Thế Sơn (born 10 October 1965) is a

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pop singer from southern Vietnam, and is a long-time member of the long running Vietnamese diaspora variety show '' Paris by Night''. He performed in Paris By Night from July 1994 until July 2014 and Asia Music Corporation from 2014 until 2018. Thế Sơn's father was an officer in the

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, and was imprisoned by the communists after the

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. Thế Sơn took up singing to support his family and formed a duet with Thủy Tiên. He attended Marie Curie High School and La San Taberd High School (Trường Trung học La San Taberd), now renamed as Trần Đại Nghĩa High School. Thế Sơn completed a university degree in music (singing) at the Saigon Conservatory of Music and moved to the United States, now residing in

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. He is known for singing songs from the 1940s to the 1970s.

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Living people 20th-century Vietnamese male singers Place of birth missing (living people) 1965 births 21st-century Vietnamese male singers Vietnamese emigrants to the United States {{Vietnam-musician-stub