Overseas Vietnamese singers celebrate Christmas, New Year in Vietnam
Vietnamese-American pop stars Tuan Ngoc and Thanh Ha will perform in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Lat city in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong to celebrate Christmas and New Year.
Famous love songs from the 1960s to 1980s will be featured in a mini-concert by Vietnamese-American pop star Tuan Ngoc in HCM City during the Christmas and New Year holiday. (Photo courtesy of the organiser)
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Vietnamese-American pop stars TuanNgoc and Thanh Ha will perform in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Lat city in theCentral Highlands province of Lam Dong to celebrate Christmas and NewYear.
Ngoc will sing love songs written by talented composers such as Trinh CongSon, Tu Cong Phung, Pham Duy and Ngo Thuy Mien. These works werefamous in the 1960s-70s and have won the hearts of Vietnamese audiences forgenerations.
Ngoc, whose real name is Lu Anh Tuan, was born in a traditional family in Da Latin 1947. He began his singing career when he was a boy.
He performed in a children’s variety radio programme in South Vietnam inthe 1960s.
He joined several bands, including the Strawberry Four andthe Top Five, that performed pop music in the South in the 70s.
After moving to southern California, he became a popular singer in the overseasVietnamese community, where his style and interpretation of music endeared himto audiences.
He released more than 50 singles and albums and many music videos.
He has performed in several solo shows and concerts in HCM City and Hanoi inrecent years.
Ngoc will dazzle his fans with two mini shows at the May Saigon Live Stage on99 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai street, District 1. Tickets are available at thewebsite MAYSAIGON.NET.
The first show entitled Man in SuitX’Mas with Tuan Ngoc will open at 8.30pm on December 24.
In the second show, New Year’s Eve withTuan Ngoc, Ngoc will sing with Vietnamese-American musician Duc Huy.
Meanwhile, singer Ha performed in a special show featuring pop stars from HCMCity at 7.30pm on December 17 at the May Da Lat Stage on Hoang Hoa Tham street.
She sang pop, dance and R&B music featuring love and women by talentedcomposers such as Duc Tri and Phuong Uyen.
“I love singing for my fans in my homeland,” said Ha, who is living in HCMCity to develop her career.
Ha began her professional career in 1995 after moving to the US. She isfamous in pop and R&B.
She has worked with music producers and entertainment agencies, and performedon more than 80 music videos and albums.
Ha has performed in many concerts and music festivals in France, Canada and theUS, and worked with Thuy Nga Paris By Night, a music show produced by Thuy NgaProductions in Paris./.
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Famous love songs from the 1960s to 1980s will be featured in a mini-concert by Vietnamese-American pop star Tuan Ngoc in HCM City during the Christmas and New Year holiday. (Photo courtesy of the organiser) 
