Vietnam Television

Vietnam Television (VTV)
Đài truyền hình Việt Nam

Type	Broadcast television
Country	Vietnam
Availability	Nationwide International
Headquarters	Hanoi, Vietnam
Owner	Government of Vietnam
Launch date	September 6, 1970
Picture format	576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Official website	www.vtv.vn

Vietnam Television, or VTV, is the national television broadcaster of the Vietnam. See Vietnam Television for the former national TV-radio broadcasters in South Vietnam.

History

The first television broadcast in Vietnam was in 1966 when the United States set up 2-channels (1-Vietnamese and 1-English) in Saigon for the Republic of Vietnam. Named Đài Truyền hình Việt Nam), the network operated until the fall of Saigon.

VTV was established with technical assistance and training from Cuba on September 6, 1970, in Saigon.^[1][2] During the Vietnam War it broadcast intermittently from a mountainous regional.

After Reunification in 1975, the former US-run stations in the south became part of the national network and broadcasting was extended to the entire country.

Color television was introduced in 1978. Vietnam Television became an official name on April 30, 1987. And by 1990, VTV viewers had two national TV channels to choose from.^[1][2]

VTV's regional broadcasting centers are located in Ho Chi Minh City, Huế, Da Nang, Phu Yen, Nha Trang, and Cần Thơ. Programming is relayed nationwide via a network of provincial and municipal television stations. There are transmitters in most outlying areas of the country. By 2003, more than 80% of all urban households owned a television set. The percentage was considerably less in rural areas, but even the most remote village cafe has a TV and video or DVD player.

In addition, each major city and most of the 51 provinces have their own television stations.

Channels

VTV today has the following channels:^[3][4][5][6]

Terrestrial channels (4)

• VTV1 (channel 9): News and current affairs, broadcast 24/7 hours .^[7] VTV1 initially broadcast on September 6, 1970.
• VTV2 (channel 11): Science, technology and education, broadcast 24/7 hours. VTV2 initially broadcast on January 1, 1989.
• VTV3 (channel 22): Sports and entertainment, broadcast 24/7 hours. VTV3 was started on March 30, 1995.
• VTV6: Youth channel, broadcast 24/24. VTV6 started from 8 locations on April 24, 2006. and on September 9, 2011 VTV6 HD started as a high definition version of VTV6.

International channels (1)

• VTV4: An international channel launched in 1999, offering a best-of package of programming from the three domestic channels to Vietnamese worldwide, now Available in Taiwan CHT MOD Channel 215 and Malaysia ABNXcess Channel 311.

Cable/satellite channels (5)

• VTV3 HD: A high definition version of VTV3. The channel launched on March 31, 2013.
• VTV6 HD: A high definition version of VTV6. The channel launched on September 6, 2013.
• VTV1 HD: A high definition version of VTV1. The channel launched on March 27, 2014.
• VTV5: Introduced on February 10, 2002 to serve the ethnic minority communities in Vietnam.
• VTV9: South favor, started on 1 October 2007

Regional channels (5)

• VTV Huế
• VTV Đà Nẵng
• VTV Phú Yên
• VTV Cần Thơ 1
• VTV Cần Thơ 2

Since 2003, all above channels have also been made available via satellite. In addition, VTV has also offered 15 channels in the system of cable television VTVCab, including many translated programs from Reuters, ESPN, Disney Channel, Discovery Channel, BBC plus about 40 original channels but users have to pay for these programs.

List of channels on VTVcab (Vietnam Cable Television Corpataion)

Programming

VTV has its own film production company, the Vietnam Television Film Center, or VFC, which makes made-for-television movies and miniseries. However, only about 30% of the entertainment programming shown on VTV is made locally. The rest is imported and dubbed in Vietnamese. Shows include Korean and Chinese serial melodramas, which are the mainstay of nightly programming on VTV3.

Aside from news and current affairs programming, VTV1 devotes itself to orchestral concerts, ballets, traditional theater and ethnic minority culture shows.

VTV4 has been criticized by Vietnamese emigrees who find the channel's one-sided support of the one-party Communist state distressing and offensive.^[8][9]

Also, in Chinese New Year's Eve, VTV simulcasts some programmes and comedy show like Year's Last Afternoon, News Special, Gặp nhau cuối năm, music concerts, firework shows... until 2 a.m

See also

• Cinema of Vietnam
• Culture of Vietnam
• Communications in Vietnam
• Media of Vietnam
• Vietnam Television channel 9
• Ho Chi Minh City Television

References

External links

• Official Site
• Official English Site

Government of Vietnam Ministries Agriculture and Rural Development Construction Culture, Sports and Tourism Defence Education and Training Finance Foreign Affairs Health Home Affairs Industry and Trade Information and Communications Justice Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Natural Resources and Environment Planning and Investment Public Security Science and Technology Transport Ministry-level agencies Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs Government Inspectorate Government Office State Bank Government agencies Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Management National Academy of Public Administration Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences Vietnam Social Security Vietnam News Agency Vietnam Television Voice of Vietnam