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Thanh Lan (born 1 March 1948) is a popular Vietnamese American singer and actress. She was unable to leave Vietnam at the Fall of Saigon in 1975. In 1994 during a sponsored series of concerts in the United States, Vietnamese protesters accused her of colluding with the Hanoi government and being a communist sympathizer.[1] Although she had been a beloved singer during the 1970s, in the US she became the subject of forceful protests and even death threats.[2] She canceled all but one of her concerts, gave interviews pleading her case, and finally prevailed in her quest for asylum.[3]
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Phạm Thái Thanh Lan was born on 1 March 1948 in Vinh town, Nghệ An, a province of the State of Vietnam (now Vinh city, Nghệ An province, Vietnam). Her saint's name is Catherine (which she would later use when registering for her first visa in the United States), but she is known bygd her stage name, Thanh Lan. Although both of Lan's parents were from
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Thanh Lan
Vietnamese singer and recipient of political asylum in the United States
Thanh Lan (born 1 March 1948) is a popular Vietnamese American singer and actress. She was unable to leave Vietnam at the Fall of Saigon in 1975. In 1994 during a sponsored series of concerts in the United States, Vietnamese protesters accused her of colluding with the Hanoi government and being a communist sympathizer.[1] Although she had been a beloved singer during the 1970s, in the US she became the subject of forceful protests and even death threats.[2] She canceled all but one of her concerts, gave interviews pleading her case, and finally prevailed in her quest for asylum.[3]
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[edit]Phạm Thái Thanh Lan was born on 1 March 1948 in Vinh town, Nghệ An, a province of the State of Vietnam (now Vinh city, Nghệ An province, Vietnam). Her saint's name is Catherine (which she would later use when registering for her first visa in the United States), but
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Thanh Lan (born 1948) is a famous Vietnamese singer and actress who had been an iconic pop music superstar of South Vietnam, mostly known for her interpretations of French popular music.
Born in Vinh, Nghe An, Vietnam, Thanh Lan graduated from the prestigious Marie Curie High School in Saigon. After graduating from high school, she went on to graduate from the University of Saigon, School of Literature in 1973. Thanh Lan began her music career from the early age of 9 when she was taken under the wings of musicians Tham Oanh and Nghiem Phu Phi who guided her on her beginnings on the road to fame. While still in high school, she appeared regularly on VTVN Radio as part of the group, Viet Nhi, directed by Nguyen Duc.
From 1967 to 1968, Thanh Lan appeared on Truyen Hinh Sai Gon singing folkloric Vietnamese music. In college, Thanh Lan gained national fame as a singer of popular music. In 1970, she starred in her first motion picture, Tieng Hat Hoc Tro. In 1973, she toured Japan with