Collecting old items is how 47-year-old Tran Van Phuc from Quang Nam province describes the previous daily life of the working class to the younger generation.

When visiting Huynh Huu Loc’s woodennbsp;house in the early morning, you can see a Buddha statue in a mysterious dark-blue colour preserved solemnly at the centre of the house.

After 15 years of research, he now owns dozens of valuable vintage clocks that fill his cozy house.

Mr. Ho Van Than (60 years old, Quynh Thien ward, Hoang Mai town, Nghe An province) is very admired for his flair in turning scrap shops into riveting electric puppets.

Mr. Hoang at a very young age was driven by a strong sense of destiny to seek old values manifested in antiques, particularly attire from Vietnam’s last feudal dynasty – the Nguyen Dynasty.

Mr. Nguyen Tan Hieu, 34, in Binh Thuy district, Can Tho city has acquired a collection of around 200 valuable vintage cassettes, radios, and over 100 old kerosene lamps.

Dao Tran Quoc Chuong, born 1974, living in District 6 in HCM City, has surprised antiques collectors in Vietnam with his invaluable collection of ancient Japanese pottery, which cannot be measured in cash.

Visitors to a collection of kerosene lamps owned by Tran Thanh Tung in Hanoi’s Hao Nam street are amazed by the oil lamps of many types and sizes on display in his living room.

Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam has directed relevant agencies to join in compiling a multi-national dossier of the traditional Tug of war to seek the UNESCO's recognition as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of humanity by 2015.

For over 20 years in Vinh Tuong, a farmer has traveled along the Red River to collect antiques. No money to buy a glass cabinet to display the antiques, he attached them to the walls of his house, turning it into a unique masterpiece.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The race for antiques is very tough among state museums, private museums, collectors and antique brokers. In this race, the weakest are state museums.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Although the ship was submerged in the sea of Binh Chau in the central province of Quang Ngai for nearly 700 years, it remains intact, making experts surprised.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's ever first antique appraisal company is up and running after a green light from culture and heritage authorities.

Waves of more than 5m high hit the wreck that contains 500-year-old antiques in the waters of Binh Chau in the central province of Quang Ngai this morning, June 11. The excavation was suspended for the safety of dozens of professionals and workers.

Nearly 16,000 Chu Dau ceramic items which were collected from a wreck in Cu Lao Cham in Quang Nam province were shared between the salvage company and Quang Nam authorities at the proportion of 70/30.

Mrs. Monie Phuong, Thanh Thai King’s granddaughter, has donated more than 200 artifacts and rare documents of the Nguyen Dynasty, the last feudal reign in Vietnam, to the ancient city of Hue.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The thermometer of 1.16 m long, 0.31 m wide, is said to be the treasure of the elite in the resort city of Da Lat (Lam Dong Province) in the 40s.

Nearly 40 bronze, porcelain, gem, gold, silver, cloth antiques and ancient documents of the Nguyen Dynasty are showcased at an exhibition that opened on April 21 in the ancient capital city of Hue.

A holiday on beautiful Phu Quoc Island, in the southern province of Kien Giang , is not complete without visiting Coi Nguon (The Root) Museum, to learn about island history and life.