Recently, YouTuber Pham Truong Thanh visited artist Phuong Binh’s house and posted a video on his channel. Accordingly, he revealed that the male artist is currently 82 years old, living in a cramped house, with an area of about 20 square meters, located deep in the suburbs of Saigon.
Not only that, artist Phuong Binh’s residence is also patched together, some are brick and mortar, some are covered with iron sheets as walls, furniture is scattered, the floor is sinking. Inside there is nothing of value except an old bed, hammock and shelves… However, in artist Phuong Binh’s house there is still a guitar, which he uses to play music.
He shared: “I still sing at artist bars and some places to earn income”. In addition, he also hung many certificates of merit and commemorative photos in his house. Artist Phuong Binh said he had to cook for himself and eat very frugally.
When the YouTuber went into the kitchen and opened the pot, he found it empty and had nothing, so he sadly exclaimed: “Why is the pot so empty? Why is it full of cooking oil and nothing? How frugal!”.
Regarding current life, artist Phuong Binh confided: “I have a wife, but my wife is currently working far away and hasn’t returned yet. Every evening, I have to run to the artist’s shop to sing, which is 20km from home, and don’t get home until 12 o’clock at night.
Every day I have to drive 20km alone like that, in a shabby car. The house I live in belongs to my son. He bought the land a long time ago but recently built the house and my husband and I moved in. I’m 82 years old this year, every night I run 20km back and forth to sing to make money.”.
In the past, male artists didn’t go to sing at artists’ bars, they just stayed at home and occasionally went to small shows, but staying at home a lot made them sad. Now he regularly sings every night at the artist’s shop.
“In the past, I used to sing with My Chau and Mong Tuyen. Previously, I was a member of the Huong Bien troupe, went to Hanoi to perform and lived there for 18 years, but then everything was gone. I had to sell all my houses to save money. pay the debt, there is nothing left.
At that time, I worked as a theater troupe director. Sometimes it rained for a whole week and I couldn’t perform. I didn’t have any money. I had to pick up water spinach to feed the artists. Recently, I discovered a tumor in my back, but luckily it was benign, but it still caused a lot of pain. I couldn’t lie down because it hurt every time I lay down.”artist Phuong Binh confided.
