Trần Thái Hòa (1973- ) is a famous overseas Vietnamese singer. He was born on January 28, 1973 in Ban Mê Thuột of Đắk Lắk Province in the Central Highlands of Vietnam as the third eldest in a family of four children. Both of his parents are originally from Huế. Due to harsh economic conditions, his family was split apart in 1983 when his father and eldest brother relocated to Ho Chi Minh City to find work. The following year both his father and eldest brother left Vietnam and resettled in the United States leaving the rest of the family behind in Ban Mê Thuột. Finally at the end of 1993, the entire family were reunited upon the arrival of Tran Thai Hoa, his mother and two siblings to Southern California from Vietnam.
After resettling in the United States, Tran Thai Hoa attended Santa Ana College for a couple of years and then transferred to San Diego State University as a computer science major. He worked odd jobs to help supplement his family's income and pay for his books. In 1997, he switched majors to music and graduated with a bachelor's of arts degree two years later.
While he was still in college, Tran Thai Hoa started singing at various Vietnamese coffee houses to earn some extra money. Audiences were quickly enchanted with his smooth style of singing. In 1999, he was asked by mutual acquaintances of legendary singer Lệ Thu to be a contributing guest performer at her show held at the Majestic Nightclub in Huntington Beach, California entitled as Ðêm Lệ Thu. His live performance of the song, Ðâu Phải Bởi Mùa Thu written by Phu Quang, that night would mark his very first appearance in front of a major audience. Two years later, while performing at a concert held in honor of songwriter Từ Công Phụng at the Mexican Heritage Plaza in San Jose, California Tran Thai Hoa caught the attention of Marie Tô Ngọc Thủy, the CEO of Thuy Nga. He was subsequently offered with a recording contract with the label. 
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