Trang Nhung

Trang Nhung (1973-    ) is a Vietnamese singer.

Trang Nhung on Season 1 of Tuyệt Đỉnh Tranh Tài (2014)

She was born on August 24, 1973 in Hạ Long Bay of Quảng Ninh Province in Northeastern Vietnam.  Her father is renowned Northern Vietnamese folk singer and businessman Tô Lịch.  Trang Nhung studied at the National Conservatory of Music (Học Viện Âm Nhạc Quốc Gia) in Hanoi.  In 1999, Trang Nhung entered the nationally televised talent competition show,  Liên Hoan Tiếng Hát Truyền Hình Toàn Quốc, and became one of two contestants awarded with a full scholarship at Vietnam's Military Academy of Performing Arts (Cao Đẳng Văn Hóa Nghệ Thuật Quân Đội) in Hanoi along with singer Hồ Quỳnh Hương.  After a lengthy absence away from the spotlight, in 2014 Trang Nhung appeared competing on the popular television show, Tuyệt Đỉnh Tranh Tài (The Ultimate Entertainer), hosted by comedian/emcee Trấn Thành and equipped with a panel of celebrity judges which consisted of film director Lê Hoàng, Vietnam's pop music diva Hồng Nhung and overseas Vietnamese singer Ý Lan.  At 40 years old and a mother of 4 children, Trang Nhung was the oldest finalist placing third in the competition.

Throughout her career, Trang Nhung has recorded, produced and released a total of 9 studio albums.  Her latest album, Tưởng Nhớ Đại Tướng, a tribute to national war hero, Võ Nguyên Giáp, was released in 2014.  All tracks on the album were original songs written by Trang Nhung in dedication to the late general.  The album was recorded and released 100 days after his passing.

Since 1996, Trang Nhung has been married to multi-millionaire conglomerate businessman, Ngô Nhật Phương, who is 13 years her senior.  Together, they are proud parents of 4 children.  During the late 1990s, Ngô Nhật Phương was convicted of embezzlement charges and was imprisoned for several years.  Since his release from prison in the early 2000s, Ngô Nhật Phương has managed to reestablish his import/export multi-lateral empire and is considered to be one of the wealthiest businessmen of Vietnam today.

Link(s):

• Vietnamese Celebrity Homes Part 5b

Lee Nguyen

Lee Nguyễn (1986-    ) is an American professional soccer player of Vietnamese descent currently signed as an outfielder with the New England Revolution in Major League Soccer.

Born on October 7, 1986 in Richardson, Texas to parents whom were both Vietnamese immigrants, he was given the name, Nguyễn Thế Anh, at birth.  During his senior year at Plano East Senior High School in Plano, Texas, Lee Nguyễn received the National Gatorade Boys Soccer High School Player of the Year Award.  After graduating from high school, he enrolled at Indiana University where he played for one season during his freshman year and was selected as National Freshman of the Year in 2005 by Soccer America and Soccer Times.  On February of the following year, Lee Nguyễn turned professional when he signed a 3-and-a-half-year contract with the Dutch Eredivisie team, PSV Eindhoven.  Dissatisfied with PSV Eindhoven, he requested an early release from his contract and joined Randers FC of the Danish Superliga on January 31, 2008 where he would make 23 appearances.  On January 18, 2009, Lee Nguyễn signed a lucrative contract with Hoàng Anh Gia Lai of Vietnam for one season making him the very first American-born professional athlete to be recruited by the Vietnamese Super League.  During his tenure with Hoàng Anh Gia Lai, Lee Nguyễn scored 13 goals and 16 assists in 23 appearances.  The following year, he signed with Becamex Bình Dương FC for one and a half seasons.  While playing for the Vietnamese Super League, Lee Nguyễn claimed his Vietnamese citizenship by descent and is now a dual citizen of Vietnam and the United States.

After several years as a professional soccer player in Vietnamese Super League, Lee Nguyễn decided to return to the United States in December of 2011.  He inked a multi-year deal with Major League Soccer on December 7, 2011.  After 3 preseason appearances with the Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Lee Nguyễn was selected by the New England Revolution.   Since 2012, Lee Nguyễn has scored a total of 48 goals for the New England Revolution and was twice voted by fans as the team's MVP of the years 2012 and 2014.  He had also made the finals for the MLS Goal of the Year Award in 2012 and 2014.  In 2016, Lee Nguyễn became captain of the New England Revolution.




  

Thuy Khanh

Thúy Khanh (1983-    ) is a popular overseas Vietnamese pop singer and DJ.

She was born on November 26, 1983 in An Giang province of Southern Vietnam.  At the age of 17, Thúy Khanh left her native Vietnam to resettle in Southern California as a foreign exchange student.  Shortly thereafter, she opened a small Vietnamese restaurant with the money sent from her parents back in Vietnam in which she ran to generate income while attending college in Orange County, California.  Thúy Khanh had befriended a fellow classmate who happened to be the younger sister of famous overseas Vietnamese singer, Như Quỳnh.  It was Như Quỳnh's mother who would help introduce Thúy Khanh to the owners of Tình Productions, a prominent overseas Vietnamese music label based in Orange County, California.  From then on, Thúy Khanh's career as an overseas Vietnamese pop singer was launched.  The first single recorded by Thúy Khanh under the Tình Productions label was Không Đau Vì Quá Đau (written by Quang Huy) in which she had also appeared on video on volume 15 of the label's live show music video series, Tình Yêu, Quê Hương và Tuổi Trẻ in 2008.  Her diverse abilities to sing in diverse genres of Vietnamese music ranging from traditional pop to dance and hip-hop appealed to a wide variety of viewer audiences which led the executives at Tình Productions to feature Thúy Khanh on the next 3 consecutive volumes of the Tình Yêu, Quê Hương và Tuổi Trẻ video series.  During her tenure with Tình Productions, Thúy Khanh recorded a total of 5 solo studio albums which included Khóc Cho Người Đi (2008), Tại Em Yêu Đơn Phương (2008), Cơn Mê Tình Ái (2009), Làm Sao Quên Được Anh (2009) and Níu Kéo - Đã Qua Hết Rồi (2010).  In 2010, Thúy Khanh signed with another overseas Vietnamese music label, Rainbow Productions.  She has recorded duets with various other artists including Kevin Khoa, Chi Dân, Hồ Quang Hiếu, Lương Gia Huy, Hồ Anh Dũng, Huy Vũ and Gia Huy.

In recent years, Thúy Khanh has achieved tremendous success as a DJ in addition to her singing +career.  She continues to perform at live shows worldwide at a nonstop pace and also fulfills numerous bookings to spin records at nightclubs all over Vietnam.  Currently, Thúy Khanh is ranked as one of the 3 most in-demand DJs of Vietnam.

Thúy Khanh has been married to Vietnamese-American businessman, Diệp Phước Thịnh, since 2000.  The couple are proud parents of a son.  They divide their time between homes in Virginia and Ho Chi Minh City.

Link(s):

• Vietnamese Celebrity Homes Part 5b

Tan Tai

Tấn Tài (1938-2011) was a legendary performer of Southern Vietnamese folk opera known as "cải lương".

Born as Lê Tấn Tài in An Giang Province located in the Mekong Delta of South Vietnam in 1938, he grew up in a working class family.  At the age of 21, he left home to pursue his dream of becoming a Southern Vietnamese folk opera actor.  In 1963, Tấn Tài won the Thanh Tâm Award, South Vietnam's equivalent to a Tony Award, for Best Male Performer for his portrayal of Điệp Nhứt Lang in the play, Cát Dung Phương Tử.  Prior to 1975, he earned the nickname, "Hoàng Đế Đĩa Nhựa" (King of Vynil), for his numerous audio recordings which total over 400 "cải lương" soundtracks.  Tấn Tài became one of the wealthiest performers of Southern Vietnamese folk opera prior to 1975.  Among his most popular plays include Bóng Hồng Sa Mạc starring Minh Phụng, Mỹ Châu, Diệu Hiền and Dũng Thanh Lâm, Chuyện Tình An Lộc Sơn starring Thanh Nga, Thanh Sang and Ngọc Giàu, Chiều Đông Gió Lạnh Về starring Minh Phụng, Mỹ Châu and Thanh Thanh Hoa, Khi Rừng Mới Sang Thu starring Minh Phụng, Mỹ Châu, Thanh Sang and Diệp Lang, Anh Hùng Xạ Điêu starring Thành Được, Kim Ngọc, Thanh Sang and Mỹ Châu, Cô Gái Đồ Long starring Ngọc Giàu, Phượng Liên and Thành Được, Hẹn Một Mùa Xuân starring Út Trà Ôn, Minh Phụng, Thanh Việt and Văn Chung, Manh Áo Quê Nghèo starring Lệ Thủy and Nạn Con Rơi starring Hùng Cường and Bạch Tuyết.

On January 27, 2011, Tấn Tài passed away at the age of 72.  His two sons, Tấn Beo and Tấn Bo, are established comedic actors of stage and film.

Vietnamese Celebrity Homes Part 5b

Here are 5 more beautiful homes owned by your favorite Vietnamese celebrities.

1.  Actor Quyền Linh and his wife live in this beautiful mansion located in the 7th district of Ho Chi Minh City.

2.  Overseas Vietnamese singer/DJ Thúy Khanh lives in this beautiful, spacious home she recently bought in Virginia.  Whoever said that overseas Vietnamese entertainers' lives aren't so grand?

3. Former Miss Vietnam titleholder-turned film and television actress Hà Kiều Anh and her husband, Lý Quí Khánh, divide their time between their 3 homes:  a mansion located in the 2nd district of Ho Chi Minh City priced at $20 million USD, a penthouse located on the 20th floor of the King's Tower in Vũng Tàu priced at $1 million USD and a house recently purchased in Orange County, California for $1 million USD.

Mansion of Hà Kiều Anh and Her Husband Located in the 2nd District of Ho Chi Minh City

Hà Kiều Anh's mansion in Ho Chi Minh City
is a blend of Victorian and traditional East Asian, as well as modern architecture.

Living Room of Hà Kiều Anh's Penthouse in Vũng Tàu

Terrace of Hà Kiều Anh's Penthouse in Vũng Tàu

Hà Kiều Anh sits in the living room of her beautiful penthouse in Vũng Tàu.

Hà Kiều Anh's home in Orange County, California..... Christmas tree filled with gifts (12/2017)

Hà Kiều Anh with family and friends during Christmas of 2017 at her home in Orange County, California

4. Singer Tuấn Hưng owns two houses in Hanoi; a modest house where his family lives located next to the historic Hồ Hoàn Kiếm Lake and a penthouse where he and his wife live in the Thanh Xuân district.

Singer Tuấn Hưng's Hanoi house photographed during his wedding reception.   

Living Room of Singer Tuấn Hưng's Hanoi Penthouse

5. Singer Trang Nhung and her husband, businessman Ngô Nhật Phương, are owners of this luxurious 6-story mansion located in the Tân Bình district of Ho Chi Minh City.

Link(s):

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Ha Kieu Anh

Hà Kiều Anh (1976-    ) is a famous Vietnamese actress and former Miss Vietnam beauty pageant titleholder.

She was born on May 17, 1976 in Hanoi.  Her paternal grandfather was Hà Văn Lâu, who was a United Nations representative of Vietnam.  Her maternal grandfather was Vương Quốc Mỹ, who was head of Vietnam's ministry of construction.   At the age of 5, her parents divorced and Hà Kiều Anh moved to Ho Chi Minh City with her mother.  In 1992, while at the age of 16, Hà Kiều Anh entered and became the youngest to ever win the Miss Vietnam national beauty pageant.  That same year, she also made her film debut in Người Tình trong Mơ.  Her other acting credits in film and television include Lục Vân Tiên (2004), Đẻ Mướn (2005) starring Chi Bảo, Phương Thanh and Kim Thư, Áo Lụa Hà Đông (2006) starring Trương Ngọc Ánh, Quốc Khánh, Tú Trinh and Như Quỳnh, Ván Cờ Tình Yêu (2007) starring Helen Thanh Đào and Huy Khánh, Hạnh Phúc Có Thật (2009) starring Ngân Khánh, Đại Gia Đình (2010) costarring Quyền Linh, Lối Sống Sai Lầm (2010) starring Vân Trang and Con Gái Vị Thẩm Phán (2014) starring Huy Khánh and Thân Thúy Hà.

Throughout her professional career, Hà Kiều Anh has been just as famous for her roles on television and film as with her involvement in scandals.  In 2003, her name was dragged through the Vietnamese tabloids due to alleged sales of illegal cellular phones by her ex-husband, Nguyễn Gia Thiều, CEO of Đông Nam Company.  And while filming the television mini-series, Lục Vân Tiên, in 2004, topless photos of Hà Kiều Anh along with another former Miss Vietnam beauty pageant titleholder and actress, Ngô Mỹ Uyên, were leaked to the public and ended up in heavy rotation throughout the internet.

In 2007, Hà Kiều Anh decided to give love and marriage another try with Vietnamese celebrity home builder and remodeling contractor Lý Quí Khánh.  The couple are proud parents to two sons and a daughter.

Link(s):

• 20 Hottest Viet Celebs of 2017
• Vietnamese Celebrity Homes Part 5b

Noo Phuoc Thinh

Noo Phước Thịnh (1988-    ) is a V-Pop singing sensation and occasional actor of Vietnamese television and film.

He was born as Nguyễn Phước Thịnh in Ho Chi Minh City on December 18, 1988.  Given how he had been born exactly one week before Christmas Day, his mother nicknamed him Noel.  Growing up, most of his friends and family members would mispronounce his nickname calling him "No" rather than "Noel".  The unintentional shortening of his nickname to just only the first syllable, however, stuck.  The negative connotation with the nickname, "No", prompted his mother to add an additional "O", hence his professional stage name, Noo Phước Thịnh.

While Noo Phước Thịnh was in college as an accounting major at Hutech University, School of Business in Ho Chi Minh City, he found part-time work as a male model appearing in various teen magazines and music videos.  He had developed close friendships with singers Thủy Tiên and Đông Nhi, whom each would help him with guidance and useful advice during the early days of his singing career.  On August of 2009, Noo Phước Thịnh made his debut live performance in front of a large gathering during an event called Friend's Night in Ho Chi Minh City where he sang a duet with Đông Nhi of a song he had written, Nếu.  Although the overall response from the audience on that debut live performance was positive, it was at his next major concert event several weeks later, Nhịp Trẻ, that would give him the much needed career boost.  Appearing alongside such major headliners like Thủy Tiên, Đông Nhi, Phạm Huy Du, Ngô Kiến Huy, Wanbi Tuấn Anh and Bảo Thy, he along with fellow singer Thu Thủy's standout individual performances each had brought the house down.  Audience members that night responded with thunderous applause to Thu Thủy's angelic delivery of the song, Hãy Để Anh Yêu Em Lần Nữa (written by Nguyễn Đình Vũ) and Noo Phước Thịnh's flawless deliveries of the songs, Lặng Thầm (written by Nguyễn Hoàng Duy) and Hạnh Phúc Thoáng Qua (written by Đình Vũ).  On December of that same year, he released his first solo studio album, Ba Chấm (…), which also featured a duet track recorded with Thủy Tiên of a song she had written, Quay Về Đi.  Noo Phước Thịnh has since released several other well-received studio albums such as Lạc Bước trong Đêm (2011), Tình Như Chocopie (2011), a duet album recorded with Hiền Thục, Em (The Mini Album) (2012), Gạt Đi Nước Mắt (2014), Chuyện Tình Maldives (Love In Maldives) (2015), a duet album recorded with Thủy Tiên and I Don't Believe in You (2016).  Among his most popular hit singles include Mất Em, Đổi Thay (written by Nguyễn Hoàng Duy), Merino Ice Cream Land, a duet recorded with Đông Nhi, Nỗi Nhớ Đầy Vơi (written by Nguyễn Hoàng Tôn), a duet recorded with Hồ Ngọc Hà, Thương Mấy Cũng Là Người Dưng (written by Anh Khang), Đừng Nhìn Lại (Just Wanna Say Goodbye), Như Phút Ban Đầu (written by Đỗ Hiếu), Cause I Love You and Tìm Em trong Ký Ức (Finding You in Loving Memory) (written by Hamlet Trương).

Noo Phước Thịnh at the Asian Song Festival in Seoul, South Korea  in 2016 

In addition to his singing career, Noo Phước Thịnh has occasionally acted in Vietnamese television and film.  He has landed small parts in two Vietnamese television mini-series, Kính Vạn Hoa Part 3 (2008) starring Võ Ngọc Trai and Những Giấc Hơ Hồng (2009) starring fellow singer/actor Đăng Khôi.  In 2010, Noo Phước Thịnh had a supporting role in the feature film, Công Chúa Teen và Ngũ Hổ Tướng, a starring vehicle for Bảo Thy, Yến Trang and Khổng Tú Quỳnh.

Noo Phước Thịnh is currently one of Vietnam's most successful pop singers.  Among his many accolades he has won through the years include 5 Mai Vàng (Golden Orchid Awards), 9 Làn Sóng Xanh Awards, 3 HTV Awards and 13 Zing Muisc Awards.  He performs at a non-stop touring schedule in cities throughout Vietnam and for overseas Vietnamese communities all over the world with a reported command in salary of $3,500 USD to $4,500 per performance.  In 2016, he purchased a penthouse apartment in Ho Chi Minh City priced at $1,000,000 USD.  At age 29, Noo Phước Thịnh still remains a bachelor.  That along with his effeminate gestures on stage have contributed to numerous articles written in Vietnamese tabloids with speculations that Noo Phước Thịnh is allegedly gay.  He has since publicly denied such allegations on several television interviews.

Link(s):

30 Sexiest Vietnamese Celebs of 2016
Noo Phước Thịnh's Official YouTube Channel 

Aïna Quach

Aïna Quach (1993-    ) is a multilingual pop singer of Belgian, Chinese, Vietnamese and Malagasy descent.

Born on March 22, 1993 in Longjumeau, France to a half Belgian and half Chinese-Vietnamese father and a Malagasy mother, she was raised in Courcouronnes, a suburb south of Paris.  From a young age, Aïna Quach was heavily influenced by the musicians in her family, particularly her aunt who was a famous singer from Madagascar.  At the age of 9, Aïna Quach made her debut live performance in front of an audience of 1,500 at a concert held in honor of the Malagasy ambassador to France in Paris.  From then on, she had realized her dream of one day becoming a professional singer.

As a youth, Aïna Quach learned to play the piano and also acted in theater, most notably in a production of Les Misérables at the Trianon de Paris Theater where she portrayed the role of Cosette.  At the age of 13, she met and befriended famous Malagasy guitarist/singer Erick Manana who would become her mentor in her music career over the years.  The two recorded a duet album together in 2006 in the Malagasy language which would officially introduce Aïna Quach to the national pop music industry in Madagascar.  On July of 2007, Aïna Quach was the featured special guest performer at the 35th anniversary concert of the legendary Malagasy folk music group, Mahaleo, held at the Olympia in Paris where she sang a memorable duet of the song, Mimoza, with the group's lead singer Dama.  The following year, Aïna Quach would embark on several successful concert tours in Madagascar beginning with several sold out dates at the prestigious Palais des Sports de Mahamasina in the capital city of Antananarivo headlining alongside such big names in the Malagasy music industry like Poopy, Dodo and Fafa.  In 2009, she traveled to the United States to collaborate on her solo studio album, What I Want, which consisted of songs recorded in English at a major studio in Miami, Florida, with composer/record producer Mikey Bassie who had worked with the likes of some of the top American pop music artists such as Britney Spears, Gloria Estefan and Joey McIntyre.  Aïna Quach would return to North America on June of the following year to perform in a pair of highly successful concert shows commemorating Madagascar's 50th year of independence held in New York and Canada, as she along with Malagasy pop singer Marius Fenoamby had been selected by the Malagasy overseas mission as featured headliners for the event.  Aïna Quach  has since made numerous triumphant returns to Madagascar to perform live in concert for her many adoring Malagasy fans.

After graduating from high school in 2011, Aïna Quach decided to further her studies and enrolled at the prestigious l'Académie des Arts Urbains in Paris, France.  That same year, she also began collaborating with Jessy Matador, the up and coming rising young star of French pop music who had represented France at Eurovision in 2010.  It was through her association with Jessy Matador that she would later become acquainted with renowned composer Wilson Silva, who had written the music for his hit song, Mini Kaoulé.   In 2014, Wilson Silva and Aïna Quach collaborated in the production of their first hit single together entitled as Come.  During the fall of that same year, Aïna Quach was selected by Khanh Mai, the founder and original member of the legendary French progressive rock group, Tai Phong, as the group's new lead female vocalist for a successful concert tour of Japan.  The album, Tai Phong:  Live in Japan, would be released two years later which featured several live tracks with Aïna Quach on lead vocals.  Earlier in 2016, Je t’emmènerai, another collaboration between Wilson Silva and Aïna Quach, was released as a single.

Since August 30, 2015, Aïna Quach has been engaged to Wilson Silva.  At present, the pair are working on an upcoming studio album and plans for a world tour.

Link(s):

Aïna Quach Facebook Page