Centre-ville, Trinh Cong Son's grave

Trịnh Công Sơn's grave at Quang Binh cemetery, Ho Chi Minh city. Trinh Cong Son (Trịnh Công Sơn) was a famous Vietnamese composer, musician, painter and songwriter. He's widely considered one of the three most salient figures of modern (non-classical) Vietnamese music (with Pham Duy and Van Cao). Hundreds of thousands of people gathered at his funeral in Ho Chi Minh city, for a spontaneous funeral concert, making such a spectacle the largest in Ho Chi Minh city. His music remains very popular among Vietnamese, old and young.