"Bonjour Vietnam" is a song composed by

Marc Lavoine Marc Lucien Lavoine (; born 6 August 1962 in Longjumeau) is a French singer and actor. In 1985, his hit single " Elle a les yeux revolver..." reached number four on the French Singles chart and marked the beginning of his successful singing car ...

, co-written by Lavoine and Yvan Coriat, and recorded by Vietnamese-Belgian singer

Quynh Anh Quynh Anh Pham (born 16 January 1987 in Liège, Belgium) is a Vietnamese-Belgian singer. Singing career From the early age, Quynh Anh participated in numerous music activities in Mons. In September 2000, her father enrolled her in the TV s ...

. Lavoine said he was impressed by Quynh Anh's charm and talent as well as being touched by the feeling of a small girl who had never seen her homeland, so he wrote the song as a gift for her. The content of the song is about the longing of an

overseas Vietnamese Overseas Vietnamese ( vi, người Việt hải ngoại, or ) refers to Vietnamese people who live outside Vietnam. There are approximately 5 million overseas Vietnamese, the largest community of whom live in the Vietnamese Americans, Unite ...

to the homeland.

Popularity

The song received favorable acclaim from Vietnamese communities, both at home and abroad as well as from the

francophone French became an international language in the Middle Ages, when the power of the Kingdom of France made it the second international language, alongside Latin. This status continued to grow into the 18th century, by which time French was the l ...

community.

Thúy Nga Productions Thúy Nga Inc. () ( dba Thúy Nga Productions, variously referred to as Thúy Nga Incorporated, Thúy Nga Paris, and Trung Tâm Thúy Nga) is an American entertainment company founded in 1984 in Paris, and currently based in Westminster, Californ ...

featured the song in several shows for overseas Vietnamese all over the world. By 2008, due to its popularity, the song was translated into English by Guy Balbaert with the name ''"Hello Vietnam"'' (not to be confused with the song ''"

Hello Vietnam "Hello Vietnam" is the name of a song written by Tom T. Hall and recorded by American country singer Johnnie Wright, with lyrics in support of the Vietnam War. "Hello Vietnam" spent 20 weeks on the American Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks ...

"'' written by

Tom T. Hall Thomas Hall (May 25, 1936 – August 20, 2021), known professionally as Tom T. Hall and informally nicknamed "the Storyteller," was an American country music singer-songwriter and short-story author. He wrote 12 No. 1 hit songs, with 26 more ...

and recorded by American country music singer

Johnnie Wright Johnnie Robert Wright Jr. (May 13, 1914 – September 27, 2011) was an American country music singer-songwriter, who spent much of his career working with Jack Anglin as the popular duo Johnnie & Jack, and was also the husband of country musi ...

in 1965). In May 2008, Quynh Anh made a special appearance singing the song ''"Hello Vietnam"'' in Thúy Nga's Paris By Night 92 show. Later, Quynh Anh released the single ''"Hello Vietnam"''.

References

External links

Hello Vietnam - Quynh Anh
{{authority control Songs written by Marc Lavoine French-language songs English-language French songs English-language Belgian songs 2006 songs Songs about Vietnam