Loan Chau

Loan Chau (1973-    ) is a beautiful Vietnamese-American singer whose career had first reached prominence in 1996 through her audio recordings and music video appearances for the Asia Productions label.  She was then known to her fans as Ninh Cat Loan Chau.  She has since shortened her professional stage name to just Loan Chau.

Born as Ninh The Loan Chau on September 15, 1973 in Saigon, South Vietnam, she is youngest in a family of eight children.  Her father had served as a naval officer for the military of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.  After the Fall of Saigon, her family would experience many difficulties being separated from one another beginning with her father being sent away for a number of years to re-education camp by the new regime of the now unified Democratic Socialistic Republic of Vietnam.  Upon his release in 1979, her family planned to escape from the communist dictatorship in Vietnam and leave by boat in hopes of seeking refuge abroad.  On the day of their departure, her family somehow would be divided into two separate boats: her father and four of her older siblings on the first boat, Loan Chau and her three older sisters along with their mother on the second. Unfortunately, only the boat carrying her father and three older siblings made it to international waters, while the boat carrying Loan Chau, her three sisters and her mother was forced to turn back around by the Vietnamese authorities.  For the next twelve years, while her father and four of her older siblings were in the United States, her mother remained in Vietnam left alone to care for her four daughters.  Finally in 1991, the entire family was reunited and now live in Westminster, California.

Prior to her arrival in the United States, Loan Chau had actively participated in many student music programs while attending Marie Curie High School in Ho Chi Minh City.  During her years in college at Cal State Long Beach, Loan Chau sang for the choir of the Vietnamese Catholic Church in Westminster, California and along with several friends formed a local band where she sang lead and played keyboard at parties and weddings in the Vietnamese-American community.  In 1995, she won a karaoke contest held at the Ritz Nightclub in Anaheim, California.  The following year Loan Chau graduated from Cal State Long Beach with a bachelor's of arts degree in management information systems.


Toward the end of 1996, Loan Chau signed with Asia Productions as an exclusive artist.  Her audio recording and video appearance for the song, Ben Em La Bien Rong, under the Asia Productions label would turn her into a star.  Audiences quickly took notice of her sweet, angelic voice and striking physical beauty.  Loan Chau became one of the most popular performers of Asia Productions during her brief tenure with the label joining the ranks of others such as Lam Nhat Tien, Lam Thuy Van, Shayla and Nhu Quynh.

In 2000, Loan Chau left Asia Productions and signed with Thuy Nga Paris.  That same year she had also formed her own music production label, Loan Chau Music.  She has recorded duets with many other artists including Nguyen Hung, Don Ho, The Son and Tran Thai Hoa.  Loan Chau continues to perform at live shows all over the world dazzling Vietnamese audiences with her beauty and talents.

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