It is difficult for the young individual to recognise - with a supreme sense of self-assurance - his own unmistakable face in the maze that is the modern information society.

A statue made of wood, symbolising inner traditional values, stands in the middle of a ring formed by six other statues. The heads of these statues have been replaced by television sets showing faces of young men and women from all parts of Vietnam. But the faces shown on every “TV head” are the same - a reflection of the uniformity that stands diametrically opposed to the possibilities and expectations thrown up by a globalised world. The young seek to give their faces an unmistakably individual stamp, but often they imitate the expressions and reactions of media stars. They remain hidden behind alien symbols that have entered the realm of their existence in the process of globalisation. Will they find their true faces? The “TV faces” rest on bodies still bound by traditions. But their ring-shaped arrangement around the wooden statue inevitably evokes the impression that the latter is encircled, almost stifled by a greyish-black mass of uniformity.