The composer Hoang Van was born on July 24, 1930 in Hanoi to a literate family for several generations in the old city of Hanoi. He attended French school until the age of 16 and was immersed in Poetry, Arts, music since his childhood.

After Vietnam's declaration of independence in 1945, the war broke out again. Having lost his mother and father, he left Hanoi to join the Vietminh as a soldier in the Vietnamese army's artistic unit.

Composition of "Hò kéo pháo", "Song of the canons" (1953), work that opened the musical career of the composer. Trained at the Beijing National Conservatory of Music, China (1954-1960). Graduate of the National Conservatory of Music of Beijing with Symphony No. 1 "Brazen Rampart of the Fatherland". Beginning the career on the radio Voice of Vietnam as artistic director, conductor of the Vietnam Radio Orchestra. Soundtrack of the movie "White Smoke". The song "Sails" (on a poem by Hoang Trung Thong).

Composition: symphony with choir "Reminiscence", songs: "Quang binh my hometown", "Sailor's romance", "Hanoi - Hue - Saigon", "Song of the little bufle keeper", "Nostalgia to a distant love" (by a Nguyen Dinh Thi's poem). The soundtrack for the movie "The canary bird", "The Wind picks up". Member of Executive Committee of Vietnam Association of Musicians and Composers from 1963, Head of vocal music department.

Climbing of the Vietnam War. Musical composition for the drama "Nila". Songs: "Hello the liberator, hello spring of the victory" (1968). "Liberation Gongs, Victory Gongs". Music for Ballet "Madame Sứ". Epic for choral and orchestra "Vive Vietnam ma Patrie" with four other composers.

The most intense phase of the Vietnam War. Music for the films "Em bé Hà Nội" (The little girl of Hà Nôi) and "Vĩ tuyến mười bảy ngày và đêm" (17th parallel day and night), Song: Người chiến sĩ ấy (That soldier), 1969

At the end of the war, the rebuilding of a united nation began. The triptych "Bài ca xây dựng", "Song of construction workers", 1974, the Lullabies, "Tình yêu của đất và nước", "The love of land and water". 1975: The composer left for an internship at the National Conservatory of Sofia, Bulgaria. Oboe Concerto "Elephant Pulling Wood" or "Walking Elephants". Several romances.

Ho Chi Minh Prize for Literature and Arts (Giải thưởng Hồ Chí Minh về văn học nghệ thuật)

A symphonic concert in his name took place at the Hanoi Opera House: Thành đồng Tổ Quốc, "Brazen Rampart of the Fatherland", Symphonic Poem No. 1, 1960; "Concerto TS? And Love" (1975) and the Symphony with choir No. 3 "Trên chiến trường không bao giờ quên", "On the battlefield to never forget" (2004). The program is performed by the Symphony Orchestra of Hanoi National Conservatory of Music, led by his son - the maestro Le Phi Phi.

Hoang Van said goodbye to the earth while he slept.