About Artist Nguyen Quoc Su

Born in 1942.

He began learning embroidery at the age of 13.

About Artist Nguyen Quoc Su

Born in 1942.

He began learning embroidery at the age of 13.

1959:                      He became a member of Hop Tien Embroidery Cooperative.

1968:                      He was elected to a member of the administrative section of the cooperative.

1972:                      He produced a masterpiece, “The President Ho Chi Minh’s House on Stilts”.

He was awarded the Lenin Medal at the International Olympic Fair in Moscow with this embroidery work.

1977:                      He was given the Approval Certificate from Prime Minister Pham Van Dong.

He also got the Certificate for Science of Technology Creative Youth.

1983:                      He was awarded the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Gold Medal and the Giang Vo Fair Gold Medal.

2000:                      Japan Broadcasting Agency (NHK) made a special documentary program of Su’s embroidery and his family as a new year’s program in Japan.

2008:                      He was invited to Takashimaya, a leading department store in Yokohama, Japan for his embroidery exhibition.