Please enjoy two lacquer paintings of tranquil, cool-looking, nocturnal rural scenes of Vietnam, featuring typical houses on stilts at a river with coconut trees, bamboo and other local trees on river banks on a night with a full moon. Lacquer artwork is a traditional art form in Vietnam. I acquired these artworks on wooden panels from Hanoi, where I was brought to visit many art galleries after delivering an hour-long lecture as an invited speaker for the Vietnamese National Congress on Recent Developments in Clinical Laboratory Testing held in Hanoi.
Tan It Koon
Before retirement, Dr Tan It Koon was, among many appointments, Head of Clinical Biochemistry at SGH’s Dept of Pathology. He was the Deputy Chairman of the National Theatre Trust and Chairman for Grants and Scholarships of the Spore Cultural Foundation. He received the National Day Awards, PBM, and PPA, for his contribution to cultural and community development and excellence in Public Administration.
