Lacquer: Tri used made a lot of lacquer art and found new ways and create new ways to make it too. Lacquer is used as a gloss to make the painting smooth and shiny. Gia's lacquer work was vietnamese landscape and culture.
Folding Screens: Nguyen Gia Tri was at his best in making folding screens depicting scenes of women and landscape. A folding screen is a type of standing furniture which consist of of several frames or panel with are usually connected by hinges.
Engraving: Tri combined foreign engraving and inlaying methods to new lacquer techniques for preparing, polishing and coloring. Engraving means like a print made from like a engraved plate and you carve and create the piece of art.
Pictorial Depth: Nguyen Gia Tri used pictorial depth to express his feelings along with other lacquer painters. Pictorial depth cues a distance or depth that was used by Tri.