Truong Vu

Truong Vu (1963-    ) is one of the most successful overseas Vietnamese singers of traditional Vietnamese pop music.  He had first gained prominence back in the 1990s after being discovered by singer/music producer Chung Tu Luu.  His earliest professional audio recordings for smaller labels such as Chung Tu Luu's Ca Dao and Phuong Hoang has led him to collaborations with numerous other overseas music production companies such as Tinh Productions, Asia Productions, Van Son Entertainment and Thuy Nga Paris.  Truong Vu has enjoyed a successful career as one of the bestselling overseas Vietnamese male recording artists for almost two decades.

Born as Huynh Van Ngoanh on February 25, 1963 in Bac Lieu, South Vietnam to a family of Hoa descent, he grew up speaking primarily Chinese in the dialects of Teochew and Cantonese.  At the age of 20, he fled from Vietnam and spent a year living in a refugee camp in Pulau Bidong, Malaysia before resettling in Los Angeles, California.  Unlike most other performing artists, Truong Vu began his professional singing career until much later during his thirties.  Due to his limited command of the Vietnamese language, he often found difficulty recording Vietnamese music.  According to Truong Vu, he had relied heavily on his girlfriend named Anh Thi who had helped him understand the meaning behind the songs' lyrics.  For five years, he studied under legendary Vietnamese singer/songwriter Duy Khanh who had coached him with proper pronunciation in Vietnamese and singing techniques.  Che Linh had also taken Truong Vu under his wings as his protégé.


Truong Vu has performed on stages for Vietnamese audiences in all four corners of the world.  In 2006, he performed for the very first time in a concert held in Vietnam.  In 2010, he returned to Vietnam to perform on two well-received live shows in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.  Truong Vu has recorded many duets with other artists such as Nhu Quynh, Phi Nhung, Tam Doan and Ngoc Huyen.  Among his most popular hit songs include Dam Cuoi Ngheo, Than Phan Ngheo, Ngheo Ma Co Tinh, Ba Thang Quan Truong, Hanh Trang Gia Tu and Thu Cho Vo Hien.