Vietnam’s meritorious artist Hong Ngat won a gold medal in the folk music category at the ASEAN Golden Voice Festival 2008, which closed in HCM City on October 19.

Meanwhile, Vietnamese singers Ngoc Anh and Minh Quan won silver medals in the pop music category. Dam Vinh Hung is the only person who won two silvers in both folk and pop music categories. Malaysian singer Nur Nadia Fadilla Abu Bakar bagged a gold medal in the folk music category while Reynaldo Raymond Pagi won a silver in the pop music category.