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Painters copy works of famous artists at a shop in Vietnam's commercial hub Ho Chi Minh City. Afters years of proverty and isolation from the West, many peoiple in the communist country regard art as a bourgeois extravagance. But art sales, driven by a fast-growing middle class with a taste for decorative furnishings, are taking off. While traditional Vietnamese art is making inroads in galleries and private collections in London and Paris and can command thousands of dollars, a less ingenious form of art reproduced from great masters has gained admiration at home.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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