Thanh Tùng

Thanh Tùng (born 15 September 1948) is a Vietnamese pop music composer and songwriter. He was born in Gò Vấp, Saigon but moved to Hanoi at age 6.

Thanh Tùng graduated from the Pyongyang Conservatory in 1971 and worked for Voice of Vietnam from 1971 to 1975. After the reunification of Vietnam in 1975, he returned to Sài Gòn, now Hồ Chí Minh City and contributed to the establishment of Ho Chi Minh City Television's orchestra. He also worked as conductor and art manager of Bông Sen (Lotus) music company. He works now for Hồ Chí Minh City Association of Musicians.

Thanh Tùng composed his first pop song, "Cây sầu riêng trổ bông", in 1975. Since then, he has written over 200 songs. [http://english.vietnamnet.vn/lifestyle/2008/04/780221/ Famous composer’s live show to resound in Hanoi] . VietNamNet, April 25, 2008.] His songs are very popular [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB3305736C3F4A6&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Seeing Double? That's the Intention] . "The Philadelphia Inquirer", August 12, 1998. [http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=48253&sid=&con_type=1&archive_d_str=19980814 Full text] (Reuters)] among Vietnamese young people, for example "Hát với chú ve con", "Hoàng hôn màu lá", "Chuyện tình của biển", "Lời tỏ tình của mùa xuân", "Ngôi sao cô đơn", "Câu chuyện nhỏ của tôi", "Hoa tím ngoài sân", "Em và tôi", "Phố biển", "Mưa ngâu", "Lối cũ ta về"... The song "Mot minh" has a chorus which resembles that of a Russian folk song. [ [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-20975448_ITM Music Plagiarism Reveals Lack of Expertise by Vietnamese Composers] . "Asia Africa Intelligence Wire", April 8, 2004. (subscription access required)]

Tùng is also a businessman, who has interests in mineral water, the restaurant and hotel businesses, and real estate; he also owns a discotheque. [ [http://english.vietnamnet.vn/lifestyle/2006/06/576757/ Musicians growing rich] . VietNamNet, January 6, 2006.] He opened a restaurant called "The Twins" in July 1998 in Ho Chi Minh City.

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