Tran Thu Ha

Tran Thu Ha (1977-    ), also known as Ha Tran, is a famous Vietnamese singer/songwriter and one of four officially honored divas in Vietnamese popular music along with Thanh Lam, My Linh and Hong Nhung.

Born in Hanoi on August 26, 1977, Tran Thu Ha grew up in a musical family.  Her father is the renowned opera singer, Tran Hieu.  And her mother was a music teacher who also had become the dean of the voice department at the prestigious Hanoi Conservatory of Music.  Her older brother is accomplished painter and dean of fine arts department at Hanoi College of Arts, Tran Vu Hoang.  At the age of 14, Tran Thu Ha lost her mother to cancer.  In 2000, she graduated from the Hanoi Conservatory of Music with a bachelor's degree in voice.

After entering and winning several singing contests, Tran Thu Ha finally turned professional in 1998 when she signed with Hang Phim Tre music production label.  In that same year, Hang Phim Tre released a duet album she had recorded with Bang Kieu, Dong Song Lo Dang.   Her debut solo studio album, Em Ve Tinh Khoi (Purity), would also be released later that year.  Both albums had sold exceptionally well which solidified Tran Thu Ha's name in Vietnam's pop music scene.

For the next several years, Tran Thu Ha's career would rise at the rate of a speeding bullet taking her all the way to the top.  To her millions of fans throughout Vietnam and abroad, her name then became closely associated with many of her recorded hit songs such as Cho Doi Chut On written by Trinh Cong Son, Loi Ru Cho Con written by Xuan Phuong, Dau Pho Em Qua written by Nguyen Binh, Em Ve Toc Xanh written by Quoc Bao, and Toc Gio Thoi Bay written by her uncle, Tran Tien. She would record two more successful solo studio albums during this period while still residing in Vietnam, Bai Tinh Cho Giai Nhan (2000) and Nhat Thuc (2002). She had also collaborated on on a project along with two other fellow singers, Hong Nhung and Thu Phuong.  Tran Thu Ha had also scored for herself another handful of hits to add to her already mounting list of signature songs with her recordings of theme tracks to Vietnamese television drama/mini-series like Giot Nuoc Mat Giua Hai The Ky, Thien Duong Tren Cao and Loi Chua Noi.  In the early 2000s, Tran Thu Ha was officially chosen as one of four female singers to be given the honorary title as Diva of the pop music industry of Vietnam.


In 2004, Tran Thu Ha married an American citizen of Vietnamese origin and relocated to the United States to be with her husband.  Since then, she has made many appearances on Thuy Nga's Paris By Night video series.  Among her most memorable appearances on Paris By Night include her solo performances of Co Don written by Nguyen Anh 9, Ngoc Lan written by Duong Thieu Tuoc and several duets with other artists like Bang Kieu, Khanh Ly and Bach Yen.

Tran Thu Ha has recorded solo studio albums for various music production labels such as Hang Phim Tre, Phuong Nam Film and Thuy Nga Paris.  In 2008, she formed her own music production label which has since released three of her solo studio albums:  Tran Tien (2008), Vi Sinh (2010) and Mam Hat (2011).

On December of 2011, Tran Thu Ha gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Nala Yen Doan.

Link(s):

Ha Tran Productions Official Website