Vietnam
He wrote about ordinary people in wartime and refused to take sides — so both sides banned his music. Twenty-five years after his death, tribute concerts run from Ho Chi Minh City's Book Street to Singapore, and his most famous singing partner, 81-year-old Khánh Ly, came home to visit his grave.
Vietnam
He spent most of his career as a second-tier coach in South Korea. At 58, he took the Vietnam job and became a national hero. On June 12, 2026, his two worlds won on the same day — and at 66, his next stop is Thailand.
Vietnam
Vietnamese actor Liên Bỉnh Phát won Best Actor at Taiwan's Golden Bell Awards, the first Vietnamese recipient in the ceremony's 60-year history. A former tour guide who started acting at 26, he donated half his prize money to migrant worker organizations.
Vietnam
Math Olympiad silver. Stanford. Google Brain. xAI. OpenAI. Phạm Hy Hiếu spent fifteen years reaching the front lines of AI. Seven months later, he took his family home.
Vietnam
He was airlifted out of Saigon at 12, went to Yale, spent 15 years in investment banking. Then he quit, went to culinary school, and opened a Michelin-starred restaurant in a wet market.