Following the success of the previousedition, this year, the award, first launched in 2005, continues to featurecategories for sports in addition to the traditional ones for music.
The public are encouraged to join in voting fornominations along with an election council and journalists. The voting processincludes two rounds. The awarding ceremony is scheduled to take place in Hanoion March 27.
Last year, among the nine categories forthe music awards, singer Hoang Thuy Linh won three, namely the awards for musicvideo, female singer, and album of the year.
MONO (real name Nguyen Viet Hoang, bornin 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 song of the year was “Ben tren tang lau” composed andperformed by Tang Duy Tan, while the show of the year was “Tri am” by singer MyTam.
In the sport categories, football playerKhuat Van Khang seized the award for the young athlete of the year, whileNguyen Thi Oanh, a female track-and-field athlete, was honoured as the sportfigure of the year, which honour athletes with outstanding achievements, good impressionsand dedication in sports activities.
The last award ‘Sports Achievement of theYear’, which recognises breakthrough by an individual or a team in professionalfields, went to the national female football team who won a berth in the FIFAWomen's World Cup 2023./.