Television and mass media in Vietnam
[6] Television in Vietnam is considered a type of journalism, managed under the Press Law of the Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam,[7] according to which the law does not allow private businesses to own television stations, but "is allowed to associate in journalistic activities with other press agencies, legal entities, and individuals with business registrations that are appropriate to the field of association",[8] allowing private units to cooperate with broadcasters operated by the Government of Vietnam, creating the policy of television socialization.
However, television is being challenged by new forms of media, witnessing a decline in revenues as well as a shift in audiences to services such as video on demand or social networks on the Internet.
In this pilot program, the artists sat in the military microphone studio, and the audience watched through two screens located in the exhibition center from 19:30 to 20:30 every day.
Every evening, this aircraft carrying equipment would leave the Tan Son Nhat Airport to a stable altitude of 3,150 metres at a location about 32 km southeast of Saigon, and from there flew on an unchanged, nightly repeating route at a steady speed of 271 km/h.
According to journalist Hoàng Tùng [vi], former Editor-in-Chief of the Nhân Dân (The People) newspaper, Head of the Central Propaganda Department, in the 1960s, every time he went on a business trip abroad, he used to watch TV in other countries, President Ho Chi Minh often reminded cadres to prepare all conditions to build the television industry.
That year, during an international reception, Ho Chi Minh asked cinematographer Phan Thế Hùng: "When will you let our people be able to watch television?
The government even planned to give the General Department of Information a plot of land near Chùa Bộc (Hanoi) to build a television station, but that was not possible at the time.
[1] Meanwhile, VOV initiated several television experiments with improved radio equipment, converting two radio transmitters into one video and one voice transmitter, and self-assembled two usabled super orthicon cameras from Moscow Television (formerly of the Soviet Union)[18] and named them as "Heaven Horse" (Vietnamese: Ngựa Trời).
In the night of Lunar New Year's Day (27 January) 1971, VOV broadcast its first experimental television program, serving the capital city of Hanoi.
In the South, after the Paris Peace Accords was implemented, AFVN stations officially ceased to operate and all machinery and equipment were handed over to THVN9.
On the night of 23 August, due to the lack of money to renovate the outdated electrical system, a destructive major fire broke out, burning down the entire television center of HTV.
However, the very next night, HTV switched to color broadcasting and ended the black and white system, creating a new historical turning point for Vietnamese television.
Supported by the Soviet Government, in July 1980, the Lotus 1 Terrestrial Satellite Station (20 km from Phủ Lý town) along with a microwave line with a relay station in Phú Xuyên rural district (Hà Tây) has been completed to transmit signals to Hanoi Post Office in Hoàn Kiếm District and VTV located in Giang Vo.
For the first time ever, the Television Center in Giảng Võ has directly recorded the color image of the daily program in Moscow.
The project was put into use on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Agreement on Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation and Trade between Vietnam and the Soviet Union and the opening ceremony of the 1980 Summer Olympics.
26/CP assigning the General Department of Post and Telecommunications to lease Intesputnik satellite to transmit radio and television signals.
Beginning Lunar New Year 1991, the official transmission began by the satellite coverage of the national television program for local stations to record and broadcast.
[37][38][39][40][41] In the late 1990s, three digital television broadcasting standards appeared in the world: ATSC from the United States (1995), DVB-T from Europe (1997) and DiBEG from Japan.
This technology enabled viewers to access various essential information, such as news updates and market prices, continuously displayed on the screen without relying on the station's broadcast schedule.
[44][45][46][47][48] Subsequently, in 2009, Thái Nguyên Radio and Television Station also conducted trials of this technology in partnership with Hanel Company.
[52][53] 1 year later, VTC also started broadcasting programs produced according to 4K standards for free on the DVB-T2 system in some provinces and cities.
[54] The first Vietnamese-language radio transmission was made on September 2, 1945, when Ho Chi Minh read out the Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
Colonial period (1915-1940) During the early 20th century, a combination of French policies and technological breakthroughs led to the rapid emergence of modern print culture in Vietnam's urban centres.
After the war, presses were set up in Hanoi and the basis for the country's newspaper industry as it exists today was formed, with the main Communist Party organ, Nhan Dan (The People), established in 1951.
Since 1975 As Vietnam moves toward a free-market economy with its economic reforms, the government has relied on the print media to keep the public informed about its policies.
Current large Vietnamese-language newspapers include Tuoi Tre (Youth, published in Ho Chi Minh City, described as a "reformist" newspaper), Thanh Nien (Youth), Người Lao Động (Labour or The Worker), Tien Phong (Vanguard), Sai Gon Giai Phong (Liberated Saigon), and Hà nội mới (New Hanoi).
Prominent French language newspapers included Saigon Eco, the only that currently is published is Le Courrier du Vietnam.
The largest online newspapers are Zing.vn, VnExpress, VietNamNet, Tuổi Trẻ, Thanh Niên, Dân Trí, VTC News, and VietnamPlus.
On February 17, 2003, Vietnam Cable Television Technical Service Center was established, the company served as the basis of VCTV.
[83] While pay TV services in general are showing signs of decline,[84] OTT television has a rapid growth rate.
