Trương Minh Hà (born in

Đà Nẵng Nang or DanangSee also Danang Dragons ( ; vi, Đà Nẵng, ) is a class-1 municipality and the fifth-largest city in Vietnam by municipal population. It lies on the coast of the East Sea of Vietnam at the mouth of the Hàn River, and is one ...

, Vietnam), known under the stage name of Thanh Hà, is a

Vietnamese American Vietnamese Americans ( vi, Người Mỹ gốc Việt, lit=Viet-origin American people) are Americans of Vietnamese ancestry. They make up about half of all overseas Vietnamese and are the fourth-largest Asian American ethnic group after Chinese ...

singer. Thanh Hà‘s mother is Vietnamese. Her father was Bill Williams, an American soldier of German origin, who died at

Chu Lai Chu Lai is a seaport, urban and industrial area in Núi Thành District, Quảng Nam Province, Vietnam. The city is served by Chu Lai International Airport. It is also the site of the Chu Lai Open Economic Zone (Vietnamese: ''Với Khu Kinh T� ...

when she was two years old. She went to school in Đà Nẵng, and as a child she sung on Đà Nẵng radio. After graduating from high school, she moved to Saigon. In 1991 she escaped to a

boat people Vietnamese boat people ( vi, Thuyền nhân Việt Nam), also known simply as boat people, refers to the refugees who fled Vietnam by boat and ship following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. This migration and humanitarian crisis was at its h ...

refugee camp in the Philippines. During a beauty contest in the refugee camp in the Philippines, she sang for the first time in front of an audience, for the talent part of the competition. She won a $150 prize, and was surprised to discover that many people liked her voice. She later immigrated to America under the Vietnamese

Amerasian An Amerasian may refer to a person born in Asia to an Asian mother and a U.S. military father. Other terms used include War babies or G.I. babies. There are also those who may have mothers in the U.S. military or have Amerasian ancestry through the ...

American Homecoming Act The American Homecoming Act or Amerasian Homecoming Act, was an Act of Congress giving preferential immigration status to children in Vietnam born of U.S. fathers. The American Homecoming Act was written in 1987, passed in 1988, and implemented in ...

. She and female singer and music producer Phương Uyên got married in California, Mỹ on September 15th, 2022.Thanh Hà, Phương Uyên làm đám cưới tại Mỹ
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Discography

* ''Ru lòng khờ dại'' CD * ''Tình yêu'' - duets with

Tuấn Ngọc Lữ Anh Tuấn (born 4 October 1947) stage name Tuấn Ngọc is a Vietnamese people, Vietnamese singer. His first album appeared in 1990 and over the following 20 years, he has released 20 more albums, becoming one of the most recognised singe ...

CD * ''Chìa Khóa Tình Yêu'' CD

References

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