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Cong Minh
was born in a remote village of Tien Giang province in the south of
Vietnam. Minh's childhood was tough! He didn't have many toys like
children do now. He made all of his toys on his own. He loved to play war
game using bamboo gun and also swimming in the river close to his house.
Minh usually went to Saigon in the summer time to visit his Dad. He was
impressed when he saw kids playing musical instrument at the City Cultural
House. Bamboo flute looked familiar to him at that time. That's why he
picked bamboo flute to learn.
A year later, Minh passed the talent exam and was accepted to study at the
Saigon Conservatory in 1983. He was a straight A bamboo flute student
until graduation for nine years. He got a scholarship from Australian
Cultural Exchange Association in 1991. He top graduated from the
Conservatory in 1992 (bamboo flute).
Achievements:
1995 - First Prize Bamboo Flute solo
at the National Traditional
Music Festival (Southern Part). Bamboo Flute Player Award in Saigon in
1992, 1993 and 1995
On Paris By Night Music Video (in USA) for the first time in 8/2003
Publish first bamboo flute album
"Long Me & Turkish March"
in 9/2003
Minh used to perform for the TV show in Saigon with
Tieng
Hat Que Huong
group from 1986 to 1996.
Recently, Minh has been performing in Columbia University in New York, Art
Museum in Ohio,
National Foreign Affair Traning Center, George Mason University,
University of Maryland and more...
B.S Economic University, Foreign Trade, 1995, Saigon, Vietnam
B.S Strayer University, Business Administration, 1997 (4.00/4.00 GPA)
Strayer University's Scholarship in
1998
M.B.A Financial Management, 1999,
Southeastern University, USA (4.00/4.00 GPA)
M.S Computer Science,
Southeastern University, 2001
Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developers - 2002
Present:
Chief of Genetic Database Project at Institution of Genetic Medicine at
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