Văn Cao (born Nguyễn Văn Cao, Vietnamese pronunciation; 15 November 1923 – 10 July 1995) was a Vietnamese composer whose works include "Tiến Quân Ca", which became the national anthem of Vietnam.^[1][2] He, along with Phạm Duy and Trịnh Công Sơn, is widely considered one of the three most salient figures of modern (non-classical) Vietnamese music.^[3] He was also a noted poet and a painter.Văn Cao (born Nguyễn Văn Cao, Vietnamese pronunciation: [ŋʷjə̌ˀn van kaːw]; 15 November 1923 – 10 July 1995) 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 modern (non-classical) Vietnamese music. He was also a noted poet and a painter.

Writer Van Cao (1917-1951) whose real name is Tran Huu Tri was born into a middle-farmer family in a poor, sunken village in Dai Hoang village, Nam Sang district, Ly Nhan district, Ha Nam province.
Before the August Revolution, he lived mainly by writing literature and tutoring. After the August Revolution, he went to Vietnam and joined the resistance war in combination with cultural propaganda.
In 1951, he was ambushed by the enemy and died while on his way to work in Interzone III
Nam Cao is a quiet, quiet person who is very close, attached to the poor, heavy-hearted with his homeland.
He has a rich inner life, he always struggles with himself, overcoming mistakes, correcting defects to aim for a more complete person, a better life.