Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung has asked the national radio
station the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) to uphold its role as a bridge
connecting the Party and the State with the people.
Deputy PM Hung made the request at the VOV’s 65 th founding anniversary in Hanoi on Sept. 6.
The deputy PM commended the VOV on its timely provision of information
on the Party and State’s policies and encouragement of the people and
the armed forces during the wars against the French colonialists and the
US aggressors.
As the country launched renewal
efforts, the national radio has also constantly reformed itself and
maintained its key role in Vietnam ’s revolutionary press system, he
said.
For his part, VOV General Director Vu Van Hien
said the radio station now broadcasts on five channels to cater for the
needs and interests of different target listeners.
Every day, the VOV is on air more than 200 hours with more than 200 different programmes.
The
radio dedicates its VOV5 channel to international broadcasting with
programmes in 11 languages, as well as one programme in Vietnamese for
overseas Vietnamese listeners.
It also broadcasts in 12
different ethnic minority languages. With its up-to-date technology,
VOV’s coverage reaches 99 percent of the country and it can be heard
even in the East Sea 3,500-4,000 km from the shore.
In addition to radio broadcasting, the VOV has expanded its activities to television as well as printing and electronic press.
On this occasion, the VOV was awarded the Ho Chi Minh Order for the second time./.
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