b.1944, Nam Dinh
Ngô Viễn Chí (born as Vũ Hữu Xưởng) started studying drawing and painting at a young age before joining the North Vietnamese army in the early 1960s. He specialized in documenting the war effort in the resistance (Viet Cong) controlled areas, including weapons manufacturing, growing of medicinal plants and the preparation of medicines. Chí became an accomplished watercolour painter, with notable works that were widely exhibited, including 40 Năm Kháng Chiến, 40 Resistance Years; Kho Tàng Cục Hậu Cần Miền Đông Nam Bộ, Treasury Department of Logistics of the South East (1974); Chợ Cá Sông Đốc Cà Mau, Fish Market of Đốc River, Cà Mau province; Tàu Bạn Vào Cảng Sài Gòn, Friendship Ship comes to Saigon port (1978); Đồ Hộp Tân Bình, Canned Food, Tân Bình (1980).