Nguyen Xuan Son is a 'brown-skinned, black-eyed Vietnamese', netizens go from wondering to loving

'Nguyen Xuan Son - the Vietnamese with brown skin and black eyes. Don't ask me if I sang wrongly anymore', singer Tung Duong humorously wrote on his personal Facebook page after this player scored in the match between Vietnam and Singapore on the evening of December 26.

Striker Nguyen Xuan Son continues to have a top performance and score goals for the Vietnam national team - Photo: HAI LONG

"Vietnamese with brown skin and black eyes" is a line in the song "A Round of Vietnam" by musician Dong Thien Duc, performed by singer Tung Duong more than a year ago, causing a stir online. In the football match between Vietnam and Singapore in the first leg of the ASEAN Cup 2024 semi-finals on the evening of December 26, the above line "went viral" again in a very humorous way.

Nguyen Xuan Son is affectionately known as a Vietnamese with brown skin and black eyes.

Nguyen Xuan Son, whose real name is Rafaelson Fernandes, was born in 1997 in Brazil and received the decision to acquire Vietnamese citizenship on October 15, 2024. He first came to Vietnam in late 2019 and joined Nam Dinh club, marking the first milestone in his football career in Vietnam. Since appearing in the V-League, he quickly affirmed his talent with impressive goals. Xuan Son was also the top scorer in the 2023 V-League season and continued to explode in the 2023-2024 season.

A ROUND OF VIETNAM - Tung Duong | Official Music Video

In the first leg of the ASEAN Cup 2024 semi-finals, Singapore lost 0-2 to Vietnam after Tien Linh and Xuan Son scored goals respectively. Xuan Son continued to be the name that made many people "crazy". A few days before this match, on Facebook, some accounts also shared a photo of Xuan Son with the caption "Vietnamese people with brown skin and black eyes according to Mr. Tung Duong". Previously, the song "Vietnamese people with brown skin, black eyes, fragrant and indomitable like lotus branches" by musician Dong Thien Duc caused controversy. "Thinking that Vietnamese people have red blood and yellow skin", "brown skin means we are of African origin", "saying brown skin is chaos"... are comments from the audience under the clip A lap of Vietnam on TikTok and YouTube channels. Another comment wrote: "When did Vietnamese people become brown skin?". In addition to "brown skin", some people wondered about the word "black eyes" because they have long thought that Vietnamese people with brown eyes are correct. In response to netizens' reactions, Dong Thien Duc had to explain: "Figuratively, I used the word 'brown skin' because in the beginning of the song, I mentioned my mother. Maybe before she gave birth to me and my siblings, my mother had yellow skin, but through the hard days, sleeping under the sun, blocking the wind and the sky to raise us, her skin became dark brown and tanned. Putting the word 'brown skin' into the song is my most respectful thing for my parents and all Vietnamese people."

The song "Vietnamese with brown skin and black eyes" went viral again after Xuan Son's achievement - Screenshot

From wonder to love

After the match, Tung Duong wrote: "Nguyen Xuan Son - a Vietnamese with brown skin and black eyes, is a string. Don't wonder if I sang wrong anymore". Under his post, singer Tung Duong asked Dong Thien Duc: "It's right". The musician replied: "I see it's right". Commenting under Tung Duong's post, audience member Hoang Lang wrote: "You guys who were wondering have now turned to love". "In the future, there will be more naturalized people, maybe there will be Vietnamese with black skin and blue eyes", "Every sentence is right"... are other comments. Someone jokingly asked: "Surely Tung Duong knew in advance that Son was Vietnamese, right?". Many people also jokingly said: "Tung Duong and Dong Thien Duc have the ability to predict", "They sing well and have foresight". Someone who was "a bit serious" immediately "came to his senses": "It must be black skin and brown eyes". But in the enthusiastic atmosphere after the victory of the Vietnamese team against Singapore on the evening of December 26, most Vietnamese people only like to think of Xuan Son as "a Vietnamese with brown skin and black eyes".

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/nguyen-xuan-son-la-nguoi-viet-nam-da-nau-mat-den-dan-mang-tu-thac-mac-sang-yeu-20241227084035467.htm#content-5