Filipina Wins Seventh Season of Vietnam Idol

Hanoi-based Filipina singer Janice Buco, known in Vietnam as Janice Phuong, won the seventh season of the reality-based singing competition "Vietnam Idol" on Friday, September 30, 2016.

Janice took home a cash prize of 600 million Vietnamese dong equivalent to 1.2 million Philippine peso. She sang her winner's single "Hello Vietnam" during the final episode of the competition.