Hanoi, Oct. 12 -- An artwork titled "President Ho Chi Minh Proclaiming the Declaration of Independence" by artist Chu Nhat Quang has officially been recognised by the Guinness World Records as the world's largest single-piece lacquer painting. At a ceremony to welcome the accolade held at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi on October 11, Standing Vice President of the Vietnam Fine Arts Association Mai Thi Ngoc Oanh said this marks the first time a Vietnamese lacquer painting has been acknowledged by Guinness World Records, and indeed the first time the organisation has established a record for lacquer art. She emphasised that the honour belongs not only to the artist and the Vietnam Fine Arts Association but to the entire nation. Lacquer, a ...