Văn Cao, Vietnamese composer, poet, and painter (died 1995)

Văn Cao

Vietnamese composer from Haiphong

Văn Cao was a Vietnamese composer whose works include Tiến Quân Ca, which became the national anthem of Vietnam. He, along with Phạm Duy and Trịnh Công Sơn, is widely considered one of the three most salient figures of 20th-century (non-classical) Vietnamese music.