My Youth, how much desire, how much dedication

BÁO TUỔI TRẺ - Ảnh 1. — Tuoi Tre newspaper staff create a heart shape to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the newspaper's founding - Photo: QUANG DINH

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Tuoi Tre newspaper (September 2, 1975 - September 2, 2025), Tuoi Tre invited a number of musicians to compose songs about the newspaper.

After nearly a year of launching, the organizing committee received 12 songs from 10 musicians and 1 song written by musician Nguyen Van Hien - a member of the judging panel.

Based on the results of the judging panel, the organizing committee decided to award 1 first prize, 1 second prize and 2 third prizes. The first prize went to musician Mai Tram with the song Tuoi Tre Trong Toi . The second prize went to musician Ha Chuong with the song Do - Tre - Sai Gon .

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

**Composing songs about Youth is happiness**

Musician Pham Hong Bien shared that he was surprised when the song "Tuoi Tre cua toi" won the award. "To be able to compose and contribute a song to Tuoi Tre newspaper - the newspaper I love - is a success, a happiness. I think with its contributions on the information front, Tuoi Tre newspaper deserves to be praised and honored" - Pham Hong Bien said.

The author of the song Proud Melody said that as soon as he received the invitation to compose, he was very excited because he himself was a loyal reader of Tuoi Tre from his childhood until adulthood.

“My morning habit is that when inspiration comes flooding in, I write very quickly.

My song Tuoi Tre is such a song, with all the love I have had for the newspaper over the years, I wrote it very quickly and the emotions flowed continuously. Combining that flow of emotions, I added the motto and purpose of Tuoi Tre newspaper into the lyrics of the song to serve the readers, to serve the people to highlight the role of Tuoi Tre newspaper more clearly" - Pham Hong Bien confided.

Song My Youth - Musician Pham Hong Bien

Tuoi Tre Newspaper went through a long period of development following the development of the country's history, so the male musician decided to choose a melody that had a harmonious, profound, and gentle combination but still ensured heroic and proud qualities.

Musician Pham Hong Bien emphasized: "This melody clearly describes the image of journalists, especially the team of reporters and editors of Tuoi Tre newspaper, their role and mission as well as the role and mission of the newspaper in life."

Pursuing folk music

Musician Pham Hong Bien was born in 1990 in Da Nang, in a family with a musical tradition. He graduated from the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music, competed in the Ho Chi Minh City Television Singing Contest in 2010, won fourth prize, but chose to become a musician and music producer.

Pham Hong Bien said he pursues the music genre of Southern folk music combined with Central folk music.

His compositions are loved by many audiences such as: Proud Melody, Love for the Crossing River's Pawn, Oh My Countrymen, North-South Appointment, Spring Love Song...

BÁO TUỔI TRẺ - Ảnh 2. — Musician Pham Hong Bien - Photo: FBNV

Among them, the song Proud Melody evokes national pride and has been successfully performed by many singers. This song has been chosen to be performed in major national celebrations.

The song Thuong con chot sang song helped singer To My win the 2020 Mai Vang Award in the category of Most Favorite Singer of Folk Music. The song currently has 35 million views on YouTube.

In addition, he also took on the role of music director for many TV game shows such as: Idol Singer, Still Singing Love Lyrics, Super Kid Talent Test, Bolero Peak...

13 songs written about Youth includes:

Youth in Me (composed by musician Mai Tram), first prize

Red - Young - Saigon (Ha Chuong), second prize

Our Youth (Nguyen Ba Hung), third prize

My Youth (Pham Hong Bien), third prize

Youth - Pen of the heart (Le Vinh Phuc)

Love of Tuoi Tre Newspaper (Le Vinh Phuc)

Proud of 50 years of Tuoi Tre newspaper (Nguyen Quoc Viet)

Song of Youth (Quynh Le)

Song of Youth (Nguyen Phi Hung)

Youth Enthusiasm (Nguyen Phi Hung)

Youth steady steps to reach far (To Hieu)