Composer of the song 'Saigon Girl Carrying Ammunition' passes away at the age of 90

Musician Lu Nhat Vu, real name Le Van Gat, was born in 1936 in Binh Duong. In June 1962, he graduated from the composition department of the Vietnam Music School (now the Hanoi Conservatory of Music), then went to work at the Southern Song and Dance Troupe.

Musician Lu Nhat Vu (1936 - 2025)

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In 1967, he worked at the Cultural Department of the Music and Dance Department, monitoring and directing the activities of the Viet Bac, Tay Bac, and Tay Nguyen People's Song and Dance Troupes. In 1970, Lu Nhat Vu returned to the battlefield in South Vietnam, working at the Liberation Arts Subcommittee, operating in the battlefield in the Southwest. After 1975, he worked at the Liberation Arts Agency, then at the Music Research Institute (later the Institute of Culture and Arts in Ho Chi Minh City).

He was Deputy Secretary General of the Ho Chi Minh City Music Association, term 11 (1981), Secretary of the Vietnam Musicians Association, term 3 (1983), Director of the Vietnam Institute of Culture and Arts in Ho Chi Minh City. His best songs include: Saigon Girl Goes to Carry Ammunition, Song of the Southern Land, Rest in Peace, Mom, Afternoon on the Meo Village ... Of which, the most famous Song of the Southern Land was co-composed by him and his wife, writer and poet Le Giang.

He is also the author of a series of research works on Southern folk songs such as: Studying Southern folk songs (1983), Vietnamese folk songs in the South (1986), Music and life (1989), 300 Southern folk melodies (2002), Ho in Vietnamese folk songs (2004), Vietnamese lullabies (2005), Ly in Vietnamese folk songs (2006); Talking poetry - Talking rhymes - Southern falling poetry (2010); Liberation march (2011); Looking for invisible treasures (2014); Wandering in life's love (2022). He was recognized by the Vietnam Record Book Center as a musician with many works collecting and researching Vietnamese folk songs .

Musician Lu Nhat Vu has won many medals and noble awards such as: State Prize for Literature and Arts 2001; Ho Chi Minh City Prize for Literature and Arts 1997 - 1998...

Musician Lu Nhat Vu's coffin will be laid to rest at: Southern National Funeral Home, Ho Chi Minh City; the funeral will be held at 7:00 p.m. on March 29, the funeral will be held at 7:30 p.m. on the same day; the funeral will be held at 5:30 a.m. on April 1; the funeral will be held at 6:00 a.m. on April 1, then he will be buried at Hoa Vien Binh Duong Cemetery, Ward Chanh Phu Hoa, Ben Cat City, Binh Duong Province.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/nhac-si-cua-bai-ca-co-gai-sai-gon-di-tai-dan-qua-doi-o-tuoi-90-185250329111901468.htm