That Song VietJet Plays When You Land — "Hello Vietnam"
Every VietJet flight landing in Vietnam plays the same song. It started as an unreleased French demo and became an anthem for six million overseas Vietnamese.
Fly VietJet Air into Vietnam and you'll hear it. As the plane touches down and taxis to the gate, the cabin fills with a melody on loop. A few flights in and you'll know it by heart.
It's called Hello Vietnam. VietJet's signature welcome tune.
Where Did It Come From?
The song started life as Bonjour Vietnam, written by French singer-songwriter Marc Lavoine in 2005 and performed by Phạm Quỳnh Anh, a Belgian singer of Vietnamese descent. It was an unreleased demo — until a friend put it online. During Lunar New Year 2006, it went viral across the Vietnamese diaspora.
An English version came out in 2008. That same year, it was performed on Paris By Night episode 92 — the biggest entertainment show for overseas Vietnamese — and became one of the community's defining songs. YouTube plays run into the tens of millions.
Why It Struck a Nerve
More than six million Vietnamese live overseas, many of them refugees who left after the war and their descendants. For the second and third generations, Vietnam is a country that exists only in their parents' stories.
This song nails that feeling: curiosity mixed with distance, a pull toward a "homeland" you've never seen, a desire to connect with no idea where to start.
After surfacing online in 2005, it spread from Paris to California, Sydney to Toronto. People started calling it the "unofficial anthem" of overseas Vietnamese.
Why VietJet Uses It
VietJet Air made Hello Vietnam its landing song on all flights arriving in Vietnam. It plays on a loop from touchdown through taxiing.
The airline calls it "a gift from the heart" — a way to welcome passengers through a familiar melody. They position it as "a messenger connecting Vietnam to the world." For overseas Vietnamese, it's an outlet for homesickness. For foreign visitors, it's a first taste of the country.
Around Lunar New Year, VietJet switches to festive tracks like Happy New Year. During the April 30 Reunification Day and May Day holidays, cabin crews film special onboard versions.
Where to Listen
It's on Spotify, YouTube, and other platforms. Search "Hello Vietnam Quynh Anh" or "Bonjour Vietnam."
The English and French versions share the same melody but have slightly different lyrics.
English Lyrics
Tell me all about this name, that is difficult to say
It was given me the day I was born
Want to know about the stories of the empire of old
My eyes say more of me than what you dare to say
All I know of you is all the sights of war
A film by Coppola, the helicopter's roar
One day I'll touch your soil
One day I'll finally know your soul
One day I'll come to you
To say, "Hello Vietnam"
Tell me all about my colour, my hair and my little feet
That have carried me every mile of the way
Want to see your house, your streets
Show me all I do not know
Wooden sampans, floating markets, light of gold
All I know of you is the sights of war
A film by Coppola, the helicopter's roar
One day I'll touch your soil
One day I'll finally know your soul
One day I'll come to you
To say, "Hello Vietnam"
And Buddha's made of stone watch over me
My dreams they lead me through the fields of rice
In prayer, in the light, I see my kin
I touch my tree, my roots, my begin
One day I'll touch your soil
One day I'll finally know your soul
One day I'll come to you
To say, "Hello Vietnam"
One day I'll walk your soil
One day I'll finally know my soul
One day I'll come to you
To say, "Hello Vietnam"
To say, "Hello Vietnam"
To say, "Xin chào Vietnam"
