O Sen Ngoc Mai was awarded the title of Meritorious Artist, the Ministry of Culture officially clarified

The title of Meritorious Artist and People's Artist is considered a pride that any Vietnamese artist who dedicates his life to dedicate his life to. To get this title, the artist must have real talent and be loved and agreed by many audiences.

So whether O Sen Ngoc Mai deserves this title or not is still a controversial issue.

Recently, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a regular press conference in the first quarter of 2023. Deputy Minister Trinh Thi Thuy chaired the press conference. The representative of the Ministry answered questions related to the awarding of the 10th People's Artist (People's Artist) and Meritorious Artist titles, including the case of O Sen Ngoc Mai.

In response to the question: "Public opinion spread information that Ngoc Mai and Quoc Nghiep came together when they were not divorced from their first spouse. Will this affect the consideration of conferring the title of Meritorious Artist for this female artist? or not?", Ms. Nghiem Thi Thanh Nguyet - Deputy Director of the Department of Organization and Personnel said that the profile of artist Le Nhu Ngoc Mai was submitted by the HCMC government.

"Professional and People's Artists Approval documents are submitted in three levels, including artist Ngoc Mai's profile submitted by the HCM City Council. Up to this moment, the dossier has been submitted to the Central Emulation and Commendation Board. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is the permanent state agency in charge of this matter. However, we did not receive any official information. any," said Ms. Nghiem Thi Thanh Nguyet.

She added: "When we reviewed the information for the last time before submitting it to the Prime Minister, we did not receive such information. The above information is not official information that the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism received. Therefore, there are not enough grounds to review the application for awarding the title of Meritorious Artist to artist Le Nhu Ngoc Mai".

Ms. Nguyet added that currently, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has also completed the dossier to submit to the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Central Emulation and Commendation Board in accordance with regulations to consider and award the title of People's Artist to 136 artists and Meritorious Artist to 347 artists. .

In February, a series of photos believed to be Ngoc Mai holding a wedding with a man who is not Quoc Nghiep were circulating on social networks. The online community also found an article posted on December 9, 2013 by a person who is said to be a relative or friend of Ngoc Mai. This person posted a photo of Ngoc Mai taken with a strange man. The caption of the picture is: "My sister is going to get on a flower car. So she is about to be kicked out of the house. Poor brother". That sparked the news that O Sen held a wedding ceremony before meeting Quoc Nghiep.

As one of the guests appearing in the wedding photo series, People's Artist Ta Minh Tam confirmed that he had attended Ngoc Mai's wedding. He said the wedding ceremony took place about 10 years ago at a restaurant. At the same time, the social network spread the image of Quoc Nghiep with his ex-wife and children.

Meanwhile, sharing on television many years ago, Ngoc Mai and Quoc Nghiep both revealed that they knew each other and fell in love with each other thanks to a group trip in a cultural exchange show in France in 2011. Determined to come to Together, Quoc Nghiep took Ngoc Mai to talk to his parents. In 2015, Quoc Nghiep - Ngoc Mai registered for marriage, Ngoc Mai returned to live with her husband's parents, but did not organize a wedding. After having 2 children, the couple plans to hold a wedding ceremony in April this year.

In addition, Ngoc Mai has often been controversial in the past because of statements or copyright issues of the song Tuy Am.

Le Nhu Ngoc Mai, born in 1987, is a Master of Vocal Music at the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music, with 10 years of experience working at the Conservatory as a lecturer. She used to hold the position of Head of Choir - Bong Sen Music and Dance Theater in 2015-2016.

After many years of retreating to the rear to take care of her family, Ngoc Mai was suddenly noticed after winning the Champion of the Mask Singer program in 2022 with the image of "O Sen". She was honored as the typical artist of the performing arts industry by winning the gold medal of the 2nd National Festival of Music and Dance (taking place in June 2022) by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

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