en Art Actuel, Quebec
  • Langage Plus, Alma, Canada
     2009: 10TH OPEN ART FESTIVAL . INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE ART FESTIVAL – 798
    Art Zone, Beijing, China – Curated by Jill McDermid.
     2007: SAIGON OPEN CITY – Southern Women Museum, Ho Chi Minh City – Funded by
    Ford Foundation – Curated by Rirkrit Tiravanija and Gridthiya Gaweewong.
     2005: 8TH BIENNALE INTERNATIONALE DES POETES EN VAL-DE-MARNE – Curated by
    Henri Deluy
  • Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille
  • Espace Roland Roche, Valenton
  • MJC Club, Créteil Théâtre Jean Vilar, Vitry/Seine
  • Maison de la Poésie, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
     2002: BUSAN BIENNALE 2002: Cutures Meet Cultures, Busan, South Korea – Curated by
    Chang Sukwon
     2002: ASIATOPIA 4TH – Bangkok, Thailand – Curated by Chumpon Apisuk
     2002: 7TH NIPAF – NIPPON INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE ART FESTIVAL – Tokyo,
    Nagoya, Kyoto, Nagano, Osaka – Curated by Seiji Shimoda
     2001: ASIA PERFORMANCE ART FESTIVAL – Japan Society, New York, USA – Curated by
    Seiji Shimoda

 2001: 6TH NIPAF ASIA PERFORMANCE ART SERIES – Curated by Seiji Shimoda

  • Japan Society, New York, USA
  • Za Hall Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  • Nagano Wood, Nagano, Japan
  • Shiga Museum, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
     2000: 5TH NIPAF ASIA PERFORMANCE ART FESTIVAL – Hongkong, Macau, Tokyo,
    Nagano, Japan – Curated by Seiji Shimoda
    SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
     Dec 2022: MoT+++, Centec Tower Hochiminh City, Vietnam – Đông Chí – a rendezvous –
    Curated by Cam Xanh
     June 2021: JWD Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand – A Life Beyond Boundaries (The
    Geography of Belonging) – Curated by Lorendana Pazzini Paracciani
     June 2020: MoT+++, La Astoria Hochiminh City, Vietnam – password 0~1 – Curated by
    Cam Xanh
     Dec 2019: San Art, Hochiminh City, Vietnam – Opaque Signs – Điềm Mờ – Curated by
    Nhat Quang Vo and Nguyen H. Quyen
     Oct 2019: Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, Portugal – Vietnam Cutural Week –
    Curated by Thuy Tien de Oliveira    
     Aug 2019: Centro Cultural La Moneda, Santiago, Chile – A Selection of the 9th Asia
    Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art – Curated by Zara Stanhope and Beatriz Bustos
     April 2019: RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Australia – Bruised: Art Action and Ecology in Asia
    – Curated by Helen Rayment
     Dec 2018: San Art, HCMC, Vietnam – Bodies Survey[ed] – Curated by Tra Nguyen and
    Nguyen H. Quyen
     Nov 2018: QAGOMA – Queensland Art Gallery – Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane,
    Australia – THE 9TH ASIA PACIFIC TRIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART (APT9)” – Curated
    by Zara Stanhope
     2016-2017: Museo de Antioquia, Colombia – Zonas Grises – Curated by Nydia Gutiérrez
     2017: Saatchi Gallery, London,UK – Viet Nam Eye – Curated by Serenella Ciclitira, Nigel
    Hurst, Niru Ratnam, Chang Tsong-Zung, and Minh Đỗ
     2016: Casa Italia, Hà Nội, VN – Viet Nam Eye – Curated by Serenella Ciclitira, Nigel Hurst,
    Niru Ratnam, Chang Tsong-Zung, and Minh Đỗ
     2016: Vietnam Fine-Arts Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam – Open Doors – Mở cửa: 50
    Vietnamese artists after 30 Years of Đổi Mới (30 years of the country’s renewal policy) –

Curated by Nguyễn Đức Bình – Organized by Department of Fine Arts, Photography and
Exhibition of Vietnam
2015 – Nhà Sàn Collective, Hanoi, Vietnam – từ . tới | from . to – Curated by Ly Hoàng Ly
and Tuấn Mami –
2012: School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Base Space, Columbus Drive, Chicago, USA

  • Ở – Recent Works by Artists from Vietnam Heritage
    2012: Richard Gray Gallery, John Hancock Building, Chicago, USA – People Vs. Space –
    Curated by Jaume Plensa
    2009 – 2010: Ifa Gallery, Berlin & Stuttgart, Germany – Connect: Art Scene Vietnam –
    Curated by Veronica Radulovic and Barbara Barsch
    2009: Jockey Club Creative Art Center, Hong Kong – Curated by Mok Chiu Yu
    2009: New Zero Art Space, Yangon, Myanmar – Asian Contemporary Art Exchange –
    Curated by Aye Ko
    2009: Yerba Buena Center for The Arts, SF, USA – Transpop: Korea Vietnam Remix –
    Curated by Viet Le and Yong Soon Min
    2008: Arko Art Center, Seoul, Korea – Transpop: Korea Vietnam Remix – Curated by Viet
    Le and Yong Soon Min
    2008: Marsi Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand – Mekong Art and Culture Project – Curated by Le
    Brothers
    2008: Ban Naxay Gallery, Vientian, Laos – Mekong Art and Culture Project – Curated by
    Le Brothers
    2008: Viet Art Center, Hanoi, Vietnam – Mekong Art and Culture Project – Curated by Le
    Brothers
    2008: Meta House, Pnom Penh, Cambodia – Mekong Art and Culture Project – Curated
    by Le Brothers
    2008: Yun Art Gallery, Kunming, China – The Course of Our Contact: Yunnan-Vietnam
    Female Artists Exchange Program – Curated by Liu Lifen and Tran Luong
    2007: San Art, HCMC, Vietnam: Transpop: Korea Vietnam Remix – Curated by Viet Le and
    Yong Soon Min
    2007-2009: Kennesaw State University Gallery, Kennesaw, GA – Changing Identity –
    Curated by Nora Taylor
    2007-2009: The Trammel & Magaret Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, TX – Changing
    Identity – Curated by Nora Taylor
    2007-2009: Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ – Changing Identity –
    Curated by Nora Taylor

2007-2009: Dupree Gallery, Hope College, Holland, MI – Changing Identity – 2007-2009 –
Curated by Nora Taylor
2007-2009: The Clary M. Eagele Gallery, Murray State Universiry, Muray, KY – Changing
Identity – Curated by Nora Taylor
 2007-2009: Center for Visual Art, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO –
Changing Identity – Curated by Nora Taylor
 2007-2009: Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holly Cross, Worcester,
MA – Changing Identity – Curated by Nora Taylor
 2007-2009: Utah Museum of Fine Arts, The Univerity of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT –
Changing Identity – Curated by Nora Taylor
 2007-2009: Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN –
Changing Identity – Curated by Nora Taylor
 2007: Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, USA – Changing Identity, Curated by Nora
Taylor
 2007: South-Vietnamese Women Museum, HCMC, Vietnam – Saigon Biennale – Curated
by Gridthiya Gaweewong and Rirkrit Tiravanija
 2007: Viet Art Center, Hanoi Fine Art University, VN – National Young Art Festival
 2007: Asian Pacific/American Institute of New York University, USA – Exquisite Crisis &
Encounters – Curated by Viet Le and Yong Soon Min
 2007: New Zero Art Space, Yangon, Myanmar – Asian Contemporary Art Exchange –
Curated by Aye Ko
 2007: SPACE E6, Shenzhen, China – Organized by MOST – Curated by Andrew Lam
 2006: Stone & Water Gallery, Anyang, Korea – Xin Chao, My Darling: Pace on The Peace
Project – Curated by Park Chaneung and Nguyen Nhu Huy
 2004 – 2005: Dahlem Museum, Berlin, Germany – Identities Vs. Globalization –
Organized by Heinrich Böll Foundation – Curated by John Loschmann
 2004: Chiang Mai Art Museum, Chiang Mai, Thailand – Identities Vs. Globalization –
Organized by Heinrich Böll Foundation – Curated by John Loschmann
 2004: National Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand – Identities Vs. Globalization – Organized by
Heinrich Böll Foundation – Curated by John Loschmann
 2004: Queen Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand – “Living Art – Regional Artists Respond To
Hiv/Aids” – Curated by Chumpon Apisuk
 2002: Hanoi Contemporary Art Center, Hanoi, Vietnam – WINDOW TO ASIA – Curated by
Tran Luong and Ong Keng Sen. Sponsored by Theater Works, Singapore

PERFORMANCES + INSTALLATIONS
 2003: hope-memory tree – series of three-day solo and collective durational
performance art in the street, HCMC, Vietnam
 2017-2018: So, we became machines – series of solo durational performance art – Tôn
Đức Thắng street, HCMC, Vietnam
 2016: Hugging Trees – Hugging Your Loved-Ones – Hugging Yourself – 3-hour (from 4
am to 7 am) solo durational performance in collaboration with 30 Saigonese – public
performance and installation – Tôn Đức Thắng street, HCMC, Vietnam
 2016: Prvdens Vivo Prvdens Morior – 1 week fasting durational performance from May
24th to May 30th with the participation of more than 30 random guests – personal studio,
Hochiminh City, Vietnam
 2015: Hugging Trees – Hugging Your Loved-Ones – Hugging Yourself – 3 days solo
durational performance in collaboration with 300 Sangha of Plum Village – Buddish Meditation
Center founded by Zen master Thích Nhất Hạnh – Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, France
 2015: Requesting words – Offering words – 9-hour solo durational live-stream public
performance and installation – Hosted by Nha San Collective, Hanoi, Vietnam
 2015: PRISM – lăn[g] kính lăn[g] trụ – performed with Patricia Nguyễn – Manzi Art
Space, Hanoi, Vietnam
 2014: Prvdens Vivo Prvdens Morior – 3-week fasting-cooking durational performance
from Nov 24th to Dec 15th with the participation of 38 special guests – personal studio,
Chicago, USA
 2014+2015+2016: Memory vs. Memory – Ly Hoàng Ly + Patricia Nguyễn

  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 2016
  • Links Hall, Chicago, 2016
  • Museum of Memory and Human Rights, Santiago, 2015
  • Quadrenniel 2015, Prague, 2015
  • Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery, Chicago, 2014
     2013: Gabarge – Central Park of Caucel, Sans Jose, Mexico
     2013: Phoenix – Plaza Grande, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
     2012: I drink my Country – RIAP 2012
  • Le Lieu, Centre en Art Actuel, Quebec, Canada
  • Langage Plus, Alma, Canada
     2012: I drink my country – personal studio, Chicago, USA
     2009: Ceremony – 10th Open Art Festival – 798 Art Zone, Beijing, China
     2008 – 2010: The chest to bequeath
  • personal studio, HCMC, 2008
  • Ifa Gallery, “Connect: Art Scene Vietnam”, Berlin, Germany, 2009 – 2010
  • Ifa Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany, 2010
  • “Mekong Art And Culture Project” at Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, 2008
     2008: Father and Daughter and Poetry – poetry performance with father – L’Espace,
    Hanoi, Vietnam
     2008: Beautiful life: “Birth, Death, Rebirth, Death, Rebirth – Art Omi, Ghent, NY, USA
     2007: Blood and Flowers – Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, USA 2007
     2005: The woman and the old house – Biennale Internationale des Poetes en Val-de-
    Marne, France
     2005: Blood and Flowers – Cave Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
     2005: Comb – Flux Factory, Queen, NY, USA
     2005: Breads and nails – Roger Smith Gallery, NY, USA
     2004: The choice, Haeundae Beach, Busan Biennale, Busan, South Korea
     2004: Monument of Roundtray, ChiangMai University Art Museum, ChiangMai,
    Thailand
     2004: Monument of Roundtray, Busan Biennale, Busan, South Korea
     2003: Pushing through borders – collaborated with Anida Yoeu Ali – Blue Space Gallery,
    HCMC, Vietnam
     2003: The suffering – Blue Space Gallery, HCMC, Vietnam
     2001: Monument of Roundtray – Japan Society, New York, USA
     2001: Monument of Roundtray – The Shiga Museum of Art, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
     2001: Monument of Roundtray – Binh Quới Tourist Village, HCMC, Vietnam
     2001: Water – Japan Society, New York, USA
     2000: Water – Kagurazaka, DIE PLATZE, Tokyo, Japan
     2000: Water – Macau Museum of Art, Macau
    RESIDENCY & WORKSHOP

 2008: One-Month Art Omi Residency, Ghent, New York, USA – Funded by Ford
Foundation
 2008: THE COURSE OF OUR CONTACT – One-Month Yunan-Vietnam Female Artists
Exchange Program, Kunming, China – Organized by Liu Lifen and Tran Luong
 2007: One-Month Ssamzie Space Residency, Seoul, Korea – Organized by Viet Le and
Yong Soon Min
 2005: Three-Month Artist-In-Residence, Cave Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA . Funded
By Ford Foundation – Curated by Rodney Dickson
 2005: Three-Week Workshop “Who We Are?”, Phu My Hung Contemporary Art Center,
HCMC, Vietnam – Curated by Sinh Ngoc Tran
 2003: Three-Month International Writing Program at University of Iowa – Invited and
Funded by The US Department of State
 2003: One-Month Mekong Project Workshop & Residencies. Bangkok, Chiangmai,
Thailand Luangphrabang, Laos – Funded by Rockefeller Foundation – Organized by Dance
Theater Workshop (DTW), NY, USA
 2003: Arts and Culture Development (ACD), British Council, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
 2002: One-Month Phú Quốc Workshop and Exhibition, Phu Quoc Island – Funded by Ho
Chi Minh Fine Arts Association, Vietnam
 2002: Window to Asia: Workshop and Exhibition – Funded by ANA, Theater Works,
Singapore and Vietnamese Fine Arts Association – Curated by Ong Keng Seng and Tran
Luong.
 2001: One-Month Long Hai Workshop: “Flow”, Long Hai Beach, Vietnam – Funded by
Ford Foundation – Organized by Chan thi Huynh Nga
 1997: Parcours: Six-Month Workshop And Exhibition, Hanoi Fine Arts University,
Vietnam – Funded by French Embassy & Alliance Francaise – Curated by Nguyen Cam
LECTURE & SEMINAR
 Nov 2023: Fulbright University, Hochiminh City, Vietnam – Guest Speaker
 Nov 2023: California College Of The Arts, San Francisco – Guest Speaker
 Oct 2019: Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, Portugal – 0395A.ĐC & boat home boat
 Sep 2019: Qi Dong Poetry Salon, Taiwan Literature Museum, Taipei, Taiwan – Poetic Leaf

 Aug 2019: Centro Cultural La Moneda, Santiago, Chile – Boat Home Boat – A Journey
with Ly Hoàng Ly
 Nov 2018: QAGOMA, Brisbane, Australia – The APT9 Opening Weekend panel discussion
on ‘Ideas of Home’
 Nov 2018: MPavillion, Melbourne, Australia, Co-hosted by Centre of Visual Art, VCA,
Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne and Design & Creative Practice
ECP, RMIT University – Creative Collaboration and Collectivity in The Asia Pacific Region –
Artist Talk.
 Nov 2017: The Factory Contemporary Art Center, HCMC, Vietnam – Spirit of Friendship
 Aug 2017: The Factory Contemporary Art Centre, HCMC, VN – Public Art – From A to Z
 2014: N/A Art Space, Oakland, California, My Gaze/// Yr Gaze * Chains of Love / Ties
That Blind”- Guest Lecturer
 2014: California College Of The Arts, San Francisco – Guest Lecturer
 2013: Columbia College, Chicago, USA – Photo Trade Access – International Artist
Lectures
 2013: La Rendija Sede 50.51, Merida, Mexico – Vietnamese Performance Art – Artist Talk
 2012: Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery, Chicago, USA – Vietnamese Performance Art
 2012: Le Lieu, Quebec, Canada – Vietnamese Artists Talk
 2007: Saigon Open City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – Artist Talk
 2005: New York University. New York, USA – Vietnamese Contemporary Art – Artist
Presentation.
 2003: Ho Chi Minh Fine Arts University, Contemporary Art Panel Discussion – Speaker
and Organizer
 2003: Humanities Festival, Chicago – Vietnamese Contemporary Poetry
 2003: Cultural House, University of Iowa, USA – Fantasy And Reality – Panel Discussion
 2002: NIPAF Summer Seminar, Nagano, Japan
 2000: NIPAF Summer Seminar, Nagano, Japan

CURATION
 2015: Co-curated with Tuấn Mami “Từ . Tới | From . To” – A durational public
performance and installation show – Hosted by Nha San Collective, Hanoi, Vietnam

 2012: Curatorial Assistant 2012 MFA Thesis Show – Sullivan Gallery, The School Of The
Art Institute Of Chicago
 2004: Curated Performance Art and Installation in The Street – Huế Festival – Funded by
Huế Fine-Arts University, Vietnam
 2003: Curated Performance Art and Installation Workshop at Huế & Hội An, Vietnam.
 2003: Co-curated “Pushing Through Borders” – Workshop and Exhibition – Blue Space
Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – Funded by Rockefeller and Dance Theater
Workshop, (DTW), New York, USA

AWARD
 2013: Claire Rosen and Samuel Edges Foundation Prize Award Candidate
 2013 – 2014: Awarded Internship at Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection – The School of
the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) – Sponsored by Fulbright – Institute of International
Education
 2011 – 2014: Fulbright scholarship and sponsorship for MFA study and Internship
 2011 – 2013: Dean Grant – The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
 2012: South East Asia Award by Institute of International Education, Fulbright, USA
 2011: Signature Art Prize 2011, Singapore. Nominated for art work “Cloud”
 2008: Ford Foundation Funding for Art Omi Residency, Ghent, New York
 2004: Awarded Rockefeller Foundation & Dance Theater Workshop, NY Funding  for
“See Between Sea” project
 2003: Awarded Rockefeller Foundation & Dance Theater Workshop, NY Funding for
“Pushing through Borders” – A Workshop Project co-curated with artist Anida Yoeu Ali,
inviting artists in different fields of art to execute a multimedia collaborated
performance art work
 1997: Top 10 Ho Chi Minh Emerging Artists – HCMC Fine Arts Association, HCMC,
Vietnam.