Viet Van Tran was born 1971 in Ha Noi, Viet Nam and received a Cultural Bachelor degree from Ha Noi Cultural University in 1996. Upon graduating he began a career in journalism. Most recently he is a special reporter for Lao Dong Newspaper-one of the largest newspaper in Vietnam. He has had 10 solo exhibitions, including “My mum” in Photometria (Greece) and has been a part of over 45 group exhibitions in Asia, Europe and the USA, including “Fifth Exposure Annual Awards” at Louver Museum, Paris, France (digital). He also won over 90 international photo prizes such as Px3 (France), IPA, Master Cup, Art of Photography Show (US), MIFA (Russian), TIFA (Japan), ND Awards, Travel Photographer of the Year, Pollux annua Award (UK), etc. Over the course of his career, he has juried “National Art Photography”, National Press Photography” in still photography and also the Vietnam Film Festival for excellence in cinema. His pictures were published in many book & magazines as “Peace Book Vol.1” (London, UK), “Mythography Vol.1”, “Mythography Vol.2”, “Urban Unveil Vol.1, 2, 3, 4 (Italia), Obscura, Lenscratch, Journal (US), Photo (France), Silvershotz (Australia), Dodho (Spain), Getinspired (Neitherland), “No name Collective Art Magazine” (UK), F-Stop (US), etc. And several images were featured in Saatchi collection as Contemporary Photography, Faces... Featured in almost 450 Vietnamese newspaper articles and the object of many interviews on Vietnamese cultural and arts programmes on Vietnamese television.
