China and Vietnam hold joint contest

HANOI－"Just like nightingales, we want to bring our songs to" Vietnam, China and other countries, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Ha, the Vietnamese winner of the China-Vietnam Friendship Singing Contest 2019, said on Saturday.

Outperforming other contestants from China and Vietnam at the annual singing contest in Hanoi, Ha, a student of the vocal music department at the Vietnam National Academy of Music, bagged the first prize along with Chinese singer Cao Yang. In the final contest, singers from both countries needed to sing one song in Chinese and the other in Vietnamese.

"Learning to sing in Vietnamese is both challenging and enjoyable. I want to thank my Vietnamese tutors, who made great efforts correcting my pronunciation, and I hope to have more exchanges and cooperation with Vietnamese singers," says Cao, who won applause by singing the popular Vietnamese song, Dau Mua (Traces of Rain).