Meet the Vinh girl who is a good student and has a sweet folk singing voice

Mai Uyen is the eldest child in a family of two children in Hung Dung Ward, Vinh City. Her parents are in business, but she loves art, especially traditional folk music and Vi and Giam folk songs. At the age of 4, Mai Uyen already knew how to sing folk songs, and at the age of 6 she was able to perform on stage. Currently, she can sing many Vi and Giam folk songs fluently with a sweet voice, flexible and captivating.

Mai Uyen performs at the memorial service for heroic martyrs at Hung Nguyen district cemetery. Photo: Huy Thu

Having been familiar with the stage since childhood, Uyen is quite bold and natural in communicating and performing. Her family's room at Muong Thanh apartment building is never without singing. She sings while doing housework, while playing, between meals and even before going to bed. In addition to learning music at school, she often goes online to open videos, listen to artists sing and sing along. Mai Uyen's most frequent music teacher is social media.

According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Hai Loi - the child's mother, seeing that her daughter has a talent for the arts, the family also creates all conditions for her to participate in collective activities of the school, class, associations, unions... with the hope that she will grow more mature from these activities.

Five years ago, Uyen was taken by her parents to the Green Bud folk song class taught directly by People's Artist Hong Luu and throughout that time she has always been attached to this class of love. Thanks to that, her singing voice has been constantly cultivated, shaped and becomes sweeter.

Baby Mai Uyen (left) and co-star. Photo: Huy Thu

Mai Uyen has a voice that suits folk songs and folk-inspired folk songs. In addition to her forte, Uyen can also sing Ca Tru and Kieu. Recently, audiences across the country have come to know the little girl from Vinh with her captivating songs such as: Returning to Nghe An with you; Mother's hammock; Hometown; Wherever I go, I remember Ha Tinh; I return to Ha Tinh; Oh, my love, the Vi tune...

What is more precious about Mai Uyen is that she regularly participates in charity programs, mobilizing donations to help families in difficult circumstances. Recently, people have seen her appear more frequently in charity music nights, from Vien Quang Pagoda (Nam Dan), Duc Hau Pagoda (Vinh), to the Requiem Ceremony at Thai Lao Cemetery (Hung Nguyen) and soon a charity music night in Thanh Thuy Commune (Thanh Chuong) ...

Mai Uyen was honored to receive the award for Best Child Actor at the 4th Nghe Tinh Vi and Giam Folk Song Festival. Photo: Huy Thu

Every time her child goes to sing far away, Ms. Loi or her husband has to leave their business to go with their child, sometimes to Hanoi, Quang Tri, Ho Chi Minh City... Ms. Loi believes that letting her child participate like this is to rub shoulders with the stage, to experience life and to become more mature.

Not only is Mai Uyen a good singer, she is also a smart girl, a good student, for 4 consecutive years she has been an excellent student. "As a deputy class monitor, in addition to taking care of the class's studies, I often tutor my weaker classmates. Every time I do a good job, the teacher praises me, I feel very happy" - Mai Uyen shared. Teacher Tran Cong Thanh - Principal of Ben Thuy Primary School said: "Mai Uyen is a good student, good at studying, good at singing and has contributed a lot to the school's art movement".

In particular, at the 4th Nghe Tinh - Ha Tinh - Nghe An inter-provincial folk song festival, she was honored to receive the award for best young performer...

Entering the new school year, with the achievements she has achieved, hopefully the Vinh girl will try harder and practice more to nurture her dream of becoming an artist with a voice that flies far.