Social Affairs
Vietnamese television to go online for overseas citizens
Overseas Vietnamese will soon be able to watch Vietnamese television online, following a deal inked on March 29 between the country’s overseas labor bureau and one of its leading multimedia corporations.
The Bureau of Overseas Labor (BOL) under the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs signed an agreement with Vietnam Multimedia Corporation (VTC) under the Ministry of Information and Communications in Hanoi, the main provision of which is to offer Internet television service to Vietnamese citizens living abroad.
Vietnam exports around 100,000 laborers every year, which have amounted to over 500,000 Vietnamese laborers working in more than 40 different countries and territories worldwide, according to Nguyen Ngoc Quynh, general director at BOL.
Vietnam exports around 100,000 laborers every year, which have amounted to over 500,000 Vietnamese laborers working in more than 40 different countries and territories worldwide, according to Nguyen Ngoc Quynh, general director at BOL.
Alongside the expatriate and overseas student population, Quynh said, these laborers are in need of access to official information on the policies of the Party and government, as well as Vietnamese entertainment programs to unwind after their working hours.
Quynh said that over the past years, the information on Party and government policies could only be accessed via a limited number of online newspapers and mail-delivered publications, while there have been a lack of television and radio services available overseas.
With the recently inked deal, overseas Vietnamese will soon be able to watch or listen to television and radio programs at any time through any Internet connected devices such as laptops, smartphones, or Internet TV sets.
Users can download and install the Homeconnect application available in the App Store or Google Play, or use any web browser of their choice to access the site www.tvnet.gov.vn to watch the programs.
There are currently 10 television channels available: VTV1, VTV2, VTV3, and VTV4 by Vietnam Television, HTV1 by Hanoi Television, HTV9 by Ho Chi Minh City Television, VTC1, VTC10, and VTC16 by Vietnam Multimedia Corporation, and VNews by Vietnam News Agency.
Luu Vu Hai, chairman of the council of members at VTC, said one of the strengths of this television service is that there is integrated technical assistance to enhance the visuals even in areas with slow Internet connection, and that the server could host up to 200,000 simultaneous visitors.
Quynh said that over the past years, the information on Party and government policies could only be accessed via a limited number of online newspapers and mail-delivered publications, while there have been a lack of television and radio services available overseas.
With the recently inked deal, overseas Vietnamese will soon be able to watch or listen to television and radio programs at any time through any Internet connected devices such as laptops, smartphones, or Internet TV sets.
Users can download and install the Homeconnect application available in the App Store or Google Play, or use any web browser of their choice to access the site www.tvnet.gov.vn to watch the programs.
There are currently 10 television channels available: VTV1, VTV2, VTV3, and VTV4 by Vietnam Television, HTV1 by Hanoi Television, HTV9 by Ho Chi Minh City Television, VTC1, VTC10, and VTC16 by Vietnam Multimedia Corporation, and VNews by Vietnam News Agency.
Luu Vu Hai, chairman of the council of members at VTC, said one of the strengths of this television service is that there is integrated technical assistance to enhance the visuals even in areas with slow Internet connection, and that the server could host up to 200,000 simultaneous visitors.
