VIETV is an American Vietnamese-language broadcast television

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based in

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. The network began broadcasting over-the-air in Houston in 2011, and has since started affiliates broadcasting in

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The Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles, and San Jose affiliates are also available in live streaming video on the Vietv.com website, and the network has created the UNO IP

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for viewing their content on televisions outside their broadcast area. VIETV has six studios, including their headquarters in Houston and locations in

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, Northern California, Boston, and Philadelphia. Original programming on VIETV includes the ''Evening NEWS'' and ''NEWS @ Nite'' programs, the ''It's Your Birthday'' children's show, ''Cooking with Chef Cam-Yuet'', ''Beauty by Tiffani'', ''World Travel'', and ''The Law & Legal Issues'', hosted by VIETV president Robert Pham.

History

VAN-TV 55.6 was the first Vietnamese language in Houston, established in May 2009 originally via

KTBU KTBU (channel 55) is a television station licensed to Conroe, Texas, United States, broadcasting the digital multicast network Quest to the Houston area. It is owned and operated by Tegna Inc. alongside CBS affiliate KHOU (channel 11). Bot ...

subchannel 55.2. It then was sold in 2015 to VietV because the founders, Ban Vu and Bich Ngoc Nguyen (Vicky Vu) wanted to retire.

Affiliates

References

{{reflist Television networks in the United States Entertainment companies of the United States Companies based in Houston Companies established in 2011 Television stations in Los Angeles Television stations in Philadelphia Television stations in Texas Television stations in Houston Television stations in California Television stations in Boston Television stations in Washington, D.C. Vietnamese-language television networks in the United States 2011 establishments in the United States