In August 1968, Voice of Vietnam commenced shortwave broadcasts for Vietnamese living abroad.

At the same time, the first FM radio channel for the foreign community in Vietnam, operated-and-owned by VOV World Service, was inaugurated.

On 1 October 2004, VOV began transmitting VOV4, a radio station dedicated to minorities in Vietnam nationwide.

From 7 September 2008, to commemorate the 68th founding anniversary of the network, VOV launched their own television channel.

On 2 June 2015, Voice of Vietnam officially acquired the VTC Digital Television from the Ministry of Information and Communications.

At the same year, the English-language radio station VOV English 24/7 went on test broadcasting in 1 October, and officially commence on-air more than a month later at 6 November under the frequency of FM 104.0 MHz.