Prestigious art awards announced in Hanoi

by PV/VTV11 January 2016 Last updated at 06:00 AM

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President Truong Tan Sang presents People's Artist title to musician Trong Dai (Photo: VOV)

VTV.vn - As many as 102 People’s Artist titles and 377 Meritorious Artist titles were presented to outstanding artists at the 8th festival honouring “People’s Artists and Meritorious Artists” on Sunday in Hanoi.

The conferment of these titles is meant to recognise the hard work and contributions of artists to Vietnamese culture and art.

La Thi Cam Van and Nguyen Anh Dung are the two former artists who were given the title “People’s artist”, while Hoai Linh is the first overseas Vietnamese artist to win the title of “Meritorious Artist”.

To date, some 368 artists have been honoured with a People’s Artist title, and 1,979 with a Meritorious Artist title.