Mai Phuong Thuy likely to win fifth HTV Award

HCMC Television Station (HTV) will open the fifth HTV Awards next month to honor local artists with outstanding achievements during the last year.

Awards will be presented to artists in music, cinematography and drama who appear on HTV and who have greatly contributed to HTV programs in particular and to the community in general.

HTV reporters and journalists from prestigious newspapers are among the judges to pick five winners for each of the six categories (male acting, female acting, music band, drama, comedy, and cai luong).

Miss Vietnam 2006 Mai Phuong Thuy has secured the first place in the top 5 favorite actresses voted by HTV’s audience for starring as an HIV/AID victim suffering social stigma in the movie “Negative” directed by Phuong Dien in 2007.

Miss Mai Phuong Thuy

The movie has aroused much attention from the audience in recent times.

Actresses Minh Hang, Le Be La, Van Trang, Thuy Trang, and Thanh Van will also compete in this category.

Top 5 favorite actors are Huynh Dong, Truong Minh Quoc Thai, Khuong Ngoc, Hoa Hiep, and Hoang Son.

Actor Huynh Dong

In the female singer category, pop stars My Tam, Ho Quynh Huong, and Ho Ngoc Ha surprisingly were absent from the top 5 list while singer Thu Minh has for the first time ranked first in the top 5.

Singer Thu Minh

Singer Hien Thuc

The award ceremony is scheduled to take place at 20:30 pm on April 4 and will be broadcast live on HTV9 channel.

1. Music: - Male singers: Dam Vinh Hung, Duc Tuan, Ha Anh Tuan, Quang Dung, and Kasim Hoang Vu. - Female singers: Thu Minh, Hien Thuc, Cam Ly, Doan Trang, and Thanh Thuy. 2. Stage: - Drama, Comedian: Thanh Thuy, My Uyen, Hanh Thuy, Duc Thinh Idecaf, and Tuyet Thu. - Cai luong male artist: Kim Tu Long, Vu Luan, Tan Giao, Le Tu, and Trong Phuc. - Cai luong female artist: Que Tran, Phuong Hang, Tu Suong, Trinh Trinh, and Bach Tuyet. 3. Television series: - Main actors: Huynh Dong, Quoc Thai, Khuong Ngoc, Hoa Hiep, and Hoang Son. - Supporting actors: Vo Thanh Tam, Le Binh, Huy Khanh, Thach Kim Long, and Hoang Anh. - Main actresses: Mai Phuong Thuy, Minh Hang, Le Be La, Van Trang, Thuy Trang, and Thanh Van. - Supporting actresses: Hanh Thuy, Ngoc Lan, Hoai An, Thanh Thuy, and Le Phuong.

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City welcomes in festive season

Seasonal cheer: Singer Minh Hang performs at a music show. Young performers will tour the streets for charity before entertaining audiences with popular Christmas and New Year songs. — VNS File Photo

HCM CITY — Christmas Eve music and other performances in HCM City tonight will feature some big names and promise to provide something for everyone.

Pop superstars like My Linh, Hong Nhung, Phuong Thanh, and Ho Ngoc Ha, and dance groups like Hoang Thong will perform at many places in the city.

A large, open-air show sponsored by Maritime Bank and others will be held at District 10's Thong Nhat Gymnasium.

The concert, Toi Tin (I Believe), will be directed by Pham Hoang Nam and his Vietnamese and foreign crew, including music director Duc Tri, theatre design director John Park, and visual effects specialist Yap Kok Wai.

Young stars like Ha Anh Tuan, Phuong Linh, and Minh Hang will perform along with the more experienced Quang Dung and Dan Truong.

The free concert is expected to attract more than 20,000 people.

Young artists will tour the city streets for charity before going to people's houses and singing popular Christmas and New Year songs.

A fashion show at the Youth Cultural House will feature the latest collections by young designers from the city's Fine Arts College.

Dam Sen Park's theatre festival, Gala Xmas 2011, which will feature popular cai luong (reformed theatre) stars and comedians, has already attracted thousands of migrant workers and students.

The World of Bethlehem Legends, an ice sculpture festival which has some of the world's architectural wonders carved in ice, opened at the Suoi Tien Tourist Park this week, attracting thousands of children and their parents.

Dozens of ice sculptors have been invited to make the sculptures for the event that will go on into the new year. Thousands of bulbs make the show a blaze of colours.

Santa Claus and his helpers will give away gifts and food to young visitors to the park.

The city Young People's Association has got hundreds of young volunteers to dress in traditional red and white costumes to spread the Christmas cheer to poor and homeless children around the city.

"I volunteered to be Santa because for me Christmas is about giving and making children happy," Tran Minh Chien, a third-year student at the city's Law University, said.

Chien and his friends will visit orphanages and shelters in the rural districts of Nha Be and Binh Chanh. "We will sing and dance with the children and hope to cheer them up," he said. — VNS

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