Quang Anh and Phuong My Chi were unexpectedly nominated for the 2013 Golden Apricot Award.

Baby Quang Anh and Phuong My Chi were nominated for the 2013 Golden Apricot Award.

The Organizing Committee of Mai Vang 2013 has just completed the nomination ballots for the first phase of the nomination round (from July 5 to now). According to the list announced in the first phase of the nomination round, surprisingly, two young singers who just came out of the contest “The Voice Kids”, Quang Anh and Phuong My Chi, are also on the nomination list. Quang Anh is on the nomination list for “Male and female pop singers” along with the names of other young singers such as Dinh Huong, Huong Tram, Thanh Bui, Bui Anh Tuan.

Little Phuong My Chi is also nominated in the category “Singer of traditional revolutionary folk music”. In this category, there are also famous singers such as Dam Vinh Hung, Quoc Cuong, Thien Bao, Hong Nhung Kate, Nha Phuong, Van Phuong, Thuy Diem. According to the organizers, Phuong My Chi received as many nominations as famous singers.

Besides these two categories, the Organizing Committee also announced many artists in other categories. Notably, artist Hoai Linh was nominated in all three categories of Mai Vang 2013: Comedian, Film Actor and MC.

Familiar faces continue to appear in this nomination, including: Dam Vinh Hung, Ho Ngoc Ha, My Tam, Cam Ly, Phi Nhung, Quang Dung, Phuong Thanh, Thanh Thao, Thu Minh, Thuy Tien, Hien Thuc, Phuong Vy, 5 Dong Ke group, MTV group, 365 group, Mat Ngoc group... in the music field.

The theater field still has the "big trees": artists Thanh Loc, Huu Chau, Vu Luan, Hoai Linh, Vo Minh Lam, Quoc Thuan, Dinh Toan, Dai Nghia, Kim Xuan, Thanh Thuy, Ai Nhu, Hong Anh, Tan Beo, Cat Phuong, Viet Huong, Le Khanh, Le Thuy, Thoai My, Thanh Ngan, Que Tran, Tu Suong...

The film industry includes: Binh Minh, Hoai Linh, Ly Hung, Hoa Hiep, Phung Ngoc Huy, Huynh Dong, Khuong Ngoc, Quy Binh, Nhan Phuc Vinh, Ngo Thanh Van, Thanh Hang, Van Trang, Thanh Thuy, Nhat Kim Anh, Le Be La...

In the category of Program Host: Thanh Bach, Quynh Huong, Do Thuy, Binh Minh, Phan Anh, Tran Thanh...

In addition to the traditional categories, some new categories have not yet received much public attention, as shown by the small number of nominations. According to the rules of the 19th Golden Apricot Awards - 2013 that have been announced, if any category has too few public nominations, it will be eliminated and not included in the voting round for the award. Therefore, some categories with very few nominations such as Fashion Collection, Song, etc. are at risk of being eliminated if the number of votes does not increase enough to be considered for selection, calculated by the end of the nomination round.

The Mai Van Award Organizing Committee said that this is just the beginning stage so there will be many surprises. The nomination round will continue until the end of November 2013. From October 1, in addition to the current nomination media (electronic Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper, mobile version of Nguoi Lao Dong, Facebook Mai Vang connection), nomination forms will be printed on paper newspapers.