Quang Binh, Notre Terroir

Annotation — European Songs

Released by the "Union des etudiants Vietnamiens en France" ("Union of Vietnamese Students in France") (# SF. 116), released in France, and the track titles are written in French and Vietnamese. The first song, labelled as "Hymme national de la Republique Democratique du Vietnam" ("National Anthem of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam"), is in fact the well-known song "Tiến Quân Ca" ("The Marching Song"), composed by Văn Cao in 1944, which was adopted as the national anthem of North Vietnam in 1954, and became the national anthem of the new unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

"Vietnam Chante", SF. 116, 17-33, white label with red print, Made in France. Face I: 1. "Hymne National de la République Démocratique du Vietnam" (Tien quan ca) par Van Cao; 2. "Quang Binh, notre terroir" (Quang binh, que ta oi) par Hoang Van; 3. "Pret a combattre" (San sang chien dau) par Luu Huu Phuoc. Face II: 4. "Hymne officiel du Front National de Libération du Sud Vietnam" (Giai Phong mien Nam) par Huynh Minh Sieng; 5. "Marche de libération" (Hanh Khuc Giai phong quan) par Luu Nguyen et Long Hung; 6. "Passer la rivière" (Qua song) par Pham Minh Tuan. The front sleeve shows a black-and-white photograph of a young woman in a pith helmet aiming a rifle beside another soldier, under a red "Viet Nam chante" banner. The back carries the track list over a line drawing of a water buffalo with birds on its back and a seated woman with a fan, and is credited "Union des Etudiants…

About the artist

Organization of Vietnamese students in France that recorded and released Vietnamese patriotic and solidarity songs during the war.

Themes

Vietnamese Perspective · Patriotic · Communism

In collections

European Songs · North Vietnamese Songs