Comments on: Bonjour Vietnam.

By: Paige

Paige — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:32:31 +0000

This song is awsome no one could sing it better than Quynh Anh, and she looks like she came from a decent family, well educated not like Nhu Loan or something

By: Tuan

Tuan — Sat, 12 May 2007 05:11:10 +0000

It’s a nostalgic song that has evidently touched a lot of hearts, including mine.

Translation from http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?menu=c10400&n o=273609&rel_no=1

Tell me this name, strange and difficult to pronounce
That I have carried since my birth
Tell me the old empire and the feature of my slanted eyes
Describing me better than what you dare not say
I only know you from the war images
A Coppola movie, (and) the angry helicopters
Someday, I will go there, someday to say hello to your soul
Someday, I will go there, to say hello to you, Vietnam
Tell me my color, my hair and my small feet
That I have carried since my birth
Tell me your house, your street, tell me this unknown entity
The floating markets and the wooden sampans
I could only recognize my country from the war photos
A Coppola movie, (and) the helicopters in anger
Someday, I will go there, someday to say hello to your soul
Someday, I will go there, to say hello to you, Vietnam
The temples and the stone-carved Buddha statues for my fathers
The stooping women in the rice fields for my mothers
Praying in the light to see my brothers again
To touch my soul, my roots, my land.
Someday, I will go there, someday to say hello to your soul
Someday, I will go there, to say hello to you, Vietnam (twice)

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 02:30:44 +0000

For anyone to say this song is racist or rubbish is to show they are completely devoid of sentiment,compassion or artistic feeling. As told previously it is a song inspired by and dedicated to a young girl who has never had the chance to see her mother country and it pays hommage to that.I salute Marc Lavoine and his beautiful protege Pham Quynh Anh .

By: Tom p

Tom p — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:59:15 +0000

amazing pictures…..rubbish song

By: Titi

Titi — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:56:37 +0000

Aramax > This song is ABSOLUTLY NOT RACIST ! I’m french and the lyrics don’t say that you seems to think. The singer, Pham Quynh Anh, is a belgium vietnamian… !

By: Anh Tran

Anh Tran — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:38:57 +0000

I don’t understand french, can someone translate the whole song for us? Thank you.
The pictures, the music and the singer’s voice are so beautiful that I don’t know how to describe.
Thanks again for the beautiful work.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:38:24 +0000

Both the song and the pictures are quite beautiful.

By: Barjak

Barjak — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:38:01 +0000

Wow !

How can you say that this song is racist ?? This is crazy ! Or maybe you didn’t understood the lyrics and what it’s talking about.

This song was written by Marc Lavoine specially for Pham Quynh Anh, and it tells her story : the feelings of a young vietnamese who grew up outside of her country of birth because of the war. How could it be racist in any way ?

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:53:13 +0000

I don’t care for the song, but the pictures are beautiful.

By: Aramax

Aramax — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:28:55 +0000

I guess since it’s performed by Pham Quynh Anh it’s not that much of a racist song but still… I dont think I would like if someone would sing a song about racial stereotype of my ethnicity.

By: Aramax

Aramax — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:24:44 +0000

Why is the whole song in french?

I will translate a part of the song…

“…my little feet that carried me since I was born…”

The song talk a lot about the physical description of Vietnamese peoples… I dont know if I should show this to my cousin ( His father is from Vietnam ) because it’s almost racist… and certainly cheesy.