Outstanding artists and athletes were honoured at the Cong hien (Devotion) Awards 2023, an annual event sponsored by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s newspaper The Thao & Van Hoa (Sport and Culture) which for the first time featured new categories for sports in addition to traditional ones for music.
General Director of the Vietnam News Agency Vu Viet Trang (1st from left) presents the ‘Sports Achievement of the Year’ award. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Outstanding artists and athletes were honoured at the Cong hien (Devotion) Awards 2023, an annual event sponsored by the VietnamNews Agency (VNA)’s newspaper The Thao & Van Hoa (Sport and Culture) which for the first time featured new categories for sports in addition to the traditional ones for music.
Among the nine categories for the music awards, whichmaintained its traditional voting by journalists covering cultural aspects, singer Hoang ThuyLinh won three, namely the awards for music video, female singer, and album of the year.
Singer Hoang Thuy Ling (L) receives her award for the best music video of the year. (Photo: VNA)
MONO (real name Nguyen Viet Hoang, born 2000) was named as new artist of the year, while the awards for male singer, producerand 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” bysinger My Tam.
In the sport categories, football player Khuat Van Khangseized 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, which honour athletes with outstanding achievements, good impressions and dedication in sports activities.The two awards were based on votes by fans via the Bvote system.
The last award ‘Sports Achievement of the Year’, which recognisesbreakthrough by an individual or a team in professional fields, went to thenational female football team who won a berth in the FIFA Women's World Cup2023. The winner was selected by a council under the organising committee.
Le Xuan Thanh, Editor-in-Chief of The Thao & Van Hoa, speaks at the ceremony. (Photo: VNA)
At the awards ceremony, Le Xuan Thanh, Editor-in-Chief ofThe Thao & Van Hoa, highlighted a series of the 2023 edition’s first-times,including the opening of sports categories and the Bvote system, and theapplication of blockchain technology in organisational work.
The Devotion Awards were first launched in 2005./.
Pop singer Hoang Thuy Linh has become the first Vietnamese artist to ever win the "big four" categories at the 2020 Cong Hien (Devotion) Music Awards, the organizers announced on March 25.
The Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s daily The Thao & Van Hoa (Sport and Culture) has freshly announced nominations for its Devotion Awards 2023, which features new categories for sports in addition to traditional ones for music.
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General Director of the Vietnam News Agency Vu Viet Trang (1st from left) presents the ‘Sports Achievement of the Year’ award. (Photo: VNA) 
Singer Hoang Thuy Ling (L) receives her award for the best music video of the year. (Photo: VNA) 
Le Xuan Thanh, Editor-in-Chief of The Thao & Van Hoa, speaks at the ceremony. (Photo: VNA) 
