Anh Newspaper writes about people recreating Vietnamese streets with lego

British company Reuters has just had an article about Vietnamese Lego creator Hoang Dang, who recreates Vietnamese streets through colorful pieces.

Hoang Dang. Photo: Reuters In a cramped room, with boxes, drawers and wardrobes filled with Lego bricks that were packed floor to ceiling, Hoang Dang attentively built a blue and yellow fishing boat with a Vietnamese flag. glow. Reuters said that this industrial designer has long loved Lego, but he only collected this toy a few years ago while on a business trip to Detroit, USA. Here, Hoang Dang was very surprised by the series of products available in the US. With a toy that recreates Vietnamese streets, Hoang Dang is most inspired by scenes close to his home, carefully recreating his childhood home, a pagoda in the Old Quarter in Hanoi. and the living room in the 1990s during Tet. All scenes are subtly and colorful in miniature. “I want to bring my perspective to my friends around the world, because the Lego building community in Vietnam is still little known regionally and internationally,” he said. Hoang is halfway through his journey to conquer the goal of building 10 large-scale works for exhibition. Hoang Dang said that it will take about 5 months to complete the facade with 5,000 pieces, although most of that time is spent on finding the right pieces. “I usually spend the whole evening looking for just one Lego brick,” Hoang said. Bao Anh honored the person who recreated the Vietnamese street with lego Although he is a collector who owns more than 2 million Lego bricks, Hoang is always looking for new pieces. In Ho Chi Minh City, Hoang has a friend who shares his passion, Khang Huynh. The two met through a Facebook group dedicated to Lego builders and collectors. Lego stands for “leg godt” which means fun in Danish. “Playing Lego helps us recharge our creativity after long and tiring projects,” Hoang said. Hoang and Khang both love to take pictures of what inspired them on the street, then recreate it with bricks. To Khang, it is images on the street like a Honda motorcycle.