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Recognition: Pop singers Dam Vinh Hung (second left) and Thanh Thao (third left) receive the Mai Vang Award for Favourite Singer. — VNA/VNS Photo |
HCM CITY — Pop star Dam Vinh Hung won in three categories at the Mai Vang (Golden Ochna) Awards that were given away in HCM City on Saturday.
The prestigious award instituted by Nguoi Lao Dong (The Labourer) newspaper is meant to honour the year's top performers in the entertainment industry.
At the Hoa Binh Theatre, Hung was jointly named the Favourite Pop Singer along with Thanh Thao and also the Favourite Singer of Patriotic Songs award. He also won the award for Favourite Song for Viet Nam Nam 2020 (Viet Nam in 2020) along with its composer Le Quang. Hung wrote the lyric for the song.
This year was significant for the rise of young artists who won a third of the awards on offer.
Actress Lan Ngoc won her first award for Favourite Film Actress for her role of Nuong in Nguyen Phan Quang Binh's film Canh Dong Bat Tan (Floating Lives). The film is based on a popular short story of the same name by Nguyen Ngoc Tu.
Singer-actor Phung Ngoc Huy was the Favourite TV Actor for his performance in the series Cong Mat Troi (The Sun's Gate). Van Trang topped among actresses for her role in Loi Song Sai Lam (Wrong Lifestyle), a Vietnamese remake of South Korean series Terms of Endearment.
The winner of the Chuong Vang Vong Co 2006 (Vong Co Golden Bell) cai luong (reformed theatre) singing contest on TV, Vo Minh Lam, was the Favourite Theatre Actor for his role in Dua Con Nha Ho Trieu (Trieu's Son).
Viet Nam Idol host Phan Anh was the Favourite TV Host.
Comedian Hoai Linh, theatre actress Le Khanh, film actor Ly Hung, and folk singer Cam Ly kept the flag flying for veterans.
Some of the winners – Hung, Ly, Thao – and dancers Linh Nga and Dang Hung performed in front of 20,000 workers at the Pou Yuen Company in Binh Tan District at an event organised by the newspaper yesterday. — VNS