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Public services
Mass media
The 21st of June 1925 marked the birth of Vietnam Revolution of
Press with the publication of "the Youth Newspaper", the organ
of
the Young Revolution Association directly led by Nguyen Ai Quoc.
Under the leadership of the Communist Party, the Vietnamese
revolutionary press and the mass media system made a great
contribution to the struggle against the enemy in the cause of
national liberation, building and defending the nation. Today "Doi
Moi" or Renovation, they have been making increasingly greater
contributions.
The Mass Media System in Vietnam has become a powerful force
representing in the forms of newspapers, publications, radio and
television, news agency and other electronic communications.
The Vietnam News Agency
This is the official News Agency of the Vietnamese State. Except
the Head Office, the Agency has its network in 61 cities and
provinces nationwide and 18 branches abroad, namely Laos,
Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan,
HongKong, Russia, Germany, the Czech Republic, France, New
York, Washington, Algeria and Egypt.
The Agency also releases bulletins: domestic bulletins, world news,
hot news, world reference news, special reference news, Sunday
reference news, and monthly special documents. Publications in
foreign languages are issued in English, French, and Spanish. In
addition, there is also a Photo Editorial Board under the Agency.
Newspapers
On 31/12/1996, there were 449 editorial boards with 562 press
pulications including 295 at central level, 154 other local editorial
boards with 218 publications.
Across the nation there are 150 newspapers, of which 58 belong to
central bodies with 105 publications, and 92 local newspapers with
143 releases. Based on the content, there are 33 socio - political, 4
youth, 10 external relations, 19 arttistic & cultural, 23 scientific,
technological, and specialized newspapers. Besides, there are also
61 newspapers released by provincial and city party committees.
The major newspapers in Vietnam are "The People's Daily",
"New
Hanoi", "Saigon Liberation", "Labour" etc.
Reviews
In the whole country, there are 290 reviews including 228 central
reviews with 239 publications, 62 local reviews with 65
publications. Based on the content, there are 41 socio - political, 77
artistic & cultural, 115 scientific technological, and specialized, 27
scientific social, and 20 external relations reviews.
Radio
The "Voice of Vietnam" is the official Broadcasting System of
the
Vietnamese Government. It covers 5 wave systems.
Four internal systems include:
H1 and H2 Systems are covering 36 hours per day (from 5 to 23)
FM System is covering 24/24 hours per day
Ethnic minority languages system: Brodcasting in H'mong language
(H-Mong: 4 times per day/135 minutes), Khmer language (3 times
per day/90 minutes), Ede Language (Ede: 3 times per day/90
minutes), GiaLai language (3 times per day/90 minutes) and Bana
language (3 times per day/90 minutes)
One external system: broadcasting 30 hours per day in 12
languages: English, French, Russian, Khmer, Lao, Spanish,
Pekinese, Cantonese, Indonesian, Japanese, Thai, and Vietnamese
for Overseas Vietnamese.
Furthermore, there are 61 Radio Stations at City & Provincial
level,
and 288 Stations at District level.
The Hanoi Radio Station: broadcasts 18 hours per day.
- FM System 5h to 23h.
- AM System 3 times per day - 180 minutes.
Television
Vietnamese Television (VTV) is covering waves in 4 channels:
- VTV 1: from 19h to 23 h, and there is news in English and French
at the end of the daily program.
- VTV 2: from 6h to 10h, from 19h to 21h30, and after 23h.
- VTV 3: from 14h to 19h. Sunday from 14h to 19h, and after 23h.
This channel focuses on music, art, sport and advertising.
- VTV 4: from 21h45 to 22h45, this is special program in
Vietnamese and there are about 10-15 minutes assigned for an
English section.
Since 30 March 1996, the MMDS program has been launched in
Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City 24 hour a day in 4 channels including
a channel in Vietnamese that functions 7 hours per day.
Apart from VTV, there're also 5 Regional Televisions in Hanoi, Ho
Chi Minh, Can Tho, Hue, Da Nang. Each of 61 cities and
provinces throughout the nation has its own Television channel,
particularly, there is a special channel in Khmer in Can Tho.
Internet
The project to launch information through computer network has
been developed recently. Except for some particular networks
applied for certain sectors like Aviation, Banking, or Governmental
Agencies, other networks provide general information concerning
art, sports, fashion, and advertising etc. to meet the needs of the
people like TTVN of FPT company, VITRANET of Commercial
Information Center, VINET of Ministry of Science, Technology and
Environment, CINET of Ministry Culture and Information...
The Vietnamese Government has established the National
Coordinating Board for Internet in order to promote and manage
the connection of local network to the global internet.
Publications
By 31 December 1996, in the whole country, there were 39
publishing houses among which there were , 29 at central level and
10 at local level.
Numbers of books and published volumes:
| Year | Book
published | Circulation |
| 1992 | 4,707 | 71,448,000 |
| 1993 | 5,581 | 83,595,000 |
| 1994 | 7,020 | 119,000,000 |
| 1995 | 8,186 | 169,800,000 |
| 1996 | 8,263 | 167,091,000 |
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