Vietnam Television
Logo of Vietnam Television since 2013 | |
| Type | State media |
|---|---|
| Branding | VTV |
| Country | |
First air date | September 7, 1970 |
| Availability | Vietnam Worldwide |
| Owner | Government of Vietnam |
Launch date | September 7, 1970 |
Former names | Independent Television System Central Television |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
| Webcast | https://vtvgo.vn |
Official website | vtv |
| Language | Vietnamese |
| Subsidiary | VTV1 VTV2 VTV3 VTV4 Vietnam Today VTV5 VTV5 Tây Nam Bộ VTV5 Tây Nguyên VTV Cần Thơ VTV7 VTV8 VTV9 VTV Digital VFC VTV Sports TVAd VTV College VTVcab SCTV VSTV |
Vietnam Television, officially branded as VTV, is the national television broadcaster of Vietnam. As the state broadcaster under the Government of Vietnam, VTV is tasked with "propagating the views of the Party, policies, laws of the government, improve people's knowledge and serve the spiritual life of the people".
VTV was established with technical assistance and training from Cuba on 7 September 1970. Color television was experimented in 1977 and adopted the French SECAM standard 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 and that year switched to PAL.