NSND Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hiền, also known by the stage name Thu Hiền ( Đông Hưng,

Thái Bình Thái Bình City () is a city in the Red River Delta of Northern Vietnam. It is the capital of Thái Bình Province. The city is located 110 km from Hanoi. The city area is 67.7 square km, with a population of 210,000 people (2006). Histor ...

, 3 May 1952) is a Vietnamese traditional singer. She began by singing revolutionary songs, touring with field music troupe during the Vietnam War. Her performances mix accompaniment of traditional instruments such as

đàn bầu The ''đàn bầu'' (; "gourd zither"; Chữ Nôm: ), also called ''độc huyền cầm'' (獨絃琴, "one-string zither"; the name is only used by the Jing ethnicity in China) is a Vietnamese stringed instrument, in the form of a monochord (o ...

and western keyboards.World Music: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and ...: Volume 2 - Page 269 Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, Richard Trillo - 2000 "Artists. Thu Hien. Along with ca Hue singer Ai Hue, Thu Hien is never far away from any visitor in Hue who shows an interest in local music - and a performance in your hotel or "

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thu Hien 20th-century Vietnamese women singers 1952 births Living people People from Thái Bình province 21st-century Vietnamese women singers People's Artists of Vietnam