The American pop star Instagramed a photo of herself at a hotel in the Vietnamese capital with the caption: "Birthday energy."

Singer Christina Aguilera arrives for the Time 100 gala celebrating the magazine's naming of the 100 most influential people in the world for the past year, in New York, April 23, 2013.

Aside from happy birthday wishes, many people wrote in the comments section that they hoped Aguilera would have a wonderful stay in Vietnam.

"Hope you're having a blast in Vietnam," wrote Anthony H. Nguyen, a Vietnamese-American makeup artist.

Aguilera will be performing at the VinFuture Global Science and Technology Awards along with Japanese conductor Honna Tetsuji. Conductor Dong Quang Vinh and violinist Bui Cong Duy will also perform.

Earlier this year, American music legend John Legend performed at the event hosted by local conglomerate Vingroup.

Christina Aguilera was born in the U.S. in 1980. She first became famous as a child star on Walt Disney's The Mickey Mouse Club, along with Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Ryan Gosling, and many more.

When her first album came out in 1999, it topped the Billboard 200 and sold more than 17 million copies.

She is one of the best-selling artists of all time with more than 75 million copies sold.

Throughout her music career, the singer has won five Grammys and one Latin Grammy.

In 2008, Rolling Stone ranked the singer as number 58 on its list of the 100 best singers of all time. She has been dubbed the "Voice of a Generation" by the media.

R&B legend Babyface to perform at HCMC music fest

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HCM City int’l music, hot air balloon festivals to take place in December

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Musician Do Hong Quan and songs about Bac Giang

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Ma ethnic people strive to safeguard traditional musical instruments

With the support of functional sectors and local authorities, the teachers and students at Loc Bac School in Bao Lam District, Lam Dong Province, most of whom are Ma ethnic people, have implemented a project on preserving and promoting the traditional musical instruments of their tribe in a bid to protect their treasured cultural value from fading away in the circle of modernisation.

Vietnamese female pop star wows American online music publication

Music publication Pitchfork gave the album "Link" by Hoang Thuy Linh a score of 7.2, praising its empowering lyrics and large-scale production.

Source: VnExpress