HANOI: Vietnam's culture ministry has issued a directive against "inappropriate" statues after images of godlike sculptures with animal heads and human genitalia stoked controversy. The cover-up the offending bits of the statues attracted even more attention with pictures of the more modest displays going viral online. Thanh's company later swapped the sculpture swim wear for plastic leaves and fruit. But the culture ministry was not amused. The ministry did not single out the Hai Phong statues in the text of its directive but posted a picture of the 12 statues.

Source: New Strait Times April 06, 2018 10:52 UTC