Growing up in Australia, a young-Vietnamese Australian singer-songwriter named Thanh Bùi rose to national prominence by being a finalist on the television series Australian Idol 2008 - and since then his music career has gone from strength to strength across Asia. He held a long felt desire to reconnect with the country his family had fled. He moved to Việt Nam in 2012 and since being there has gathered more than 2.5 million Facebook followers, writing hits for groups in Korea and Japan and working with international acts like the Black Eyed Peas. He is also the principal of SOUL Music and Performing Arts Academy in Sài Gòn, which is fostering the next generation of Vietnamese music and dance stars. His work in Vietnam has led Thanh Bui to being an ambassador for the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals and meetings with Sir Richard Branson and other world leaders.