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The French language's presence in Vietnam began in the 18th century when French explorers and merchants began sailing near the Indochina coast. When the French replaced the Portuguese as the primary European power in Southeast Asia in the 1790s by helping to unify Vietnam under the Nguyen Dynasty and later colonizing Southern Vietnam, they introduced the French language to locals.
The music from this moment reaches Vietnamese living outside of Vietnam, signalling the phenomenon of "Vietnam's music invasion." [ 28 ] Interestingly, more diasporic Vietnamese singers were brave enough to return to their adoring fans in Vietnam, bearing being labelled as a communist by the overseas community.
In highschools in South Vietnam after 1960 at least in the capital Saigon, very few students took French as the first foreign language. In 5 classes, only 1 class still learn French. Most might understand some french words as they learn French later as second foreign language. DanGong 08:05, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
Mai-Lan Aquarella Morgane Chapiron (stylized as MAI LAN) is a French-Vietnamese artist.She released her first solo album Mai Lan in 2012. In 2016, she appeared on M83's album Junk, contributing with vocals on four tracks, including the single "Go!".
After the partition of Vietnam in 1954, French fell into disuse in North Vietnam, and maintained a high status in South Vietnam. Since the Fall of Saigon in 1975, French has declined in modern Vietnam: in 2018, slightly under 1% of the population was fluent in French. About 0.7% of the population of Vietnam can speak French as of 2014. [111]
The Vietnam War had a profound impact on Vietnamese music, inspiring many protest songs and influencing the development of modern Vietnamese music, the introduction of rock came with use of electric guitars to create more aggressive sound on the songs. The main genres that were common in this period were the rock ,folk and soul.
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French Vietnamese or Vietnamese French may refer to: Of or relating to any of the subdivisions of Vietnam during the period of French colonialism Annam; Tonkin; Cochinchina; Tây Bồi Pidgin French, an extinct pidgin formerly spoken by non-French-educated Vietnamese; French language in Vietnam; Franco-Vietnamese relations; French people in Vietnam