Vietnam Television

Vietnam Television (Vietnamese: Đài Truyền hình Việt Nam, lit. 'Television Station of Vietnam'), also known as VTV (a backronym for Vô tuyến Truyền hình Việt Nam, 'Wireless Television of Vietnam'), is the national television station of Vietnam, operating under the auspices of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and managed by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Its stated goals is "propagating the Party's guidelines, the State's and National Assembly's policies and laws, contributing to education, raising public awareness, and serving the people's spiritual life." Although not the first television station in Vietnam, it is considered the largest, with 13 broadcast channels and a nationwide pay-TV system, primarily broadcasting news, documentaries, science, social education, comedy, sports, entertainment, and drama. 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. On 7 September 2026, for the occasion of its 56th anniversary, VTV adopted a new branding system across its channels.