SINGER · VIETNAM

Đông Nhi

Đông Nhi (real name Mai Hồng Ngọc) is a Vietnamese pop/dance singer, songwriter and actress. She is known for the songs “Khóc”, “Bad Boy” and “Vì ai vì anh” and the albums The First Step, I Wanna Dance and Ten on Ten. Đông Nhi has served as a coach on Giọng hát Việt nhí (The Voice Kids Vietnam) and Giọng hát Việt (The Voice of Vietnam), and won a MAMA award in 2015 and the Cống hiến (Dedication) Award for Singer of the Year in 2019.

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Career story

Đông Nhi was born in Hanoi, attended Marie Curie High School (Ho Chi Minh City) and graduated as salutatorian from the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music. After competing in Vietnam Idol in 2007, she released her first songs and gained wide attention with “Khóc”, then released her debut album The First Step in 2010; that same year she acted in the film Công chúa teen và ngũ hổ tướng.

In 2013 she shifted to a dance/EDM style with the album I Wanna Dance (2014), and in 2015 she won the first season of The Remix – Hòa âm Ánh sáng. She was voted Favourite Female Singer at the Zing Music Awards throughout 2011–2016, and received a MAMA award (2015) and an MTV EMA (2016).

After the album Ten on Ten (2018) and the Cống hiến Award for Singer of the Year in 2019, she returned with the studio album Theater of Dreams in 2025.

Babyface Entertainment, a Vietnam casting agency since 2009, helps brands, agencies and production houses book Đông Nhi for commercials, TVCs, key-visual shoots, events and KOL campaigns, working through the artist’s management to confirm availability and fees.

Awards · titles

Đông Nhi holds one of the most extensive award records among Vpop artists of the 1980s-born generation: for six consecutive years (2011–2016) Zing Music Awards audiences voted her Favourite Female Singer, she received the Mai Vàng (Golden Apricot) Award in the female pop singer category three years in a row, and she won the first season of The Remix in 2015. Regionally, she received the Best Asian Artist award at MAMA 2015, won Best Southeast Asian Act at the 2016 MTV EMA, and in the same year was named to Forbes Vietnam's 30 Under 30 list. In 2019 she was further honoured as Singer of the Year at the Cống hiến (Dedication) Music Awards and Impressive Singer at the VTV Awards.

Award names are kept in Vietnamese as officially published. Linked items open the original press report.

Albums · discography

2010The First Step
2011The Singer
2014I Wanna Dance
2017Xin anh đừng
2018Ten on Ten
2025Theater of Dreams

Feature films

04/02/2010Công chúa teen và ngũ hổ tướng

Sources · references

https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Đông_Nhi
https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Công_chúa_teen_và_ngũ_hổ_tướng
https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90%C3%B4ng_Nhi

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