The election round of the Golden Apricot Blossom Award for Television programs,
serial, stage, cinema and music will start on December 10 and finish on January
20, 2011.

In the board of music category, singers will compete for
titles including “Best Pop Male/Female Singer”, “Best Male/Female Singer in
revolutionary traditional song”, and “Best Male/Female Singer in folk song”.

The B board of the stage will include “Best dramatic
actors/actresses”, “Best cai luong actors/actresses”, “Best comedian” and “Best
drama/cai luong play” awards.

There will be also titles including “Best film” and “Best
actor/actress” in the movies and TV serial of the C board.

Ta Minh Tam, Do Thuy,
Quyen Linh, Quynh Huong and Phan Anh will vie for Best MC “Master of
ceremonies” award.

The award ceremony of the event will take place at the Hoa
Binh Theater in Ho Chi Minh City
on January 22, 2011. A music performance honoring the top ten favorite singers
will be held on January 24.

The nomination round in which Nguoi Lao Dong’s readers named
best artists was kicked off in last October and finished in the beginning of
this month. Artists, who won most votes, were listed in the election round with
evaluation from experts and journalists.

Started in 1995, the Golden Apricot Blossom Award of the
Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper has been popular and become an annual prestigious
event.

Source: SGGP