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Country | Vietnam |
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Broadcast area | Vietnam Asia-Pacific (via satellite) Worldwide (via satellite and Internet) |
Headquarters | VTV Tower, 43 Nguyen Chi Thanh Street, Ngoc Khanh, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Vietnamese French (news program) |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | Vietnam Television |
Sister channels | VTV2 VTV3 VTV4 VTV5 VTV5 Tây Nam Bộ VTV5 Tây Nguyên VTV7 VTV8 VTV9 VTV Cần Thơ |
History | |
Launched | 7 September 1970 |
Former names | Vietnam Television (1970–1977), Central Television - Programme 1 (1977–1987), Vietnam Television - Programme 1 (1987–1993) |
Links | |
Website | http://www.vtv.vn/ |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Digital | Channel 35 (SD) |
Thaicom 6 (Thailand) | 4034 H 19200 [1] |
Streaming media | |
VTVgo | Watch live |
VTV.vn | Watch live |
FPT Play | Watch live (Vietnam only) |
VTV1 is a state-owned Vietnamese-language news channel and also the first television channel of Vietnam Television Station, and the third channel of VTV to broadcast HD, broadcast continuously with a duration of 24/7, with nearly 20 news bulletins and dozens of weekly columns, referring to current political issues of the country.
The channel was formerly a general news, sports and entertainment channel until VTV3 launched in 1996 and when VTV1 became an all-news channel. Since 15 June 2011, VTV1 has been a round-the-clock news, politics, current affairs and generalistic channel, the first of its kind in Vietnam. VTV1 performs political tasks assigned by the Communist Party of Vietnam, the State and the Government, plays the leading role in information, propaganda, publicity, prestige and great influence on the press system television and radio in Vietnam. Sites such as VTVgo are able to support online live viewing of VTV channels.