the radio broadcaster . for the television talent show see the voice of vietnam . voice of vietnam vov type radio network country vietnam availability national international owner government of vietnam launch date 1945 official website tnvn.gov.vn the voice of vietnam also radio the voice of vietnam vietnamese i ti ng n i vi t nam is the socialist republic of vietnam s national radio broadcaster . the first vietnamese language radio transmission was made on 2 september 1945 when ho chi minh read out the declaration of independence . contents 1 history 2 international broadcasting 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit prior to 1945 the vietnamese were banned from owning radio receivers citation needed and broadcasting was under control of the french colonial government which established the first radio station in vietnam radio saigon in the late 1920s . vietnam s national radio station now called the voice of vietnam started broadcasting from hanoi the just a week after declaration of the democratic republic of vietnam with the declaration this is the voice of vietnam broadcasting from hanoi the capital of the democratic republic of vietnam . 1 during the vietnam war radio hanoi operated as a propaganda tool of north vietnam . in august 1968 voice of vietnam commenced shortwave broadcasts for vietnamese living abroad . 1 south vietnam set up its own network in saigon in 1955 . following reunification all of the radio stations were combined into the voice of vietnam which became the national radio station in 1978 . today vov strives to offer diverse high quality programming and in every aspect of mass media . it broadcasts on many channels repeated on medium wave mw am fm and shortwave sw am bands throughout vietnam and the rest of the world vov1 mw and sw news current affairs and music on air for 19 hours from 05.00 am until midnight every day . it provides listeners with the latest information on current affairs politics diplomacy economics literature and art . the channel is broadcast on short and medium wave frequencies of 594 630 648 655 675 690 711 5975 9530 and 7210 khz vov2 mw and sw cultural and artistic programs broadcasting 19 hours a day vov2 provides news and analysis disseminates public knowledge and features discussions on cultural literature and art and spiritual issues . vov3 fm music & entertainment broadcasting 24 hours a day to young listeners with a diverse range of tastes and styles . its first programme was broadcast on 7 september 1990 on the fm frequency of 102 7 mhz vov4 mw ethnic minority language programming vov5 mw world service broadcasts in 11 foreign languages vov6 sw & mw designed for vietnamese nationals residing overseas and foreigners around the world ; the channel is broadcast on short and medium waves in 12 languages vov news a website containing news and other aspects vovtv television channel nationally broadcast which aims at delivering update news every 30 minutes per program vov newspaper the voice of vietnam a printed version with more in depth contents of vovnews website vov transportation updating information during rush hours to help people travel smoothly through traffic jams as of 2004 it was estimated that vov s programs reached more than 90 % of all households in vietnam . international broadcasting edit voice of vietnam broadcasts internationally in vietnamese english spanish russian chinese german french cambodian thai laotian indonesian and japanese using transmitters in hanoi as well as a north american relay near furman south carolina and european relays in the united kingdom and austria . 2 list vietnam radio stations am 610 khz radio an giang radio b c giang radio b c k n radio b c li u radio b c ninh radio bbc vietnamese 1420 gmt radio bbc vietnamese 2300 gmt radio b n tre radio b nh nh radio b nh d ng radio b nh ph c radio b nh thu n radio c mau radio c n th radio cao b ng radio i ch n l ch u radio n ng radio k l k radio k n ng radio i n bi n radio ng nai radio ng th p radio radio free vietnam gia lai radio h giang radio h nam radio h n i radio h i ngo i radio h t nh radio h i d ng radio h i ph ng radio h u giang radio h a b nh radio h ng y n radio the voice of vietnam russian service ki n giang radio kon tum radio lai ch u radio l m ng radio l ng s n radio l o cai radio little saigon radio long an radio nam nh radio ngh an radio ninh b nh radio ninh thu n radio nhk vi t nam radio ph th radio ph y n radio qu ng b nh radio qu ng nam radio qu ng ng i radio qu ng ninh radio qu ng tr radio saigon radio saigon houston radio rfi radio s c tr ng radio s n la radio t y ninh radio th i b nh radio th i nguy n radio thanh h a radio th a thi n hu radio ti n giang radio ti ng n c t i tr vinh radio tuy n quang radio trt 1098 am 93.0 fm hue city v nh long radio v nh ph c radio y n b i radio viet nam california radio vncr v ng t u vina vietnam radio vietchristian radio voh am 610 voh fm 99.9 vov5 overseas service 105.5 fm hanoi vov3 live vov2 live vov1 live vovgt hn vietnam sydney radio vovgt tphcm vozer s radio see also edit media of vietnam references edit a b historic milestones . radio the voice of vietnam website . radio the voice of vietnam . retrieved 14 april 2012 . shortwave frequency schedule for the voice of vientnam . short wave.info . external links edit voice of vietnam in vietnamese voice of vietnam in english vietnam radio stations online ; full list updated 2013 v t e government of vietnam ministries agriculture and rural development construction culture sports and tourism defence education and training finance foreign affairs health home affairs industry and trade information and communications justice labour invalids and social affairs natural resources and environment planning and investment public security science and technology transport ministry level agencies committee on ethnic minority affairs government inspectorate government office state bank government agencies ho chi minh mausoleum management ho chi minh national academy of politics vietnam academy of science and technology vietnam academy of social sciences vietnam social security vietnam news agency vietnam television voice of vietnam retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title voice of vietnam & oldid 690477065 categories 1945 establishments in vietnamexternal services broadcasting government of vietnamradio stations established in 1945radio stations in vietnamhidden categories engvarb from october 2015use dmy dates from october 2015all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschesperantofran ais ti ng vi t edit links this page was last modified on 13 november 2015 at 16 51 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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