TRAN THANH SANG with his VISUAL TOUR

New year is coming … so let me write about one of the “new” in Vietnamese Art activities in Ho Chi Minh City. There was an exhibition at Thong Nhat Palace and Tran Van Sang’s project is considered to be an important and impressive one.

Tran Van Sang is a photographer so his work firmly related to the images but in a more creative and practical way. Keeping in mind a way to be able to introduce and promote Vietnam to foreigners is his ambition and finally he could do it with “visual tour”, a online tour which you can view many famous places in Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City, Khai Dinh Masoleums, Van Mieu, My Son ...) just by clicking on the arrows to view 360 degrees of the landscapes.

This is not a new invention but it could prove that Vietnamese can do it and there can be more applications in the future, which would help Vietnam to develop and contribute for public purposes. Thank you Sang for showing us his work, not only for us to admire, to learn from but also inspired and encourage us to do something new and practical. Our work just not like showing people the photos, the images, but can do a lot more than that if we have passion, dream and efforts.

Here is his website , you can visit there and try “visual tour” to see what I have talked about. This function needs java to run and you can install it through his website. I myself didn’t have chance to visit places in the Middle and the Northern Vietnam so this works perfectly to give me the overall views about how the places really are. Feeling bored of seeing what’s in front of you? Take his tour and see what’s really behind your back. Have a nice trip!

Sources :

TranThanhSang Website

ThanhNienOnline