Since being a senior high school pupil, Nguyen Manh Tuan from Quang Nam Province has had a great passion for photography.

Nguyen Manh Tuan and his ‘An Overview of Da Nang’ photo which has been displayed at national and international photo exhibitions

While attending the 4-year university, he tried his best efforts to do many part-time jobs to save money for buying an used camera.

Since having his own camera, Tuan has wandered everywhere through cities and rural areas nationwide to capture beautiful moments in life. His photos depict a simple but romantic life full of colours.

Apart from normal life, the 28-year-old man has showed keen interested in capturing images showcasing the country’s traditional culture as a way to preserve the ancient beauty, including photos about the Rice Harvest Festival of the Co Tu ethnic people in Quang Nam Province, and photo collections of ‘ao dai’ (Viet Nam’s traditional long dress), and ‘non la’ (conical hats).

After only 6 years of pursuing his photography dream, Tuan has travelled to about 20 provinces and cities across the country to take photos. From these real trips, Tuan captured thousands of beautiful and worthwhile moments.

For him, his biggest property after 6 years of pursuing his photography dream is about 20,000 photos, including nearly 500 beautiful and rare pictures reflecting daily lives and activities of people, and landscapes of many localities across Viet Nam.

In May, Tuan officially opened his own gallery called ‘Du Muc Art Gallery’ in the alley No 618/1 Nui Thanh Street.

The gallery displays his best photos, and it becomes an ideal venue for photo lovers to meet and exchange their experience. Moreover, some of his pictures for home decoration are on sale at the gallery.

Despite being newly-established, the Du Muc Art Gallery has been very popular with the public. It welcomes about 100 visitors to visit and buy photos every month.

Over the past years, many of Tuan's photos have been displayed at many exhibitions, and competed in photo contests, in Viet Nam, and such foreign countries as Japan and China.

Notably, his photos have been bought by foreign publishers to print them on postcards.