A Vietnamese actor has won a prestigious award at the 2016 Busan International Film Festival.

Isaac Pham, hailing from Vietnam, was nominated for the Rising Star Award at the ceremony held on Friday evening.

He is the main actor of Ngo Thanh Van’s ‘Tam Cam: The Untold Story,’ which competed in the annual festival’s A Window on Asian Cinema category.

The award is among six categories of the Asia Star Awards featured at the film fest organized in the South Korean city of Busan.

“This is actually my very first award abroad, so this means a lot to me. So, thank you, Asia Star Awards, for such a big honor like this,” the Vietnamese actor said at the ceremony.

“And I would like to say thank you for your rounds of applause.

“And I would like to say thank you to my agency, to my big boss Veronica, and to my brothers from my 365DABAND, and thank you for sharing this moment with me. Thank you so much.”

The Actor of The Year and Actress of The Year honors went to Korean actor Lee Byung-hun and actress Han Hyo-joo respectively.

The Busan International Film Festival takes place from October 6 to 15 with the participation of 299 films from 69 countries.

During the past years, Vietnam has sent numerous films to the festival, especially the A Window on Asian Cinema category, such as Nguyen Vo Nghiem Minh’s ‘2030,’ Phan Dang Di’s ‘Bi, Don't Be Afraid’ and ‘Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories,’ Nguyen Phan Quang Binh’s ‘Quyen,’ and Nguyen Hoang Diep’s ‘Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere,’ to name a few.

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