Nguyễn Bằng Kiều (born 13 July 1973 in Hanoi), is a Vietnamese ballad singer.
His mother is Vietnamese opera singer Luu Nga, while father Nguyen Bang Bui is a doctor.
The family lived in a small loft on Ngo Si Lien Street in Hanoi.
When Bằng Kiều revealed his talent for singing, his family invested all of their money for him to learn music.
In 1989, he studied bassoon at Hanoi Music Institute, where he founded the band Golden Key.
In 1998, he established another band called Watermelon, which included Anh Tu, Tuan Hung and Tuong Van.
He performed alongside songwriters and singers including Duyen Dang Viet Nam, Green Wave and Nhip Cau Am Nhac in Dong Thoi Gian 2002.
Beside singing, he was acting and working with Trinh, including a musical tea room and coffee shop in Ho Chi Minh City.
For a period of time, there were some Vietnamese-Americans protested that Kieu was assigned to spread the "culture movement" of Vietnamese communism in America.
After returning to America, he made some controversial statements as clarification for the incident, as: "In most recent visit, I had denied many big music shows to prove my will toward the land of freedom...Hopefully everyone will be pleased to accept me as a new member of the community".
Accordingly, all of the songs performed by Kieu at Paris By Night shows were planned by Viet Dzung for "political purposes".
On 22 November, they made a statement to related agencies and individuals not to use any song and performance of Bang Kieu.
This immediately paid off when they released their first duet album, Bởi Vì Anh Yêu Em for Paris by Night 93, catching everyone's attention.
After that, they appeared and paired in many Paris by Night shows, concerts, and CD/albums together, and many fans praised them as the "perfect duo".
He held a fan meeting at Club Passion in Hanoi that was so crowded that the police canceled the event after 15 minutes.
He used to say that his singing was his priority, however he changed his mind and paid more attention to performance costume "to show respect to the audiences".