(VOVworld) - Vietnamese pop star Dong Nhi won the Best Southeast Asian Act at the 2016 MTV Europe Music Awards (MTV EMA) which took place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands in early morning November 7 (Hanoi time).


The 28-year-old female singer beat other nominees from Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia in one of the 18 official categories at the famed awards. This is the first time the EMA has awarded the Best Southeast Asian Act as a separate category, which previously served as a subcategory for the Best Asian Act award at previous EMA’s.
Dong Nhi became the first recognised winner for the category, despite two other Vietnamese pop stars Son Tung M-TP and My Tam having topped Southeast Asian voting in 2015 and 2013 respectively.