For the first time, ballots have been sent via email to reporters who are selected to vote, instead of the organisation of an online press conference in the two major cities as in the previous years.

The nominees for the 2020 award.

The list of the nominations in the nine categories was announced on February 5, and the voting will be done online through March 20. The winners will be announced on March 25.

The annual Devotion Music Awards began in 2004 to promote Vietnamese music and honour artists with significant contributions to the industry.

Musician’s unique twist to Vietnamese steamed rice rolls

Tran Trong Vinh, a Saigon musician, has given steamed rice rolls a makeover by using brown rice instead of white rice and adding eggs.

Vietnamese artists to play famous music from animated Disney movies

Widely known through cartoons, the soundtracks of famous Disney animations such as "Pinocchio" and "Cinderella” are to be performed by Vietnamese artists during the "Concert of Childhood Memory".

Vietnamese student wins third prize at int’l music contest in Russia

Vietnamese student Cao Dinh Thang has won third prize at an international music competition in Orenburg city, Russia.

HCMC walking street to host everyday water-music show

A music and art program will light up HCMC's Nguyen Hue walking street every weekday starting Monday from 5:30 pm to 11 pm.

New policy needed to preserve ethnic Khmer music forms

With the introduction of modern musical forms, the folk music of ethnic Khmer in the southern region has encountered multiple problems retaining its popular status.

Source: VNA