^To be distinguished from the birth name of the modern painter, art name Thọ Vân (1937–2001)
^Mỹ thuật Việt Nam hiện đại - Page 161 Lương Tiểu Bạch Nguyễn - 2005 "Một số họa Sĩ khác như Trần Văn Thọ (S. 1917),
Tú Duyên (Nguyễn Văn Duyên, S. 1919), Trân Đắc (S. 1922), Lê Văn Bình..."
^East Asian Cultural Studies Volume 6 - Page 208 Yunesuko Higashi, Ajia Bunka Kenkyū Sentā (Tokyo, Japan) - 1967 "... in Vietnamese painting and gave birth to various masterpieces, such as cubist paintings of Ta Ty, silk prints of Tu Duyen, silk paintings of Tran Van Tho, etc..."
^Vietnam magazine - Volume 7, Issue 7 - Page 6 Vietnam Council on Foreign Relations - 1974 article by Chau Kim Dinh: "Silk painting is a delicate art, an Oriental painting par excellence. ... After completion of studies from the Hanoi Advanced School of Fine Arts, Pham Tu and artist Tran Van Tho made a swing through the Haute Région of old — Ha Giang, Hoang Xa Phi, Lao Kay and other picturesque areas close to the..."
^Silpi Magazine, India, Volume 3 - Page 117 1948 "Tran Van Tho is a well-known artist of Hanoi and seems to be quite at home in any style. His paintings on silk have all the delicacy of a skilful and artistic brush ; his gouache paintings are harmonious, his water colours full of atmosphere,"
^Asia: Asian quarterly of culture and synthesis - Volume 1 - Page 126 René de Berval - 1951 "Then there is Mr. Tran-van-Tho's "Repos Champetre ", treated with great nobility of manner, in a fine and powerful colour-harmony."