National anthem of South Vietnam
| English: March of the Youths | |
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| Thanh Nien Hanh Khuc | |
A sheet music notation of "March of the Youths", with the South Vietnamese flag in the background.
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National anthem of  South Vietnam State of Vietnam
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| Also known as | "Tiếng Gọi Công Dân" English: "Call to the Citizens" ("National Anthem of the Republic of Vietnam") "Tiếng Gọi Công Dân" English: "Call to the Citizens" |
| Lyrics | Lưu Hữu Phước |
| Music | Lưu Hữu Phước |
| Relinquished | 1975 |
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National Anthem of the Republic of Vietnam
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Thanh Niên Hành Khúc (Saigon: [tʰan niəŋ hân xúk], March of the Youths), later known as "Call to the Citizens" (Vietnamese: Tiếng Gọi Công Dân), and before that "March of the Students" (Vietnamese: Sinh Viên Hành Khúc), was the National Anthem of the Republic of Vietnam from 1948 to 1975.
After the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, the anthem was discontinued and replaced with "Tiến Quân Ca". However, the song is still used by Vietnamese expatriates living in the United States, among those in other countries where South Vietnamese refugees consequently resided after the war, as the "Anthem of Free Vietnam".
The anthem was written and composed by Lưu Hữu Phước (1921-1989). Phước was a well-known Vietnamese musician and songwriter, and a communist. The song was later modified with the name changed to "Call to the Citizens" (Vietnamese: "Tiếng Gọi Công Dân"), and became the official national anthem of South Vietnam.
"Thanh niên Hành Khúc" was first adopted as the national anthem by the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam (Pre-government of the State of Vietnam. 1948 - 1949) on 14 June 1948, and it was inherited as a national anthem by the State of Vietnam (1949–1955) and the Republic of Vietnam (1955–1975). The words of "Thanh Niên Hành Khúc" were revised by former President Ngo Dinh Diem in 1956.
"Tiếng Gọi Công Dân" was used as the third and final official national anthem of the Republic of Vietnam from 1956 until the Fall of Saigon in 1975. This anthem is still sung by overseas Vietnamese as the Anthem of Free Vietnam.
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