Nhan Dan - Hanoi Television and Radio (HTV) opened a new broadcasting centre with a 250-metre antenna tower on November 10, in a move to expand its coverage to the northern midland and delta areas. The new broadcasting centre, covering 15,000 square metres in Me Tri - just outside Hanoi - allows HTV to make its programming accessible to over 20 million viewers and listeners. It also serves as a transmission centre for Vietnam Television, the Voice of Vietnam and other radio and TV stations sharing the same broadcasting infrastructure. The Me Tri broadcasting centre is a significant step forward in HTV's transition from analogue to digital technology. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, Deputy PM Vu Van Ninh said that the event marked an important milestone in the history of Hanoi's broadcaster, bringing the voice and images of the capital to provinces further afield. HTV currently operates two television and two radio channels. It plans to open a new television channel in 2014 … [Read more...]

At 82, composer Van Ky can still get the adrenalin flowing through his veins. "When I begin to write a new song about Hanoi , I write so fast because my love for the city covers my soul," Ky said. Ky has just released a new song - Bay Len Vietnam ( Vietnam , Let's Fly) to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of capital Hanoi . In the song, he opens a huge sky of freedom and captures the desire of not just Hanoians, but Vietnamese people as a whole, to raise their living standards. The veteran composer, who has 400 songs to his credit, has written quite a few famous ones about the capital city. He loves Hanoi because it has a hidden beauty that is full of poetry and always contains the country's soul, Ky said. Born in the northern province of Nam Dinh , Ky started his career as a song writer when he was chief of Nong Cong District in Thanh Hoa Province . His first work came out of the pain of a broken heart. He'd fallen in love with a girl from Hanoi who'd been evacuated to his … [Read more...]

Vietnam New Generation Telecom center (VNGT) will officially inaugurate Feb. 28 high-speed Internet access via Hanoi Television's cable television network, announced their management board. This is the first time in Vietnam the broadband Internet service will link with television cable to serve the public. VNGT management board revealed fees of the high-speed Internet access will be differentiated by two kinds, CableHome for families and BizNet for enterprises. The maximum download and upload speed on BizNet is 10Mbps and 2 Mbps respectively, far exceeding that speed on ADSL Internet connection of 8 Mbps for downloading and 600 Kbps uploading. Both CableHome and BizNet will provide customers free of charge for eight hours a day of the net access. Minimum downloading fee of this service is calculated as VND40 per megabyte. (Reported by Hoang Ly - Translated by Minh Phat) … [Read more...]

VietNamNet Bridge - Though the pay-to-view cable channel K+ and other television broadcasters have not reached an agreement on sharing broadcast rights of the English Premier League (EPL), Hanoi TV (HTV) has announced that it will air EPL matches on Saturdays and Mondays free of charge. HTV revealed that it has bought the broadcast right of EPL matches on Saturday and Monday (accounting for two thirds of the total matches in one season) in the next three seasons at a high price. "HTV patiently negotiated for several months. Finally we decided to buy the broadcast right for EPL matches on Saturday and Monday. The price was not cheap. We are not sharing with Channel K+. HTV aims to serve the people. This can be seen as our gift to football fans on the occasion of Hanoi's 1000th anniversary," explained HTV general director Tran Gia Thai. HTV will air the EPL matches free of charge, without advertisements, on HTV1 and HTV2. As HTV's broadcast signal is strong, audiences in … [Read more...]

VietNamNet Bridge - A photo exhibition entitled "Hanoi's Small Corners" is now at Gallery 45 Trang Tien, Hanoi, introducing photos about a gentle and charming Hanoi. Xuan Chinh graduated from the Drama and Movie University. He has worked as a professional photographer for five years and is a member of the Hanoi Photographers' Association. Since 2007, Chinh has won many photography prizes at home and abroad. He was on the list of winners of almost all photo contests about Hanoi. Chinh is currently a photographic journalist for of the Hanoi Television Magazine. The exhibition will open until December 11 at 45 Trang Tien, Hanoi. Some of Chinh's 45 photos at the exhibition:PV … [Read more...]

VietNamNet Bridge - The finals of the fifth Television Charming competition 2010 for beauties from radio and television broadcast stations in Vietnam started in HCM City on December 15. Held by the HCM City Television Station and Cat Tien Sa Company, the final round is the competition among 14 contestants. The final round includes three competitions: ao dai and traditional costumes on December 15; ASEAN traditional costumes on December 17; evening gowns on December 18. Besides showing their charm in ao dai, traditional costumes and evening gowns, contestants have to introduce themselves in a self-made clip on December 15, share the most memorable momentsin their jobs on December 17 and show their talents on December 18. The top five contestants will be selected for the interview round. The winners will be named on December 18. The 14 contestants in the ao dai competition: PV … [Read more...]

Movie festival in Hanoi this week By Hanh Thu in Hanoi This year’s Federation International Cinema Television Sports (FICTS) will have the participation of 145 films from foreign and local agencies from tomorrow until Saturday. The participating films are divided into reporting, documentary, games, cartoons and tourism promotion categories. According to organizers, this is the perfect chance for domestic filmmakers to introduce images of Vietnam as a high-potential tourism market. There will be other activities such as a visit to Bat Trang pottery village and Trang An tourism area and an exchange with athletes. The winners of each category will net first and second prizes and one award from organizers. The opening ceremony will take place at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien Street and will be broadcast live on Hanoi Television channel. The closing ceremony which is scheduled at 8 p.m. on Saturday will be aired live on VTV2. … [Read more...]

A giant picture of Khue Van Cac (Pavilion of the Constellation of Literature) made of thousands of dry flowers will be featured at the 2012 Flower Festival, which begins on the evening of December 30, to celebrate the New Year. The actual pavilion is located within Van Mieu (the Temple of Literature) in Hanoi. The festival, entitled “Rendezvous of streets and Flowers”, will be organized along Dinh Tien Hoang Street and around Hoan Kiem Lake with the contributions of artisans from throughout the country. According to Nguyen Khac Loi, deputy director of Hanoi's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism which organizes the event, the festival aims to entertain people, embellish the capital, promote tourism and honor the country's heritage sites. Artisan Manh Hung will create "The Legend of Vietnam" from flowers. The legend tells the story of Lac Long Quan and Au Co, the creators of the Vietnamese people. The Hoa Sao flower shop will highlight the beauty of ao dai … [Read more...]

Hanoi will join 1,000 other cities from around the world and turn off electrical equipment for an hour on March 28 in response to a global campaign to minimise the impact of global warming. More than 1,000 people are expected to attend a meeting in front of the Opera House at 20.00 where the municipal authorities will deliver a speech, announcing the city’s long-hour blackout. When the lights at the Opera House and nearby buildings are turned off, artists will give a performance by candle light, which will be broadcast live on Hanoi Television (HTV). Elsewhere, public lighting and electronic advertising boards at local administration offices in major streets, residential areas and entertainment centres will also be turned off. At a press briefing in Hanoi on February 25, Vice Mayor Vu Hong Khanh said the campaign will help to raise public awareness of the need to conserve power and make a joint effort to address global warming. Earth Hour, initiated by the World … [Read more...]

An arts programme aiming to raise funds for heart diseases patients will take place on April 18 in Hanoi. The event, entitled “Sympathetic Hearts”, will be jointly organised by the Labour Newspaper, Family and Children Magazine, the Capital Communications Company, the Hanoi Television and the Hanoi Red Cross. It aims to celebrate the 31st anniversary of the “ Vietnam ’s Disabled Day” and is a response to the “Month of action for Children” (May 15 – June 30, 2011) Through the programme, the organisation board and sponsors will fund heart operation for 30 disadvantaged children, who are inborn heart disease patients. They also will offer 70 savings books, each worth VND5-10 million, to 70 disadvantaged families including 25 families of the landslide victims in Nghe An province on April 1 and 100 wheelchairs and gifts to the disabled people, the Agent Orange/dioxin victims, the orphans and the disadvantaged children throughout the … [Read more...]