VTV3 is a Vietnamese television channel operated and owned by government-owned
Vietnam Television
Vietnam Television ( vi, Đài Truyền hình Việt Nam), or VTV, is the national television broadcaster of Vietnam. As the state broadcaster under the direction of the government of Vietnam, VTV is tasked with "propagating the views of the ...
. Launched on 31 March 1996 as the country's first sports and entertainment integrated channel, its programs contained sporting events and entertainment-oriented programs including music, variety shows, leisure & lifestyles, nationally produced, as well as American and Asian series.
Broadcast history
* VTV3 was broadcast by Vietnam Television for testing from June 1994 during the
1994 World Cup
The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football, soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the countr ...
, with the remaining programs broadcasting at the same frequency range of
VTV1
VTV1 is a state-owned Vietnamese-language news channel and also the first television channel of Vietnam Television Station, and the third channel of VTV to broadcast HD, broadcast continuously with a duration of 24 hours a day from June 15, ...
and
VTV2
VTV2 is a Vietnamese television channel owned and operated by state-run VTV Network.
Launched on 1 January 1990, VTV2 is dedicated to the broadcast of education and cultural programs. Since 1 May 2020, the channel has broadcast for 24/7. In ...
. The original content of VTV3 at that time was ''Sports – Entertainment – Economic Information''. From April 1995, the channel was broadcast on channel 6 in Hanoi with the broadcast time from 16:00 to 19:00.
* VTV3 officially went on-air on 31 March 1996, and begin to be relayed nationwide via satellite on July that year. Also since the launch of the channel, VTV began to broadcast the
English Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Fo ...
(EPL). This soccer tournament were continuously aired on VTV3 from then until 2011.
* From 1 October 1997, VTV3 separated its frequency in
Hanoi
Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi is ...
and
Ho Chi Minh City
, population_density_km2 = 4,292
, population_density_metro_km2 = 697.2
, population_demonym = Saigonese
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and aired in channel 22 UHF (
Hanoi
Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi is ...
), channel 28 UHF (
Ho Chi Minh City
, population_density_km2 = 4,292
, population_density_metro_km2 = 697.2
, population_demonym = Saigonese
, blank_name = GRP (Nominal)
, blank_info = 2019
, blank1_name = – Total
, blank1_ ...
) with nighttime programs. This also marked VTV3 become the second channel to air live the national evening news (''Thời Sự'') besides VTV1 at 19:00, which continuously transmitting until now.
* The channel began to be relayed nationwide via satellite with the independent frequency on 31 March 1998.
* Until 31 December 2001, the broadcasting times of VTV3 were expressing at these times followed:
** From Monday to Friday: 12:00 to 24:00
** Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 to 24:00
* December 31, 1999: Together with
VTV1
VTV1 is a state-owned Vietnamese-language news channel and also the first television channel of Vietnam Television Station, and the third channel of VTV to broadcast HD, broadcast continuously with a duration of 24 hours a day from June 15, ...
,
VTV2
VTV2 is a Vietnamese television channel owned and operated by state-run VTV Network.
Launched on 1 January 1990, VTV2 is dedicated to the broadcast of education and cultural programs. Since 1 May 2020, the channel has broadcast for 24/7. In ...
and
VTV4
VTV4 is a Vietnamese state-owned pay television network, serving as the international broadcaster of Vietnam Television. Launched on 7 January 1998, it offers a best-of package of programming from the three domestic channels ( VTV1, VTV2 and V ...
, broadcast a special program to welcome the new millennium with a record shortest length of time at that time in
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
to welcome the new year.
2000
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.
* Beginning from 31 December 2001, VTV3 increased the broadcasting times as these followed:
** From 31 December 2001 to 31 August 2006: 06:00 to 24:00
** From 1 September 2006 to 18 March 2020 and from 1 May 2020 to present: 24 hours per day
* Between 2013 – 2014, the manufacture department of VTV3 were split into two: the sports-producing crew were formed into a separate department along with
VTV1
VTV1 is a state-owned Vietnamese-language news channel and also the first television channel of Vietnam Television Station, and the third channel of VTV to broadcast HD, broadcast continuously with a duration of 24 hours a day from June 15, ...
sports team (Department for Sports Productions, Vietnamese: ''Ban Sản xuất các chương trình Thể thao'' or ''Ban Thể thao'' – ''Sports Department'' for short). The remaining VTV3 entertainment team was renamed ''Department for Entertainment Productions'' (Vietnamese: ''Ban Sản xuất các chương trình Giải trí'')
* Since 2015, most of VTV3 sports programs were moved to youth-oriented channel
VTV6
VTV6 was a Vietnamese state-owned television network of Vietnam Television, which launched in 2007. It served the purpose of entertaining the youth in Vietnam.
Although VTV6 was operated by Ban Thanh thiếu niên (''Youth Department''), severa ...
. In 2020, ''Nhịp đập 360 độ thể thao'' (''Sports 360° – The Beat'') – the morning sports bulletin – was transferred to VTV6, leaving the VTV3 channel broadcast entertainment-oriented programs, and transmitting sports programs during special occasions only. The bulletin was later relaunch in 2021 as ''Nhịp đập thể thao'' (''Sports Beat''), and beginning to broadcast on both VTV3 and VTV6 from 12 April 2021.
*Between 19 March and 30 April 2020, as a safety precaution due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam
The COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam has resulted in confirmed cases of COVID-19 and deaths. The number of confirmed cases is the highest total in Southeast Asia, and the 13th highest in the world. Hanoi is the most affected locale with 1,609,473 ...
, Vietnam Television temporarily suspended the overnight timeslot on VTV3, along with most VTV channels, and limited the broadcast time to 19 hours per day.
* From February 14, 2022 until now, most sports programs have officially returned to VTV3 in the morning and afternoon time frames, thereby bringing sports content back on VTV3 after about 7 years of stopping broadcasting.
* From October 10, 2022, the bulletin ''Nhịp đập thể thao'' (''Sports Beat'') is only broadcast at 6:00 a.m. daily and the sports bulletin is updated at 5:00 p.m. daily on VTV3.
VTV3 HD
VTV3 became the first channel of VTV and the first commercial television channel in Vietnam to have an HD simulcast. VTV3 HD was soft-launched from 31 March 2013 to mark VTV3's 17th anniversary and was officially launched on 1 June 2013. Most programs broadcast by VTV3 since 2013 are in HDTV with a 16:9 picture format.
Program
Since the first broadcast, VTV3 has paved the way for entertainment programs, licensed feature films, sports programs, etc. to be broadcast on this channel. However, due to the lack of programs in the early period, "exploiting programs" from Southern region were exploited by VTV3's editorial team and purchased the transmission rights. Gameshows such as ' (Vietnamese version of ''
Intervilles
''Intervilles'' is a French comedy game show first broadcast in 1962. The show was based on a previous Italian programme. It featured teams representing towns in France competing in a series of games, some of which involved live cows and bulls ( ...
)'', ''SV96'', ''Bảy sắc cầu vồng'' (''7 colors of the rainbow''), as well as special feature films, sports content... all bring a huge source of advertising on the channel. Since then, advertising has gradually become the main source of revenue for VTV, leading to the establishment of the (TVAd).
Since the broadcast times increase to 18 hours per day, VTV3 has started to upgrade program contents, change some timeslots, especially airing series of new gameshows (especially Saturday morning, from mid-2004). From 2005, entertainment programs were transmitted in the 20:00 timeslot from Monday til Friday; gameshows were followed an hour later since 2006. The foreign TV series slots at 18:00 every day since the end of 2005 began to appear denserly Asian dramas. Some weekend night live music programs are expanded, especially with the appearance of ''Bài hát Việt'' (''Vietnamese Songs'').
Not only gameshow and reality television, VTV3 also produces, cooperates and implements many great and unique programs of great significance. In addition, the VTV3 department also works and reports at major tournaments (made by the Sports Department), produces the
Miss Vietnam contest
Miss (pronounced ) is an English language honorific typically used for a girl, for an unmarried woman (when not using another title such as "Doctor" or " Dame"), or for a married woman retaining her maiden name. Originating in the 17th century, i ...
with Tien Phong Newspaper and young aspiration art program with Thanh Niên Newspaper after National Congress of Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, as well as special socio-political programs, with special contents in collaboration with domestic media agencies...
Since 2008, VTV3 began to change its appearance, focusing on improving the quality of the program, especially with the appearance of many novel game shows, increasing the slots of feature-length films, opened the prime time slot for Vietnamese feature series at 21:00 (currently 21:30). While
HTV, went on downward due to licensing and inspection problems, several TV production companies tend to switch to cooperate with VTV, so on VTV3 there have appeared many new reality TV programs that attract millions of viewers with strong investment and preparation such as ''
Universal Dance'', ''
Vietnam Idol
''Vietnam Idol'' ( or from season 5) is a Vietnamese reality television competition to find new solo singing talents. It is part of the ''Idol'' franchise; it originated from the reality program ''Pop Idol'' created by British entertainment exe ...
'', ''
Perfect Couple'', ''
Vietnamese Model'', etc., which created a new breeze for the channel, although these programs appear not less scandalous.
In 2012, VTV3 continued to improve the contents and changed the time slots. From this time forward, the contents on VTV3 become more and more diversal, with infotainment programs ''Cà phê sáng với VTV3'' (''Morning Coffee with VTV3''), ''Cà phê sáng cuối tuần'' (''Weekend Morning Coffee''); revival editions of programs such as talkshow ''Khách của VTV3'' (''VTV3's Guests''), university-oriented game show ''SV'' (''SV 2012''), comedy-oriented ''Weekend Gathering''/''Gặp nhau cuối tuần'' (''Weekend Relaxation''/''Thư giãn cuối tuần'') as well as reality TV series broadcast on weekends.
Since 2018, while new game, reality shows and scripted programs co-produced by domestic agencies are dominated in primetime slot, the solely produced programs by VTV3 team were moved to daytime and have some signs of setback sufferings.
For sports programs, from the very beginning, VTV3 is the first VTV channel to broadcasting sporting events, such as
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
,
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...
,
UEFA Europa League
The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It ...
,
UEFA Super Cup
The UEFA Super Cup is an annual super cup football match organised by UEFA and contested by the winners of the two main European club competitions; the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The competition's official name was originall ...
,
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' ( FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament ha ...
, the
Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
, the
Asiad,
SEA Games
The Southeast Asian Games, also known as the SEA Games, is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with supe ...
, especially the
2003 Southeast Asian Games with Vietnam as the host nation. Besides, VTV3 also airing sports news bulletins and magazines during daytime and afternoon drivetime. From 2005, VTV3 transmitted the ''360° thể thao'' (''Sports 360°'') bulletin with timeslots falls on drivetime and late-night. From 2011, the late-night edition, known as ''Nhịp đập 360° thể thao'' (''Sports 360° – The Beat''; airing since 2007) has been moved to morning timeslot. Since 2015, most of VTV3 sports programs were moved to youth-oriented channel
VTV6
VTV6 was a Vietnamese state-owned television network of Vietnam Television, which launched in 2007. It served the purpose of entertaining the youth in Vietnam.
Although VTV6 was operated by Ban Thanh thiếu niên (''Youth Department''), severa ...
, including the main bullettin ''360° thể thao'', followed by the morning bulletin 5 years later.
Since 2022, following the relaunch of ''Nhịp đập 360° thể thao'' as ''Nhịp đập thể thao'' (''Sports Beat'') and the premiere of ''Ký ức thể thao'' (''Sports Memories'') in the previous year, several sports magazines were returned to VTV3 at daytime, which somehow reviving sporting contents on the channel after 7-year hiatus.
Since mid-October 2022, after the closing of
VTV6
VTV6 was a Vietnamese state-owned television network of Vietnam Television, which launched in 2007. It served the purpose of entertaining the youth in Vietnam.
Although VTV6 was operated by Ban Thanh thiếu niên (''Youth Department''), severa ...
, most sports events were reported live again on VTV3 (along with
VTV2
VTV2 is a Vietnamese television channel owned and operated by state-run VTV Network.
Launched on 1 January 1990, VTV2 is dedicated to the broadcast of education and cultural programs. Since 1 May 2020, the channel has broadcast for 24/7. In ...
), thereby bringing sports events (besides
VTV5
VTV5 is a Vietnamese state-owned television network aimed at ethnic minorities in Vietnam.
Since 2016, VTV5 has expanded its programs through its operated-and-owned local channels under the VTV5 banner. The first was VTV5 Tây Nam Bộ, which rela ...
) back after 8-year hiatus.
Featured programs
Present
*News everyday: Nhịp đập thể thao (06:00), Morning Café (06:30), News (19:00).
*Dramas: Vietnamese
prime time
Prime time or the peak time is the block of broadcast programming taking place during the middle of the evening for a television show. It is mostly targeted towards adults (and sometimes families). It is used by the major television networks to ...
dramas (21:40), Foreign dramas (Mon-Fri), Sitcom, etc.
=Weekday
=
*
Monday
Monday is the day of the week between Sunday and Tuesday. According to the International Organization for Standardization's ISO 8601 standard, it is the first day of the week and in countries that adopt the "Sunday-first" convention, it is ...
: Hành lý tình yêu - The Baggage
*
Tuesday
Tuesday is the day of the week between Monday and Wednesday. According to international standard ISO 8601, Monday is the first day of the week; thus, Tuesday is the second day of the week. According to some commonly used calendars, however, ...
: Ai là triệu phú – Who Wants to be a Millionaire
*
Wednesday
Wednesday is the day of the week between Tuesday and Thursday. According to international standard ISO 8601, it is the third day of the week. In countries which have Friday as their holiday, Wednesday is the fifth day of the week. In countries ...
: Sàn chiến giọng hát - Singer Auction
*
Thursday
Thursday is the Names of the days of the week, day of the week between Wednesday and Friday. According to the ISO 8601 international standard, it is the fourth day of the week. In countries which adopt the "Sunday-first" convention, it is the fi ...
: Đối đầu đỉnh cao
*
Friday
Friday is the day of the week between Thursday and Saturday. In countries that adopt the traditional "Sunday-first" convention, it is the sixth day of the week. In countries adopting the ISO-defined "Monday-first" convention, it is the fifth day ...
: Vua tiếng Việt
=Weekend
=
*
Saturday
Saturday is the day of the week between Friday and Sunday. No later than the 2nd century, the Romans named Saturday ("Saturn's Day") for the planet Saturn, which controlled the first hour of that day, according to Vettius Valens. The day's na ...
:
**Vui khỏe có ích
**Hành trình hạnh phúc
**Quân khu số 1
**Chuyện chàng - chuyện nàng
**Cơ hội cho ai - Whose Chance
**Trạng nguyên nhí
**Cầu thủ nhí
**Thần tượng đối thần tượng
**Gương mặt thân quen - Your Face Sounds Familar
**Người phụ nữ hạnh phúc
*
Sunday
Sunday is the day of the week between Saturday and Monday. In most Western countries, Sunday is a day of rest and a part of the weekend. It is often considered the first day of the week.
For most observant adherents of Christianity, Sunday ...
**Sức nước ngàn năm
**Tỷ lệ may mắn
**100 triệu 1 phút – Million Dollar Minute
**Con nhà người ta
**Đường lên đỉnh Olympia
**Vượt thành chiến - Block Out
**Bài hát hay nhất - Sing My Song
**Lời tự sự
Before
* Hãy yêu nhau đi
* Lạ lắm à nha – The Wall Song
* Tường lửa – The Wall
* Chọn đâu cho đúng – Crush
* 5 vòng vàng kỳ ảo – 5 Gold Rings
* Giọng hát Việt – The Voice
* Trò chơi âm nhạc - The Lyrics Board / Don't Forget The Lyrics!
* Ban nhạc Việt – The Band
* 6 ô cửa bí ẩn – 9 Windows
* Không thỏa hiệp – Divided
* Hãy chọn giá đúng – The Price is Right
* Chiếc nón kỳ diệu - Wheel of Fortune
* Đấu trường 100 – 1 vs 100
* Gương mặt thân quen – Your Face Sounds Familiar
* Hành khách cuối cùng - El Último Pasajero (The Last Passenger)
* Vượt thành chiến – Block Out
* Bài hát hay nhất – Sing My Song
* Đố ai hát được – Sing If You Can
* Vì bạn xứng đáng - You Deserve It
* Đừng để tiền rơi - The Million Pound Drop
* Nhóm nhảy siêu Việt - Vietnam’s Best Dance Crew
* Đêm tiệc cùng sao – Hollywood Game Night
* Chọn ngay đi – The Best of All
While there were more shows airing, some of them were national TV programs that have got no equivalent international formatting, thus should not be listed here for dialectical reason.
See also
*
*
HTV7
HTV7 is a entertainment sociocultural TV channel in Vietnam, broadcast by Ho Chi Minh City Television since 1987.
History of formation and development
* Before January 27, 1973, this was the channel serving the US Army stationed in Southern V ...
*SKTV Life
Notes
References
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Television channels and stations established in 1996
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