Vietnam Television
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| Type | Broadcast television |
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| Country | Vietnam |
| Availability | Nationwide International |
| Headquarters | Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Owner | Government of Vietnam |
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Launch date
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7 September 1970 |
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Former names
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Vietnam Television System (7 September 1970 – 4 July 1976) Central Television (5 January 1976 – 30 April 1987) |
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Picture format
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576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
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Official website
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vtv |
Vietnam Television, or VTV, is the national television broadcaster of Vietnam.
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 6 September 1970, in Hanoi, as a department of VOV. 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 experimented in 1978 and fully implemented in 1986. Vietnam Television became an official name on 30 April 1987. And by 1990, VTV viewers had two national TV channels to choose from as VTV2 was launched that year.
VTV's regional broadcasting centres 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.
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