The Chinese Communist Party saw pop music as sexually indecent and labeled the C-pop genre as such.
[1] These restrictions prompted many Shanghai artists to flee to Hong Kong, where it reached its height in the 1950s until the late 1960s, when it was displaced by Mandarin-language Taiwanese pop (and later by Cantopop).
The genre contained topics and characteristics considered decadent and was banned in 1975, with those caught listening to it punished, and their music confiscated.
After the Fall of Saigon, many Vietnamese artists emigrated to the United States to pursue their careers and industry there instead.
In August 2010, two singers – Hương Lan and Tuấn Vũ – performed at the Hanoi Opera House for half a month.