"Tôi muốn là lựa chọn được một bóng hồng thôi', giọng ca "Người ở lại" chia sẻ. - Cảm giác của anh như thế nào khi bị liệt tên vào danh sách những nghệ sĩ có scandal ồn ào trong năm qua?

- Tất cả những nghệ sĩ càng được công chúng biết đến nhiều thì những sự cố nghề nghiệp hay những đồn thổi trong cuộc sống dù nhỏ nhất cũng bị quan tâm. Chúng trở thành câu chuyện kéo dài, cho đến khi dư luận mổ xẻ, chửi bới chán chê rồi mới nguôi. Cái gọi scandal lúc đó dù vô tình hay cố ý, lớn hay nhỏ cũng bị mệt mỏi, nhất là áp lực khi đối diện với gia đình. Bản thân tôi không muốn gia đình phải nghĩ ngợi về những gì đang diễn ra xung quanh tôi theo chiều hướng tiêu cực.

Năm qua là năm tuổi của tôi, thầy bói nói là tôi sẽ gặp nhiều phiền hà. Tổng kết một năm nhìn lại, đúng là tôi thấy mình có quá nhiều scandal. Tôi cho đó là điều không may mắn nên người ta gọi tôi là nghệ sĩ scandal của năm tôi cũng chịu. Tôi không thể cải được vận đen trong năm qua. Hy vọng năm tới sẽ tốt hơn và sạch hơn.

2011 was asuccessful year for overseas Vietnamese singers on performance tours across the homeland.

The Vietnamese Government’s policies created favourable conditions for them to travel to different parts of the country.

Many of them are well-known to Vietnamese audiences who have easy access of top hits. However, their actual presence in Vietnam is something like breathing new life into the Vietnamese music fans.

In recent years the Vietnamese music industry has been lit up by a new generation of emerging female artists who can write their own songs and perform them with their hearts and their talent.

Uyên Trang là một nhân vật không thật sự nổi tiếng trong lĩnh vực âm nhạc, nhưng với những nỗ lực làm mới mình của cô luôn được công chúng ghi nhận.

Bên thềm năm mới, Uyên Trang tâm sự về những mong ước cho một năm 2012 với nhiều thành công mới.

As the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival nears, pop singers have released new albums that they are confident will strike a chord with listeners.

"I have invested all of my energy and passion in my new album for the Tet season," said pop star Dam Vinh Hung.

To finish his DVD, Chuc Xuan – Ben Em Mua Xuan (Happy Tet – Enjoy Spring Together), Hung worked with a group of professionals in the field.

After numerous criticisms of Vietnamese stars for nude photos and "costume malfunctions" audiences continue to be dissatisfied with the apologies.

Many believe that such scandals are an attempt by artists to further their careers. It is not uncommon, after one of these incidents, that the performer holds a press conference or apologises on their blogs or in internet forums. But many of them are insufficient for fans, who believe that they are shirking responsibility by blaming external factors.

My Tam and Karik walked away with the Favourite Singer awards at the Viet Nam Music Video Competition (VMVC), held yesterday, Jan 15, at the Nguyen Du competition hall in HCM City.

My Tam won for her pop music video Danh Thuc Binh Minh (Wake up the Sunrise) and Karik won for the rap video music Rac Roi (Complications). They each won VND300 million (US$15,000) and their videos will be featured on MTV Asia.

Singer My Tam, who dominated the Mai Vang music award for several years, fell from this year’s top ten to be replaced by Ho Ngoc Ha.

One of the contestants from Giong Ca Vang 2011, Bich Thao is going to news media claiming that the show was unfair to her as well as other contestants. In the video interview below she said the show was biased and gave special treatments toward contestants Nguyen Hoang Anh Thu (1st place winner), Thuong Linh and Lindsey Do Tien Dung (3rd place winner). Bich Thao said that Thuong Linh and Anh Thu have connections. Thuong Linh was able to sing live with the band while others sing karaoke style. Then Bich Thao complained that she was not in the finals even though she has good reviews from judges as well as a good voice since she studied in musical school in Vietnam. On the other hand, contestant Lindsey Do Tien Dung was chosen for the finals. Bich Thao said Lindsey's voice was weak and did not deserve to be in the finals over her. In additional to the complaints about biases, she talked about the $100 fee to enter the contest and that money was not refunded to the contestants if they win or not. "It would nice if an email was sent to those who were not chosen so that they would know," she said. Instead those who didn't make it wait and wait not knowing. Bich Thao had to spend money out of her pocket to buy Asia's karaoke DVDs for her performance because singers were forced to sing from pre-recorded music instead of with a live band. Lastly, when she had asked Dang The Luan to speak with the producers to help edit a song for her, the answer was no. So she had to put more out from her pocket to fix a song that Asia could have easily done. Overall, she commented that Dang The Luan was not nice about the whole situation. Bich Thao is not happy with the show as well as the results and believes her voice is better than those who had won. Watch the videos, including those of the contestants she claims to not sing well; let me know what you think. Does she have a case or is she just bitter?

More than 20,000 fans converged in the 7 Military Zone Stadium in Tan Binh District (Ho Chi Minh City) for the last show of the countrywide tour Rock Storm on Friday night.