Bao Han is the only Vietnamese singer thus far who comes to us from Vienna Austria. Her family left Vietnam in 1975 and settled in Europe when Bao Han was only 2 years old. Bao Han is a gifted singer who has excellent command of the Vietnamese language. Bao Han went to St. Ursula, an all girl school in Vienna. Upon graduation, she attended college studying drama and liberal arts.

Bao Han’s very first experience in front of a large audience came when at age 14, she performed in front of 5,000 people in a summer camp in Holland. On that fateful day in 1987, the audience sang and danced along as young Bao Han sang some pop songs and folk ballads. To this day, she claims that this experience is the most memorable, not only because it was her first performance in front of such large audience, but it was also one where her peers in the audience gave her such positive energy.

In 1990, Bao Han entered a beauty pageant in Paris and became the second runner up. She was signed by Thanh Le Paris to be one of their models. While at a performance in Paris, Bao Han was discovered by the management of Thuy Nga Productions. In 1992, she signed an exclusive contract with Thuy Nga Productions and has seen appeared in most of the Paris by Night music videos.

In recent years, Bao Han has traveled and performed all over the world. She has visited many cities in the United States and won the hearts of many fans. Bao Han has also collaborated with other US based singers on the CDs in the “Lien Khuc Paris By Night” series produced by Thuy Nga Productions.

Name: Phan Quoc Bao Han
Birthday: 04/25/1973
Place of birth: Saigon, Vietname
Homecountry: I left Vietname in 1975 to Austria (actually my mum carried me all the way to Vienna although I insited on going back to Vietname so I could use my bo mau xanh)
Nationality: Austrian
Current Homecountry: US
Languages: Vietnamese, German, English but mostly talk with my hands
Addictions: Shopping in general, shoes to be specific, chocolate, cake, candy (BH without any sweets a day is like Gollum without a “Ring”, I would turn ugly and crazy)
Hobbies: Shopping (also counts as hobby), reading, going to the movies with friends, jogging at the beach (especially early morning when the sun is rising), dancing, skydiving (not really a hobby, but would love to turn it into one)
Favorite Book: Anything from Bertolt Brecht and…US Magazine
Favorite Food: Anything that requires chop sticks to eat with, the sweet treats as the cashier when you check out at a grocery store
Favorite Drink: Red Bull, green tea with soy milk and LOTs of tapioca
Favorite Music: Pretty much EVERYTHING: Classical, Jazz, Trance, R&B, Pop, Alternative Rock, etc.
Favorite Singer/Group: Josh Groban, Diane Kral, MyTam, Outkast, Justin Timerlake (I told you I liked EVERYTHING)
Favorite CD: The look of love by Diane Krall, Older by George Michael
Favorite Actor/Actress: Gary Oldman, Sean Penn, Johnny Depp, Nichole Kidmann, and I am in LOVE with Orlando Bloom
Favorite Color: depending on my moods
Favorite Place to be: wherever my family is