At the age of 72, a man with memory loss in Ho Chi Minh City has just got a tattoo of his home address and daughter’s phone number so he can wander around without losing his way home. The touching story was shared by Bui Van Quan, a tattoo artist in District 2, who said he had never met such a peculiar customer in his career. “He likes to wander around a lot, but would often forget his way home due to an age-related memory loss,” Quan said. “His daughter had tried different ways to have him wear a tag with contact details on it, but they didn’t work.” The 21-year-old tattoo artists recalled being reluctant at first, as he didn’t know whether the elderly man would be able to put up with the pain of getting a tattoo. “But when I arrived at their house for the procedure, he seemed happy about the decision. He told me stories about his youth, which was remarkable considering his memory problem,” Quan recalled. According to the artist, the old man’s daughter had been rejected by many tattoo shops before she finally found one that agreed to perform the task. The session only lasted for two hours, but it taught Quan many lessons about familial love and filial piety, he said. Quan has been working as a professional tattoo artist for three years since graduating from high school, and his motto is to put all of his passion into his work and the… [Read full story]
VietNamNet Bridge - Students at a high school have discovered that a teacher has a tattoo on her foot. This, in the eyes of many Vietnamese, is unacceptable for teachers. Nguyen Nu Kieu Vinh, a high school teacher of English in Phu Tho province, has become famous in recent days because the story has been spreading on social networks. An excellent teacher who has received many awards for her achievements in the last 23 years, Vinh, who is beloved by students, has suddenly become the target of criticism just because of the tattoo on her foot. Vinh still doesn’t know…... [read more]
A Spanish tourist faces deportation from Myanmar over a Buddha leg tattoo that offended monks. The man was initially detained in Bagan, an ancient town in central Myanmar where tourists flock to visit thousands of picturesque temples and pagodas. "Monks in Bagan saw a Buddha tattoo on his right leg because he was wearing shorts. They informed us as it's not appropriate," a police officer in Bagan told AFP, requesting anonymity, adding that the Spaniard was promptly sent back to Yangon. A police official at Yangon airport, who also asked not to be named, confirmed the detention and said the…... [read more]
The story behind the Sydney Opera House and its Danish architect Jorn Utzon is to be made into a movie, with the Swedish producer behind "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" on board. The Danish/Swedish/Australian production will tell the story of how Utzon upset the conservative Australian architectural establishment by winning an international competition to design the building and his battles to push through his radical ideas. "Utzon was a great Danish architect and the story of how he created the Sydney Opera is both fascinating and scary. This story has to be told," said executive producer Ole Sondberg in…... [read more]
Nguyen Dang Thien, popularly known as Danis Nguyen, is the only Vietnamese and one of 16 Asian artists in “The World Atlas of Tattoo” by Anna Felicity Friedman. The book, published by Yale University Press, uses more than 700 color illustrations and experts’ text to tell stories about both historical and contemporary tattoo practices in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, North and Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. Thien, 37, who moved to Ho Chi Minh City from Nha Trang, has been studying and practicing the art for around 10 years. He currently runs a tattoo shop…... [read more]
Police in Vung Tau City yesterday asked the local prosecutor’s office to prosecute a local woman who last year forced a female employee to have centipedes tattooed on her face and bosom as a warning for the latter’s alleged affair with the former’s husband. >> Girl forced to get tattoos on face, bosom 34-year-old Nguyen Thi Anh, aka Tram Anh, who owns the Monel café in the city, has been detained on charges of “humiliating others,” said city police. The police also proposed a prosecution for Nguyen Thi Huong, 21, a native of Nghe An Province who is an attendant…... [read more]
