Vietnamese lawyer sells her paintings to raise money for charity
Amanda Huynh, a Vietnamese lawyer working in France, sold three of her 40 paintings on July 12 for US$9,000, half of which will be contributed to poor students through her Amanda Foundation.
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The female lawyer, writer and painter also introduced her book Lam, which features several of her stories together with her paintings, in an exhibition organised in HCM City.
The work features stories about her life in France.
Amanda Huynh was born in Nha Trang and graduated from the HCM City University of Law in 2005.
One year after, she studied at the Capitole I University in Toulouse and later received her Ph.D degree in economic law in 2010 at the same school. She became a lawyer in 2011.
With her love for art, she has produced 1,000 works of various types and materials.
In 2013, she was named Young Talent of Art 3F in Europe. Her artworks are displayed in several exhibitions and galleries in France and Dubai.
