Musician Nguyen Van Hien donated the song 'Tuoi Tre - For a new world' to Tuoi Tre newspaper.

'Tuoi Tre - For a New World' is a song about Tuoi Tre newspaper and the Tuoi Tre newspaper staff, composed by musician Nguyen Van Hien, and given to Tuoi Tre newspaper with full rights to use without copyright.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong - representative of the editorial board of Tuoi Tre newspaper, received the song that musician Nguyen Van Hien gave to Tuoi Tre newspaper - Photo: THANH HIEP

On the morning of June 21, on the occasion of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day, musician Nguyen Van Hien - former vice president of the Ho Chi Minh City Music Association, visited the Tuoi Tre newspaper office and gave the right to use the song Tuoi Tre - For a new world without collecting copyright.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong - member of the editorial board, head of organization and administration department of Tuoi Tre newspaper, welcomed the musician and received the symbolic plaque.

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Tuoi Tre newspaper and the 100th anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day, musician Nguyen Van Hien sent his best wishes to the team of reporters and leaders of Tuoi Tre newspaper.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong thanked the musician for his contributions through songs written about volunteer movements, youth across the country and Ho Chi Minh City in the cause of building and developing the country as well as his feelings for Tuoi Tre newspaper.

"I wish the musician good health and to continue composing songs that reflect the vibrant and positive spirit of the youth of the whole country entering a new historical period" - Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong shared.

The song Tuoi Tre - For a New World was composed by musician Nguyen Van Hien during a call for a number of musicians to compose songs about Tuoi Tre newspaper on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the newspaper's founding (September 2, 1975 - September 2, 2025).

Musician Nguyen Van Hien donated the right to use the song Tuoi Tre - For a World to Tuoi Tre newspaper - Photo: THANH HIEP

At this call, Tuoi Tre newspaper invited musician Nguyen Van Hien to join the song evaluation council with musician Nguyen Quang Vinh - chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Music Association and musician Nguyen Duc Trung - vice chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Music Association.

There are 10 musicians who love and have a lot of affection for Tuoi Tre newspaper, sending 12 songs of many genres, highlighting the formation and development process of Tuoi Tre newspaper over the past 50 years, expressing the slogan of Tuoi Tre newspaper is Red - Young - Saigon, highlighting the publications of Tuoi Tre , as well as the dedication of Tuoi Tre journalists with the goal of Serving readers .

Representative of the editorial board of Tuoi Tre newspaper thanked the musician for his affection for Tuoi Tre - Photo: THANH HIEP

As someone who spent time working for Tuoi Tre newspaper, musician Nguyen Van Hien wrote the song Tuoi Tre - For a new world.

Musician Nguyen Van Hien said that in May 1975, he went to 4 Duy Tan (now Pham Ngoc Thach Street - PV) to send revolutionary songs popularized for students and to send to Tuoi Tre 's newsletter.

"At that time, the Tuoi Tre newspaper was a little bigger than an A4 sheet of paper. That was when I first learned about the Tuoi Tre newspaper. It wasn't until September that the Tuoi Tre newspaper appeared. After that, the Tuoi Tre newspaper moved to an address near the University of Economics - the agency where I worked. They assigned me a page called mass culture and arts. Every week I wrote for the newspaper" - the musician said.

After nearly a year of launching, the organizers invited a number of musicians to compose songs about the newspaper. Youth On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the newspaper's founding (September 2, 1975 - September 2, 2025), 12 songs by 10 musicians were received.

Newspaper Youth First prize was awarded to musician Mai Tram with the song Youth in me

Second prize goes to musician Ha Chuong with song Red - Young - Saigon .

Two third prizes were awarded to musicians Nguyen Ba Hung with song Our Youth and musician Pham Hong Bien with the song My Youth .

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/nhac-si-nguyen-van-hien-tang-ca-khuc-tuoi-tre-vi-mot-the-gioi-moi-cho-bao-tuoi-tre-20250621110113941.htm