The information was announced at a press conference last week by the museum’s owner, Tuong Sap Viet Company. The museum will display over 100 wax statues of late and current celebrities who have had great contributions to the Vietnamese art. There will be a special corner to exhibit photos of artists in their daily life and on stage taken by veteran journalist Thanh Hiep. 

(From left to right) Comedian Hong To, Meritorious Artist Thanh Loc and artist My Chi pose in front of their wax statues

All the proceeds from ticket sales will be spent on charity for poor artists and unlucky people. Thai Ngoc Binh, one of the three artisans at Tuong Sap Viet Company, said they have spent around VND 35 billion on establishing the museum. 

They expect to carry out more wax projects with different themes of Vietnam’s culinary and religion in the near future.

The owners of the museum also hope to receive more and more orders for wax statues from companies, museums and religion organizations in both nationwide and overseas. The profit from these orders would help them maintain the wax museum.

Three artisans named Nguyen van Dong, Nguyen Thi Dien and Thai Ngoc Binh established Tuong Sap Viet Company. They have learnt about the techniques of making wax statues during the past 16 years by going to many countries in the world. Experiences they gained helped the trio make statues that have strong resemblance to real people.

Artist Thanh Loc and his wax statue

Visitors can admire the wax museum at Hoa Binh Theater at 240 Ba Thang Hai Street, District 10, HCM City.