The agency launched its TV channel named VNEWS at a ceremony in Hanoi on August 25, with the presence of PM Nguyen Tan Dung.

The channel was tested for two months before the official launch on August 25. It offers only news, marking an important milestone in the Vietnam News Agency roadmap to operate as a communications consortium.

“This is a significant event in the nation’s press and communications activities as it affirms Vietnam News Agency’s role in the modern time and in serving the Party’s leadership and instruction and the State’s management and execution, and meeting the people’s needs for information,” noted PM Nguyen Tan Dung.

According to Vietnam News Agency General Director Tran Mai Huong, VNEWS will broadcast throughout the day with constantly updated current events and latest news in all fields including politics, economics, culture and society.

Tasked as one of Vietnam News Agency’s key information units, the channel will, through special programs such as “Feedback”, “Breaking News” and “Reporters’ Prism”, broadcast information that reflects the Party and State’s viewpoint.

Huong expressed the hope that, by applying cutting-edge technologies and utilizing the father company’s strength, VNEWS will become one of the reliable conduits to receive and disseminate information from Party and State leaders, as well as from government ministries, sectors and businesses to viewers inside and outside the country.

With almost 1,000 reporters and sub-editors present across the country and in nearly 30 countries around the world and a variety of press publications of all media types, Vietnam News Agency is poised to develop into a strong national communications group in the development trend of the modern press.

VNEWS broadcasts will be on the VCTV, HTV-BTS, HCTV, SCTV, Nacencom, and IPTV on the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Corporation’s MyTV.

The channel will be present on Kplus (K+) – a satellite digital television network under the logo “TTXVN”, on cable TV systems run by different provinces and cities, and on digital TV service packages.

Broadcasts will also be launched directly and kept at the website: http://vnews.vnanet.vn.

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