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Indonesia triumphs at ASEAN TV singing festival

Two Indonesian contestants, Olivia and Ananta Kusuma, won first prizes in the pop and folk song categories at the five-day ASEAN Television Golden Voice Festival that ended in HCM City on Mar. 9.
Two Indonesian contestants, Olivia and Ananta Kusuma, won first prizesin the pop and folk song categories at the five-day ASEAN TelevisionGolden Voice Festival that ended in HCM City on Mar. 9.

Popular Vietnamese singer Thanh Ngoc took second prize in the folk songcategory, along with Kat Arrogado from the Phillippines and Shazroulfrom Malaysia for their pop songs.

Van Sotheary from Cambodia and Phoungeune Bouathong from Laos also won prizes for being the most friendly contestants.

Vietnamese singer Duc Tuan also won a prize for being the most popular and stylish contestant.

The 18 other contestants were from Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, thePhilippines, Brunei, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Singapore and Vietnam./.
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