VTV Can Tho is the national television channel of the

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in the Mekong Delta region and Vietnamese audiences interested in Vietnam region VTV Can Tho's programs span a wide range of genres: politics, science, sports, culture - entertainment, feature films and advertising information. In addition, VTV Can Tho also produces and coordinates with other units of Vietnam Television to carry out live television programs of events in the Southwest region, to be broadcast on VTV channels. Previously, VTV Can Tho was one of the regional television channels of Vietnam Television, with two channels VTV Can Tho 1 and VTV Can Tho 2 managed by the Vietnam Television Center in Can Tho City. Implementing the National Press Planning Project, from 00:00 on January 1, 2016, VTV Can Tho 1 channel and regional

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channel were merged and became the national television channel VTV9, targeting audiences throughout the Southern region. Meanwhile, VTV Can Tho 2 channel was converted to VTV5 Southwest to serve the Khmer ethnic community in Vietnam. On September 8, 2022, according to Decree No. 60/2022/ND-CP on restructuring affiliated units of

, the Vietnam Television Center in the Southern region was split to re-establish the Vietnam Television Center in Ho Chi Minh City and establish the Vietnam Television Center in the Southwest region. At 05:30 on October 10, 2022, VTV Can Tho was re-broadcast after 6 years of stopping broadcasting, replacing the previous regional VTV6 channel.

History

Regional Channel

The predecessor of VTV Can Tho is Can Tho Television Station, established on December 3, 1966. This is the second television station in Vietnam after Saigon Television Station established in 1965. At first, Can Tho Station was broadcast via an airplane broadcasting system like Saigon Television Station, until November 11, 1968, it officially broadcast on frequency band 7. After the reunification of Vietnam, Can Tho Television Station quickly went into operation to promptly meet the audiovisual and cultural needs of the people in the Mekong Delta. The technical staff and engineers of Can Tho Television Station at that time started to design and convert the broadcasting system and central equipment from the FCC system left by the Republic of Vietnam regime to the OIRT system. The Military Region 9 Information Regiment supported electronic components to design mobile recording boats and mobile recording vehicles to help the unit. After that, the technical staff of the Station continued to design and convert from the OIRT system to SECAM III B color broadcasting and to the PAL - DK system, the equipment also gradually switched to UMATIC and BETACAM broadcasting systems. In 1980, television in Can Tho had 2 broadcasting channels: channel 11 VHF and channel 6 VHF. In 1983-1984, Can Tho Television sent staff and engineers to help

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establish the National Television Station, build a system from the center to the broadcasting station and take charge of training technical staff and reporters. In 1984, Can Tho Television also helped Da Nang Television switch from OIRT to SECAM III B broadcasting. During these years, radio and television stations in the southwestern provinces also began to take shape. Can Tho Television also sent a team of technical staff to help local stations install central equipment, transmitters and help train a team of reporters, editors, etc. In 1992, Can Tho Television Station became a regional television station under Vietnam Television and broadcast on channel 6, with the initial logo being THCT, then CTV since 1997. At the end of 2003, Can Tho Television Station moved its headquarters to No. 215, 30/4 Street, Ninh Kieu District, Can Tho City. On January 1, 2004, Can Tho Television Station had a new name: Vietnam Television Center in Can Tho City, with the logo CVTV. On September 1, 2004, CVTV2 channel was officially launched to serve the Khmer ethnic community living in the Southwest region, with a duration of 18/7. This channel also broadcasts general programs like CVTV1, but devotes part of its time to broadcasting Khmer programs. In 2010, VTV Can Tho changed the frequency and transmitter of CVTV1 channel from channel 6 VHF to channel 49 UHF. On June 5, 2011, CVTV changed its identity to VTV Can Tho. Channels CVTV1 and CVTV2 were also renamed VTV Cần Thơ 1 and 2, respectively. By 2013, VTV Can Tho 1 channel had its broadcasting time increased to 24/7. On January 1, 2016, implementing the National Press Plan, the national television channel of the Southern region - VTV9 was formed on the basis of merging VTV Can Tho 1 channel with

region, while VTV Can Tho 2 was converted to VTV5 Southwest channel, serving the spiritual life of the Khmer ethnic community in Vietnam.

National channel

On September 8, 2022, according to Decree No. 60/2022/ND-CP of the

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on restructuring VTV's affiliated units, the VTV Center in the Southern region was divided into the VTV Center in Ho Chi Minh City and the VTV Center in the Mekong Delta. In which, the VTV Center in the Southwest region is responsible for producing programs for VTV Can Tho channel and other VTV channels. On October 6, 2022, the Ministry of Information and Communications licensed Vietnam Television to produce a national television channel in the Mekong Delta called VTV Can Tho. VTV Can Tho channel will be tested on air from 05:30 on October 10, 2022, and then officially aired from 18:00 on October 13, 2022. From November 21 to December 18, 2022, during the FIFA World Cup 2022, VTV Cần Thơ channel will temporarily increase its broadcasting time to 24/7. The channel's general control is currently located at the headquarters of Vietnam Television in Hanoi; the Vietnam Television Center in the Southwest region in Can Tho is responsible for providing programs to the general control in Hanoi. The signal from here is transmitted widely throughout the provinces and cities in the Southwest region and is covered on many different television infrastructures to serve audiences nationwide.

Leaders of VTV Can Tho

• Manager: Vo Ngoc Van Quan.
• Deputy Director: Phan Phuoc Thien.

Broadcast time

2022–Present VTV Can Tho, 2022–present October 10 – November 21, 2022; December 19 – 28, 2022; December 30, 2022 – present: 05:30–23:30 daily. November 21 – December 19, 2022: 24/7. New Year's Eve: 05:30–19:00. December 29, 2022: 05:30–24:00 same day. Before CTV, 1994 - 2003 June 1, 1994 - September 16, 1998: 07:30–11:45, 14:15–16:30, 17:30–00:30 daily. September 17, 1998 - December 31, 2003: 06:00–12:00, 14:00–16:30, 17:30–23:30 daily. CVTV/CVTV1/VTV Can Tho 1, 2004 - 2016 January 1, 2004 - January 1, 2012: 05:30–23:30 daily. 2012: 05:30–23:20 daily. 1 January 2013 – 31 December 2015: 24/7.

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