Among the nine categories for the music awards, which maintained its traditional voting by journalists covering cultural aspects, singer Hoang Thuy Linh won three, namely the awards for music video, female singer, and album of the year.
MONO (real name Nguyen Viet Hoang, born 2000) was named as new artist of the year, while the awards for male singer, producer and musician of the year went to Tung Duong, DTAP, and Khac Hung, respectively.
The Devotion Awards were first launched in 2005. This year marks the first time the awards have featured new categories for sport in addition to the traditional ones for music.
The award ‘Sports Achievement of the Year’ went to the national female football team who won a berth in the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023. Football player Khuat Van Khang seized the award for the young athlete of the year, while Nguyen Thi Oanh, a female track-and-field athlete, was honoured as the sport figure of the year./.