Vietnamese director named BBC 100 Women list

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has just revealed its list of 100 most inspiring and influential women for 2024 from around the world. This year’s list celebrates those who – through their resilience – are pushing for change, as the world changes around them. Vietnamese film director Xuan Phuong was honored in the category of culture and education.

According to BBC’s introduction, Xuan Phuong is a film director, author, gallery owner in Vietnam. Approaching her 95th birthday, the woman has lived a very full life.

She has experienced two wars in Vietnam, and fought for the country's independence from France as a 16-year-old.

Having graduated as a doctor, she has been head of a clinic, a war correspondent and a film director for Vietnam Television, witnessing historic moments such as the fall of Saigon regime.

At the age of 62, rather than retiring, she started the Lotus Gallery - one of the first private galleries in Ho Chi Minh City - seeking to bring Vietnamese art to the world. She has gone on to nurture local artists to achieve widespread fame./.