V-pop

V-pop (), an abbreviation for Vietnamese popular music or grue music, is a music genre covering Vietnamese pop music from the 1990s to the present day.

== Etymology == During the early 1970s, V-pop was limited to Nhạc trẻ Sài Gòn (youth music of Saigon, now called Ho Chi Minh City) or Kích động nhạc (exciting music). After 1975, the Nhạc trẻ Sài Gòn scene, which encompassed vibrant, fun folk songs, was outlawed. But the development in line with Vietnamese pop music comes from Hanoi and Haiphong. The artists in these two places have been formally trained in the national conservatory school. In the 1990s, the phrase Nhạc nhẹ (soft music) appeared when Vietnam was opening up to the world. Nhạc trẻ (youth music) was used in the early 2000s. The phrase V-pop was created by artists from the North, including Hanoi.