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Vietnam Television Network

January 01, 1970

For the current national broadcaster, see Vietnam Television.

Vietnam Television (Vietnamese: Đài Truyền-hình Việtnam,[1][2] abbreviated THVN[3]), sometimes also unofficially known as the National Television (Đài Truyền-hình Quốc-gia[1]), Saigon Television (Đài Truyền-hình Sàigòn[1]) or Channel 9 (Đài số 9, THVN9), was one of two national television broadcasters in South Vietnam from February 7, 1966, until just before the Fall of Saigon on April 29, 1975. It was the first television broadcaster in Vietnam.[4]

Vietnam Television
Channel 9
CountrySouth Vietnam
Broadcast areaSouth Vietnam, Cambodia
Headquarters9 Hồng Thập Tự[note 1] Avenue, Saigon
Ownership
OwnerRadio-Television Public Broadcasting Centre
National Government
Joint General Staff
History
Launched7 February 1966
Closed29 April 1975
Replaced bySGTV (May 1, 1975)
Availability
Terrestrial
Over the air analogChannel 9[note 2]

THVN9 was operated by the Vietnamese Bureau of Television (Nha Vô-tuyến Truyền-hình Việtnam[1]), part of the General Department of Radio, Television, and Cinema (Tổng-cuộc Truyền-thanh Truyền-hình và Điện-ảnh[1]) in the Ministry of Propaganda.[5] Vietnam Television broadcast from the capital Saigon on channel 9 (4.5 MHz) in FCC-standard black and white.[4][6] However, from 1972, all important events were broadcast in color as standard.[7]

The other national broadcaster was the English-language Armed Forces Vietnam Network or NWB-TV on channel 11.[8] Both channels used an airborne transmission relay system from airplanes flying at the high altitudes, called Stratovision, as part of Operation Blue Eagle.

History edit

See also: AFVN

Vietnam Television Station (THVN) was established in 1965; its first broadcast was on February 7, 1966, at 6:58 pm, and the last one was at 11:58 pm on April 29, 1975. The first broadcast recorded images of Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and US ambassador Cabot Lodge.[9] Initially lasting for an hour,[10] the duration was later increased to two hours. On October 25, 1966, THVN's first above-ground establishment was finished.[11]

THVN was established at the same time as AFRTS (Armed Forces Radio Television Service), which was renamed as AFVN (Armed Forces Vietnam Network) in 1967.[9] THVN broadcast on band 9, while AFVN on frequency band 11.[12] AFVN broadcast the landing of Neil Armstrong on the Moon in 1969 for audiences in South Vietnam.[13]

Recording was first performed at the National Cinema Center No. 9 on Thi Sach Street.[14][15] In 1967, THVN was split into 2 separate departments - Cinema and Television.[16] THVN's headquarter was moved to 9 Hồng Thập Tự Avenue (now Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street) - which later became the headquarter of the current Ho Chi Minh City Television.[17]

American television started in Vietnam on January 22, 1966 with tests on two channels. On February seventh, regular transmissions commenced with American programming on channel 11 and Vietnamese broadcasts on channel 9.
No permanent studio had been built, so three C-121 Super Constellation aircraft, known as Blue Eagles, were specially outfitted with film projectors and transmitters. A fourth Blue Eagle was radio only. It was used to relay audio of the 1965 World Series. Circling high over South Vietnam and transmitting U.S. TV programs on Channel 11, the Blue Eagles provided extended coverage to Americans who were arriving in increasing numbers. Steve Robbins was an organizer of Project Jenny which led to the Blue Eagle flights. He has a wealth of photos and information on his web site.
Later in 1966, a permanent TV station was completed at 9 Hong Thap Tu in Saigon. A huge antenna provided more reliable coverage. Hours were expanded and daily newscasts began. Concurrently, several detachments added television. A complete station was mounted in a van the size of a large semi trailer. The mountaintop locations of some detachments provided excellent coverage.
But unlike radio, AFVN television programming could not be fed directly from the Saigon key station to detachments. Wideband technology still was primitive in the late '60s. Programs on videotape and film were rotated among detachments using a weekly film flight and postal mail. In Saigon, sign-on was around noon daily while most detachments started transmissions around 4PM on weekdays and at noon on Saturday and Sunday. Troops watched favorite stateside series such as Bonanza, Mission Impossible, Gunsmoke, Laugh-In and Hawaii Five-O. Tape-delayed NFL football games and the ever-popular Roller Derby were other highlights. A soldier could even watch the series Combat on AFVN-TV. When Archie Bunker and All In The Family broke new ground, Archie's antics were seen weekly on AFVN-TV.
Television service continued until the American troop population dropped in 1971-72. Detachments were closed and AFVN-TV left the air in early 1973 as the Paris Peace Accords took effect. Most equipment and facilities were transferred to THVN, the South Vietnamese TV network.

— Billy Williams, Television in Vietnam, Popular Electronics magazine, April 1966[18] ）[19]
 
Color filming units of THVN9 broadcasting a National Armed Forces Day parade, Saigon, 16 June 1971.

Historical events in early 1975 were also broadcast by Saigon Television. The chaotic and bloody evacuation from the Central Highlands to Tuy Hoa along Highway 7, dubbed as the "Convoy of Tears" was broadcast on television - causing more terror for the people in the South.[20] This was followed by a live broadcast of the resignation speech of President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu on the evening of April 21, 1975.

On April 30, the TV crew of THVN9 went to the Independence Palace to broadcast for President Dương Văn Minh, but did not because around 7 am, Minh told everyone to leave.[5] A few hours later, the regime of the Republic of Vietnam ended.

The last broadcast of THVN9 was from 18:45 to 22:45 on April 29, 1975, the day before the Fall of Saigon. After the Fall of Saigon, THVN9 was handed over to the Viet Cong. Vietnam Television's final programming aired the evening of April 29, 1975.[21]

The next day, the station was reconstituted as Saigon Liberation Television Station (Đài Truyền-hình Sài-gòn Giải-phóng,[1] SGTV) with a live broadcast of South Vietnamese President Dương Văn Minh's surrender. However, SGTV became Ho Chi Minh City Television on May 1, 1975. The first broadcast (on channel HTV9 nowadays) was about the declaration of surrender by Dương Văn Minh.

On July 2, 1976, THVN was renamed as Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV).

Governance and corporate structure edit

Board edit

  • Executive committee : LC Đỗ Việt[22] (first director), FD Đỗ Tiến Đức (second director), Lê Hoàng Hoa (first deputy director and executive producer)...
  • Operational divisions : Hoàng Trọng (music producer), Hoàng Thái (camera operator), Robert C. Gassert (technical advisor), Wyndham P. Duncan (sound advisor), Hoàng Thị Lệ Hợp (newsreader), Mai Thy (newsreader), Tuyết Mai (newsreader), Mai Liên (newsreader), Nguyễn Đình Khánh (newsreader), Nguyễn Văn Đông, Nguyễn Thế Bảo, Trần Văn Trạch (MC), Ngọc Phu (MC)...
  • Co-operators : Hoàng Thi Thơ, Hồ Điệp, Thẩm Thúy Hằng, La Thoại Tân, Kim Cương, Túy Hồng, Tùng Lâm, Khả Năng, Thanh Việt, Trần Thiện Thanh, Mai Lệ Huyền, Phạm Duy, Tâm Phan, Trần Quang, Hùng Cường, Bạch Tuyết, Trường Kỳ, Nam Lộc, Nguyễn Thành Châu, Phùng Há, Thanh Nga, Túy Hoa, Thành Được, Út Bạch Lan, Minh Vương, Lệ Thủy, Thanh Sang, Út Trà Ôn, Diệp Lang, Phượng Liên, Kiều Chinh, Dũng Thanh Lâm, Văn Chung, Thanh Lan, Thanh Tuyền, Chế Linh, Bạch Lan Hương, Tuyết Lan, Quốc Dũng, Kiểu Hạnh, Mộng Tuyền, Dũng Thanh Lâm, Huỳnh Thanh Trà, Phương Hồng Quế, Phương Hồng Hạnh, Phương Đại, Du Tử Lê, Khánh Ly, Trịnh Công Sơn...

Services edit

1974 English-language Voice of Vietnam (Radio Vietnam) foreign service broadcast from Saigon.

Ladies and gentlemen ! This is Vietnam Television, broadcast on channel 9.[5][23]

— Start

Ladies and gentlemen ! Now the time of Vietnam Television is end.
We usually try improving at items as information, education and entertainment. So wish you to be content with a little.
Goodbye and see again tomorrow, also on channel 9 of our Network.[5]

— Final
 
Lieutenant-General Nguyen Van Thieu at the microphone during a press conference on the eve of the national election, 2 Sep. 1967. Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky is to right conference took place at Independence Palace.
 
Lieutenant-General Nguyen Van Thieu takes the oath of office as president of the Republic of Vietnam. Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky and Grand-General Cao Van Vien stand behind and to President Thieu's right.
Time Thursday, March 2, 1972
18:00 Signal theme
and saluting to the national flag,
then the present of daily list
18:05 Short news
18:10 Civil defence
19:00 Announcement
19:05 Weekly news
19:15 New music to audiences
20:00 News
20:30 Mobilize voice
21:00 Criticize
21:10 Mobilize voice
(continue)
21:30 Press review
21:40 International news
21:50 Drama Lady from Hatien
of Southern Wind band
22:30 Exclusive news
22:35 Drama Lady from Hatien
(continue)
24:00 Signal theme
and saluting to the national flag,
then saying goodbye

List of featured programmes broadcast by the THVN9 :

  • 00 giờ (00 o'clock entertainment show) by Thẩm Thúy Hằng
  • 15 phút chuyện vui (15 minutes for funny stories) by La Thoại Tân
  • Ban thiếu nhi Gió Khơi (Offshore Wind band) by Bùi Duy Tâm & Hùng Lân[24]
  • Ban Tiếng Tơ Đồng (Sound-of-Musical-Instrument band) by Hoàng Trọng
  • Ban Tuổi Xanh (Green Age band) by Kiều Hạnh
  • Chương trình ca nhạc thiếu nhi Nguyễn Đức (Nguyen Duc's show)
  • Chương trình thiếu nhi Xuân Phát (Xuan Phat's show) by Xuân Phát
  • Đố vui để học (Funny charades for study) by Vũ Khắc Khoan (producer), Đinh Ngọc Mô (announcer) and Cao Thanh Tùng (announcer)
  • Giác ngộ (Awakening) by Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam
  • Giờ kịch Kim Cương (Kim Cuong's drama show)
  • Giờ kịch Sống (Life's drama show) by Túy Hồng
  • Giờ kịch Thẩm Thúy Hằng (Tham Thuy Hang's drama show)
  • Giờ kịch Vũ Đức Duy (Vu Duc Duy's drama show)
  • Giờ Mai Lệ Huyền (Mai Le Huyen's show)[25][26][27][28]
  • Giờ nhạc trẻ (Young Music's show) by Trường Kỳ[29] & Nam Lộc[30]
  • Hoa bách hợp (Fleur-de-lys) by Vietnamese Scout Association
  • Hoa hồng xám (Grey Roses's drama show) by Tâm Phan
  • Hoàng Thi Thơ (Hoang Thi Tho's show)[31][32][33][34]
  • Hoa thế hệ (Flowers from our generation)
  • Nhóm Tiếng Hát Đôi Mươi (Singing-of-Age-Twenty's show) by Trần Thiện Thanh
  • Phúc âm (Gospel's hour) by Christian and Missionary Alliance of Vietnam
  • Tạp lục Tùng Lâm (Tung Lam's vaudeville) / Tiếu vương hội (Comedy kings) by Tùng Lâm[35]
  • Thép súng (For Soldiers)
  • Thế giới trẻ em (World of children) by Lê Văn Khoa
  • Thể thao (Sport's hour)
  • Tiếng chuông chùa (Bell ring from the pagoda) by Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam
  • Tuồng cải lương (Reformed theater's hour)
  • Tuyển lựa ca sĩ (Selection of singers)
  • Truyền hình Đắc Lộ (Alexandre de Rhodes's hour) by Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saigon
  • [...]

Nearby permanent programmes, THVN9's directorate permitted all of South Vietnames citizens to have the right to "bidding" (đấu thầu) for buying the TV signal. Normally including officials, scholars, especially artists (vocalists, actors...). Languages included Vietnamese (primarily), Chinese, French, English, Khmer and Montagnard.

In divided Vietnam, the highlight of Vietnamese Catholicism and the Fátima messages was the visit of one of a few official statues of Our Lady of Fátima to South Vietnam in 1965. Originally scheduled for a three-month visit, this particular statue came from the Blue Army chapter in Australia and ended up traveling the country until 1967.[36] It was known as the “immaculate heart” statue because it puts her heart on the outside. This event was THVN (at the trial phase) lively recorded.

Nearby the media, THVN9 Network also sponsored the Young Music Festival[note 3][37] and Vietnam Film Day[note 4]. During the 1970s, Young Music Festival was the biggest cultural event in Asia and Oceania.[38][39][40][41] It has attracted many vocalists and bands from South Vietnam, Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and even the United States.[42] Their purpose was an anti-war exhortation and a supporting peace for whole world.[43]

On 27 April 1971, THVN9 reported Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng's tour. She performed at Lệ Thanh Theatre, Bát Đạt Grand Hotel in the capital Saigon for a month, then visited the Western Delta. Teng performed first hit No[note 5][44] of composer Nguyễn Ánh 9 by Japanese and Mandarin language.[45]

Cultural significance edit

Inheritances edit

See also: SBTN

After 30 April 1975, total of videotapes were transferred to People's Army of Vietnam's Archives at No. 83 Lý Nam Đế street in Hanoi. However, some still existed by collectors. Many other copytapes were held by governments such as Australia, Canada, Denmark (Danish Vietnamese Association),[46] France (AFP), West Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, New Zealand, Philippines, South Korea (KBS), Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom (BBC), United States (AP). Besides, many of them were still used by modern Vietnamese filmmakers to do propaganda documentary ones.

From 2010, journalist Lê Quang Thanh Tâm has begun sharing some THVN9 tapes to Facebook and YouTube. Although clause as old reports of singers and actors.[47] In 2020, he has ever litigated Asia Entertainment Inc. (Trung tâm Asia) for a copyright theft when they registered as an owner on YouTube channel with these tapes.

In Los Angeles during the 1980s, some former technicians re-established THVN9 to broadcast news and dramas by Vietnamese language for service to the Vietnamese American community.[48] They registered a trademark as the Abroad-THVN Television Network (Vietnamese: Truyền-hình Việt-nam Hải-ngoại) to differentiate former THVN9 or Domestic-THVN.

Influences edit

According to MA Thành Lộc (born in 1961) about his childhood, father (PA Thành Tôn) often used a Vespa scooter for carrying his children to Saigonese avenue everynight. Because every South Vietnamese squares have always a television set for service freely poor people.[49] "A popular and familiar habit; a nice memory of my love city" – said him.[50]

During the Vietnam War in North Vietnam's localities, every municipal families who want to buy radio receivers and TV sets must registered at the police office of their ward or county. Moreover, areas as countryside, frontier and especially 17th parallel were forbidden. Illegal cases could came the jail or revamped learned many years. So this enactment was like a resistance for all efforts of their enemy or, as called in North Vietnamese documents, as the "propagandas of our enemies" (tuyên truyền của thế lực thù địch).

However, by the recall of author Vương Trí Nhàn to RFI (Thụy Khuê's voice programme) about 2000s, many cultural & arts organizations, military and security agencies in Hanoi be still licensed to observe South Vietnamese radio and television, especially THVN9.[51] By singer Ái Vân, she knew singing voice of Út Trà Ôn, Ngọc Giàu, Lệ Thủy, Út Bạch Lan, Thành Được... from the 1960s when was a post-war.[52]

  •  
    Composer Hoàng Trọng and Sound-of-Musical-Instrument band in 1968
  •  
    Hoàng Thi Thơ's choir on television
  •  
    Band "Vietnamese Children"
  •  
    Singer Thanh Lan on TV show, 1970
  •  
    Singer Phương Hồng Hạnh on TV show, 1971
  •  
    Economic Minister Phạm Kim Ngọc on TV news, 1972

Notes edit

  1. ^ The street name means "red cross"
  2. ^ Băng tần 9
  3. ^ Đại-hội Nhạc-trẻ
  4. ^ Ngày Điện-ảnh Việtnam
  5. ^ Không

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f Old spelling in Vietnamese
  2. ^ . Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Việt Nam, Rockefeller Foundation. Archived from the original on 2011-02-18. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  3. ^ Vietnam Cultural Profile: Television
  4. ^ a b Tấn Đức (2008-12-15). [The first television broadcast in Vietnam]. E-info (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  5. ^ a b c d THVN9
  6. ^ Hà Đình Nguyên (2005-04-28). "'Đây là Đài Truyền hình Sài Gòn giải phóng...'". Thanh Niên (in Vietnamese). Ho Chi Minh City: Vietnam United Youth League. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  7. ^ South Vietnamese Armed Forces Day 1971 & 1973
  8. ^ Williams, Billy. . Broadcasting in Vietnam During the War. Archived from the original on 2010-03-28.
  9. ^ a b AFRS, AFRTS, AFVN Vietnam
  10. ^ Smith, Harvey et al. Area Handbook for South Vietnam. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1967. tr 293
  11. ^ History of Project Jenny
  12. ^ .
  13. ^ .
  14. ^
  15. ^ Vương Hồng Anh. . www.dutule.com. Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
  16. ^ .
  17. ^ Phát thanh viền đầu tiên buổi phát hình 1/5/1975.
  18. ^ Lee W. Hauser (1972). . Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina. p. 47. Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  19. ^ . Blue Eagle Nest. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  20. ^ America in Vietnam
  21. ^ Băng ghi âm lời tuyên bố đầu hàng của tướng Dương Văn Minh ngày 30/4/1975 của TS Nguyễn Nhã
  22. ^ Băng Đình (2005). "Hội Ngộ Truyền Thông V.N.C.H. Sau 30 Năm Saigon Thất Thủ". Đặc San 3 Chu Văn An. Sydney.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  23. ^ "THVN9 News". Vietnamese Radio in Australia (VNRA). Archived from the original on 2013-04-13. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  24. ^ Ngàn mây tung Cánh Bằng chính đoàn Gió Khơi
  25. ^ Mai Lệ Huyền và cơn sóng thần “nhạc kích động” với danh ca Hùng Cường
  26. ^ Ca sĩ Mai Lệ Huyền : Hùng Cường Không có giờ để yêu tôi
  27. ^ Mai Lệ Huyền, một "đệ nhất sexy" và một người phụ nữ bình thường
  28. ^ Búp bê lửa “đốt cháy” vũ trường Sài Gòn
  29. ^ Trường Kỳ và nhạc trẻ một thời của Sài Gòn
  30. ^ Phỏng vấn Nam Lộc về phong trào Nhạc Trẻ 1 2 3
  31. ^ Maxim's Club - Vũ trường huyền thoại tại Sài Gòn
  32. ^ Phòng trà ca nhạc Sài Gòn xưa : Queen Bee & Maxim's
  33. ^ David Lan Pham Two Hamlets in Nam Bo: Memoirs of Life in Vietnam Through Japanese ... Page 98 2008 "Phạm Duy, Lam Phương, Hoàng Thị Thơ, Văn Phụng were the most well known composers at that time."
  34. ^ Adelaida Reyes Songs of the Caged, Songs of the Free: Music and the Vietnamese Refugee Experience. 1999 Page 124 "The local in this case has global implications. Many of Vietnam's most famous musicians now reside in Orange County. The presence of Pham Duy, Thai Thanh, Hoang Oanh, Hoang Thi Tho, Viet Hung, Duy Khanh, Khanh Ly, and Kim Tuyen, among others — luminaries in the Vietnamese musical firmament by the time they left Vietnam — has led overseas."
  35. ^ "Diễn hài trước và sau 1975? Tiếng Việt". BBC News. 2014-12-23. from the original on 2023-04-06.
  36. ^ Đức Mẹ thánh du tại Việt Nam 1965
  37. ^ Bệ phóng học đường và phong trào Nhạc Trẻ
  38. ^ Nam Lộc và Sàigòn ơi vĩnh-biệt
  39. ^ Nhớ về phong trào Nhạc Trẻ
  40. ^ 50 năm phong trào Nhạc Trẻ
  41. ^ Ban nhạc rock Việt vẫn biểu diễn tại Mỹ sau 40 năm
  42. ^ Hình xưa Nhạc Trẻ 1 2
  43. ^ Rock concert at the Saigon Zoo 29 May 1971
  44. ^ 你/Nii/Anata - Teresa Teng
  45. ^ Chuyện về bài “Không” của Nguyễn Ánh 9 qua giọng ca diva Đặng Lệ Quân
  46. ^ Collection of the Danish Vietnamese Association
  47. ^ LQTT Productions 1 2
  48. ^ Truyền Hình Việt Nam THVN 48, 30 April 1986
  49. ^ Coi vô-tuyến công-cộng hồi xưa
  50. ^ NSƯT Thành Lộc tuổi thơ dữ dội gắn liền với Sài Gòn - Thành Phố Tôi Yêu
  51. ^ Talk with researcher Vương Trí Nhàn about Southern literature : 1 2
  52. ^ Chân Dung Nghệ Sĩ - Ái Vân | Hồi Ức 1 Bông Hồng: Cuộc Vượt Thoát Từ Đông Âu

See also edit

 
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Further reading edit

Documents edit

  • One time of YoungMusic : Trường Kỳ's memoir
  • Lê Quang Thanh Tâm, Điện ảnh miền Nam trôi theo dòng lịch sử, Hochiminh City Culture & Arts Publishing House, Saigon, 2015
  • Phạm Công Luận, Hồi ức, sưu khảo, ghi chép về văn hóa Sài Gòn, Phuongnam Books & Thegioi Publishing House, Saigon, 2016-2022

External links edit

  • Kí-ức truyền-hình Việtnam băng-tần 9
  • Môi son Julie : Vũ trường tango đèn màu
  • Sài Gòn - những địa chỉ nổi tiếng trước và sau 1975
  • Hình ảnh so sánh đường Sài Gòn xưa và nay
  • Catinat/Tự Do - con đường phồn hoa
  • Catinat/Tự Do và nếp sống Sàigòn xưa qua con đường lâu đời nhất

January 01, 1970
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For the current national broadcaster see Vietnam Television Vietnam Television Vietnamese Đai Truyền hinh Việtnam 1 2 abbreviated THVN 3 sometimes also unofficially known as the National Television Đai Truyền hinh Quốc gia 1 Saigon Television Đai Truyền hinh Saigon 1 or Channel 9 Đai số 9 THVN9 was one of two national television broadcasters in South Vietnam from February 7 1966 until just before the Fall of Saigon on April 29 1975 It was the first television broadcaster in Vietnam 4 Vietnam TelevisionChannel 9CountrySouth VietnamBroadcast areaSouth Vietnam CambodiaHeadquarters9 Hồng Thập Tự note 1 Avenue SaigonOwnershipOwnerRadio Television Public Broadcasting CentreNational GovernmentJoint General StaffHistoryLaunched7 February 1966Closed29 April 1975Replaced bySGTV May 1 1975 AvailabilityTerrestrialOver the air analogChannel 9 note 2 THVN9 was operated by the Vietnamese Bureau of Television Nha Vo tuyến Truyền hinh Việtnam 1 part of the General Department of Radio Television and Cinema Tổng cuộc Truyền thanh Truyền hinh va Điện ảnh 1 in the Ministry of Propaganda 5 Vietnam Television broadcast from the capital Saigon on channel 9 4 5 MHz in FCC standard black and white 4 6 However from 1972 all important events were broadcast in color as standard 7 The other national broadcaster was the English language Armed Forces Vietnam Network or NWB TV on channel 11 8 Both channels used an airborne transmission relay system from airplanes flying at the high altitudes called Stratovision as part of Operation Blue Eagle Contents 1 History 2 Governance and corporate structure 2 1 Board 2 2 Services 3 Cultural significance 3 1 Inheritances 3 2 Influences 4 Notes 5 References 6 See also 7 Further reading 7 1 Documents 7 2 External linksHistory editSee also AFVN Vietnam Television Station THVN was established in 1965 its first broadcast was on February 7 1966 at 6 58 pm and the last one was at 11 58 pm on April 29 1975 The first broadcast recorded images of Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and US ambassador Cabot Lodge 9 Initially lasting for an hour 10 the duration was later increased to two hours On October 25 1966 THVN s first above ground establishment was finished 11 THVN was established at the same time as AFRTS Armed Forces Radio Television Service which was renamed as AFVN Armed Forces Vietnam Network in 1967 9 THVN broadcast on band 9 while AFVN on frequency band 11 12 AFVN broadcast the landing of Neil Armstrong on the Moon in 1969 for audiences in South Vietnam 13 Recording was first performed at the National Cinema Center No 9 on Thi Sach Street 14 15 In 1967 THVN was split into 2 separate departments Cinema and Television 16 THVN s headquarter was moved to 9 Hồng Thập Tự Avenue now Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street which later became the headquarter of the current Ho Chi Minh City Television 17 American television started in Vietnam on January 22 1966 with tests on two channels On February seventh regular transmissions commenced with American programming on channel 11 and Vietnamese broadcasts on channel 9 No permanent studio had been built so three C 121 Super Constellation aircraft known as Blue Eagles were specially outfitted with film projectors and transmitters A fourth Blue Eagle was radio only It was used to relay audio of the 1965 World Series Circling high over South Vietnam and transmitting U S TV programs on Channel 11 the Blue Eagles provided extended coverage to Americans who were arriving in increasing numbers Steve Robbins was an organizer of Project Jenny which led to the Blue Eagle flights He has a wealth of photos and information on his web site Later in 1966 a permanent TV station was completed at 9 Hong Thap Tu in Saigon A huge antenna provided more reliable coverage Hours were expanded and daily newscasts began Concurrently several detachments added television A complete station was mounted in a van the size of a large semi trailer The mountaintop locations of some detachments provided excellent coverage But unlike radio AFVN television programming could not be fed directly from the Saigon key station to detachments Wideband technology still was primitive in the late 60s Programs on videotape and film were rotated among detachments using a weekly film flight and postal mail In Saigon sign on was around noon daily while most detachments started transmissions around 4PM on weekdays and at noon on Saturday and Sunday Troops watched favorite stateside series such as Bonanza Mission Impossible Gunsmoke Laugh In and Hawaii Five O Tape delayed NFL football games and the ever popular Roller Derby were other highlights A soldier could even watch the series Combat on AFVN TV When Archie Bunker and All In The Family broke new ground Archie s antics were seen weekly on AFVN TV Television service continued until the American troop population dropped in 1971 72 Detachments were closed and AFVN TV left the air in early 1973 as the Paris Peace Accords took effect Most equipment and facilities were transferred to THVN the South Vietnamese TV network Billy Williams Television in Vietnam Popular Electronics magazine April 1966 18 19 nbsp Color filming units of THVN9 broadcasting a National Armed Forces Day parade Saigon 16 June 1971 Historical events in early 1975 were also broadcast by Saigon Television The chaotic and bloody evacuation from the Central Highlands to Tuy Hoa along Highway 7 dubbed as the Convoy of Tears was broadcast on television causing more terror for the people in the South 20 This was followed by a live broadcast of the resignation speech of President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu on the evening of April 21 1975 On April 30 the TV crew of THVN9 went to the Independence Palace to broadcast for President Dương Văn Minh but did not because around 7 am Minh told everyone to leave 5 A few hours later the regime of the Republic of Vietnam ended The last broadcast of THVN9 was from 18 45 to 22 45 on April 29 1975 the day before the Fall of Saigon After the Fall of Saigon THVN9 was handed over to the Viet Cong Vietnam Television s final programming aired the evening of April 29 1975 21 The next day the station was reconstituted as Saigon Liberation Television Station Đai Truyền hinh Sai gon Giải phong 1 SGTV with a live broadcast of South Vietnamese President Dương Văn Minh s surrender However SGTV became Ho Chi Minh City Television on May 1 1975 The first broadcast on channel HTV9 nowadays was about the declaration of surrender by Dương Văn Minh On July 2 1976 THVN was renamed as Ho Chi Minh City Television HTV Governance and corporate structure editBoard edit Executive committee LC Đỗ Việt 22 first director FD Đỗ Tiến Đức second director Le Hoang Hoa first deputy director and executive producer Operational divisions Hoang Trọng music producer Hoang Thai camera operator Robert C Gassert technical advisor Wyndham P Duncan sound advisor Hoang Thị Lệ Hợp newsreader Mai Thy newsreader Tuyết Mai newsreader Mai Lien newsreader Nguyễn Đinh Khanh newsreader Nguyễn Văn Đong Nguyễn Thế Bảo Trần Văn Trạch MC Ngọc Phu MC Co operators Hoang Thi Thơ Hồ Điệp Thẩm Thuy Hằng La Thoại Tan Kim Cương Tuy Hồng Tung Lam Khả Năng Thanh Việt Trần Thiện Thanh Mai Lệ Huyền Phạm Duy Tam Phan Trần Quang Hung Cường Bạch Tuyết Trường Kỳ Nam Lộc Nguyễn Thanh Chau Phung Ha Thanh Nga Tuy Hoa Thanh Được Ut Bạch Lan Minh Vương Lệ Thủy Thanh Sang Ut Tra On Diệp Lang Phượng Lien Kiều Chinh Dũng Thanh Lam Văn Chung Thanh Lan Thanh Tuyền Chế Linh Bạch Lan Hương Tuyết Lan Quốc Dũng Kiểu Hạnh Mộng Tuyền Dũng Thanh Lam Huỳnh Thanh Tra Phương Hồng Quế Phương Hồng Hạnh Phương Đại Du Tử Le Khanh Ly Trịnh Cong Sơn Services edit source source track 1974 English language Voice of Vietnam Radio Vietnam foreign service broadcast from Saigon Ladies and gentlemen This is Vietnam Television broadcast on channel 9 5 23 Start Ladies and gentlemen Now the time of Vietnam Television is end We usually try improving at items as information education and entertainment So wish you to be content with a little Goodbye and see again tomorrow also on channel 9 of our Network 5 Final nbsp Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Thieu at the microphone during a press conference on the eve of the national election 2 Sep 1967 Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky is to right conference took place at Independence Palace nbsp Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Thieu takes the oath of office as president of the Republic of Vietnam Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky and Grand General Cao Van Vien stand behind and to President Thieu s right Time Thursday March 2 1972 18 00 Signal themeand saluting to the national flag then the present of daily list 18 05 Short news 18 10 Civil defence 19 00 Announcement 19 05 Weekly news 19 15 New music to audiences 20 00 News 20 30 Mobilize voice 21 00 Criticize 21 10 Mobilize voice continue 21 30 Press review 21 40 International news 21 50 Drama Lady from Hatienof Southern Wind band 22 30 Exclusive news 22 35 Drama Lady from Hatien continue 24 00 Signal themeand saluting to the national flag then saying goodbye List of featured programmes broadcast by the THVN9 00 giờ 00 o clock entertainment show by Thẩm Thuy Hằng 15 phut chuyện vui 15 minutes for funny stories by La Thoại Tan Ban thiếu nhi Gio Khơi Offshore Wind band by Bui Duy Tam amp Hung Lan 24 Ban Tiếng Tơ Đồng Sound of Musical Instrument band by Hoang Trọng Ban Tuổi Xanh Green Age band by Kiều Hạnh Chương trinh ca nhạc thiếu nhi Nguyễn Đức Nguyen Duc s show Chương trinh thiếu nhi Xuan Phat Xuan Phat s show by Xuan Phat Đố vui để học Funny charades for study by Vũ Khắc Khoan producer Đinh Ngọc Mo announcer and Cao Thanh Tung announcer Giac ngộ Awakening by Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam Giờ kịch Kim Cương Kim Cuong s drama show Giờ kịch Sống Life s drama show by Tuy Hồng Giờ kịch Thẩm Thuy Hằng Tham Thuy Hang s drama show Giờ kịch Vũ Đức Duy Vu Duc Duy s drama show Giờ Mai Lệ Huyền Mai Le Huyen s show 25 26 27 28 Giờ nhạc trẻ Young Music s show by Trường Kỳ 29 amp Nam Lộc 30 Hoa bach hợp Fleur de lys by Vietnamese Scout Association Hoa hồng xam Grey Roses s drama show by Tam Phan Hoang Thi Thơ Hoang Thi Tho s show 31 32 33 34 Hoa thế hệ Flowers from our generation Nhom Tiếng Hat Đoi Mươi Singing of Age Twenty s show by Trần Thiện Thanh Phuc am Gospel s hour by Christian and Missionary Alliance of Vietnam Tạp lục Tung Lam Tung Lam s vaudeville Tiếu vương hội Comedy kings by Tung Lam 35 Thep sung For Soldiers Thế giới trẻ em World of children by Le Văn Khoa Thể thao Sport s hour Tiếng chuong chua Bell ring from the pagoda by Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam Tuồng cải lương Reformed theater s hour Tuyển lựa ca sĩ Selection of singers Truyền hinh Đắc Lộ Alexandre de Rhodes s hour by Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saigon Nearby permanent programmes THVN9 s directorate permitted all of South Vietnames citizens to have the right to bidding đấu thầu for buying the TV signal Normally including officials scholars especially artists vocalists actors Languages included Vietnamese primarily Chinese French English Khmer and Montagnard In divided Vietnam the highlight of Vietnamese Catholicism and the Fatima messages was the visit of one of a few official statues of Our Lady of Fatima to South Vietnam in 1965 Originally scheduled for a three month visit this particular statue came from the Blue Army chapter in Australia and ended up traveling the country until 1967 36 It was known as the immaculate heart statue because it puts her heart on the outside This event was THVN at the trial phase lively recorded Nearby the media THVN9 Network also sponsored the Young Music Festival note 3 37 and Vietnam Film Day note 4 During the 1970s Young Music Festival was the biggest cultural event in Asia and Oceania 38 39 40 41 It has attracted many vocalists and bands from South Vietnam Philippines Hong Kong Taiwan Japan South Korea Australia New Zealand and even the United States 42 Their purpose was an anti war exhortation and a supporting peace for whole world 43 On 27 April 1971 THVN9 reported Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng s tour She performed at Lệ Thanh Theatre Bat Đạt Grand Hotel in the capital Saigon for a month then visited the Western Delta Teng performed first hit No note 5 44 of composer Nguyễn Anh 9 by Japanese and Mandarin language 45 Cultural significance editInheritances edit See also SBTN After 30 April 1975 total of videotapes were transferred to People s Army of Vietnam s Archives at No 83 Ly Nam Đế street in Hanoi However some still existed by collectors Many other copytapes were held by governments such as Australia Canada Denmark Danish Vietnamese Association 46 France AFP West Germany Hong Kong India Japan New Zealand Philippines South Korea KBS Taiwan Thailand United Kingdom BBC United States AP Besides many of them were still used by modern Vietnamese filmmakers to do propaganda documentary ones From 2010 journalist Le Quang Thanh Tam has begun sharing some THVN9 tapes to Facebook and YouTube Although clause as old reports of singers and actors 47 In 2020 he has ever litigated Asia Entertainment Inc Trung tam Asia for a copyright theft when they registered as an owner on YouTube channel with these tapes In Los Angeles during the 1980s some former technicians re established THVN9 to broadcast news and dramas by Vietnamese language for service to the Vietnamese American community 48 They registered a trademark as the Abroad THVN Television Network Vietnamese Truyền hinh Việt nam Hải ngoại to differentiate former THVN9 or Domestic THVN Influences edit According to MA Thanh Lộc born in 1961 about his childhood father PA Thanh Ton often used a Vespa scooter for carrying his children to Saigonese avenue everynight Because every South Vietnamese squares have always a television set for service freely poor people 49 A popular and familiar habit a nice memory of my love city said him 50 During the Vietnam War in North Vietnam s localities every municipal families who want to buy radio receivers and TV sets must registered at the police office of their ward or county Moreover areas as countryside frontier and especially 17th parallel were forbidden Illegal cases could came the jail or revamped learned many years So this enactment was like a resistance for all efforts of their enemy or as called in North Vietnamese documents as the propagandas of our enemies tuyen truyền của thế lực thu địch However by the recall of author Vương Tri Nhan to RFI Thụy Khue s voice programme about 2000s many cultural amp arts organizations military and security agencies in Hanoi be still licensed to observe South Vietnamese radio and television especially THVN9 51 By singer Ai Van she knew singing voice of Ut Tra On Ngọc Giau Lệ Thủy Ut Bạch Lan Thanh Được from the 1960s when was a post war 52 nbsp Composer Hoang Trọng and Sound of Musical Instrument band in 1968 nbsp Hoang Thi Thơ s choir on television nbsp Band Vietnamese Children nbsp Singer Thanh Lan on TV show 1970 nbsp Singer Phương Hồng Hạnh on TV show 1971 nbsp Economic Minister Phạm Kim Ngọc on TV news 1972Notes edit The street name means red cross Băng tần 9 Đại hội Nhạc trẻ Ngay Điện ảnh Việtnam KhongReferences edit a b c d e f Old spelling in Vietnamese Vietnam Cultural Profile Television Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism of Việt Nam Rockefeller Foundation Archived from the original on 2011 02 18 Retrieved 2014 04 22 Vietnam Cultural Profile Television a b Tấn Đức 2008 12 15 Buổi phat song truyền hinh đầu tien ở Việt Nam The first television broadcast in Vietnam E info in Vietnamese Archived from the original on 2014 05 02 Retrieved 2014 04 22 a b c d THVN9 Ha Đinh Nguyen 2005 04 28 Đay la Đai Truyền hinh Sai Gon giải phong Thanh Nien in Vietnamese Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam United Youth League Retrieved 2013 08 15 South Vietnamese Armed Forces Day 1971 amp 1973 Williams Billy Television in Vietnam Broadcasting in Vietnam During the War Archived from the original on 2010 03 28 a b AFRS AFRTS AFVN Vietnam Smith Harvey et al Area Handbook for South Vietnam Washington DC US Government Printing Office 1967 tr 293 History of Project Jenny Television in Vietnam Vietnamese youth with bleak future now holds key to a brighter energy future with NASA invention Nữ nghệ sĩ Phương Lien 50 năm san khấu Vương Hồng Anh VƯƠNG HỒNG ANH Những ngay với Du Tử Le ở KBC 3168 Sai Gon www dutule com Archived from the original on 2014 05 02 Retrieved 2014 04 26 VƯƠNG HỒNG ANH Những ngay với Du Tử Le ở KBC 3168 Sai Gon Phat thanh viền đầu tien buổi phat hinh 1 5 1975 Lee W Hauser 1972 A History of the American Forces Vietnam Network 1962 1972 Chapel Hill University of North Carolina p 47 Archived from the original on 2014 05 02 Retrieved 2014 04 30 HISTORY OF PROJECT JENNY Blue Eagle Nest Archived from the original on 2016 04 25 Retrieved 2014 04 23 America in Vietnam Băng ghi am lời tuyen bố đầu hang của tướng Dương Văn Minh ngay 30 4 1975 của TS Nguyễn Nha Băng Đinh 2005 Hội Ngộ Truyền Thong V N C H Sau 30 Năm Saigon Thất Thủ Đặc San 3 Chu Văn An Sydney a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link THVN9 News Vietnamese Radio in Australia VNRA Archived from the original on 2013 04 13 Retrieved 2014 04 22 Ngan may tung Canh Bằng chinh đoan Gio Khơi Mai Lệ Huyền va cơn song thần nhạc kich động với danh ca Hung Cường Ca sĩ Mai Lệ Huyền Hung Cường Khong co giờ để yeu toi Mai Lệ Huyền một đệ nhất sexy va một người phụ nữ binh thường Bup be lửa đốt chay vũ trường Sai Gon Trường Kỳ va nhạc trẻ một thời của Sai Gon Phỏng vấn Nam Lộc về phong trao Nhạc Trẻ 1 2 3 Maxim s Club Vũ trường huyền thoại tại Sai Gon Phong tra ca nhạc Sai Gon xưa Queen Bee amp Maxim s David Lan Pham Two Hamlets in Nam Bo Memoirs of Life in Vietnam Through Japanese Page 98 2008 Phạm Duy Lam Phương Hoang Thị Thơ Văn Phụng were the most well known composers at that time Adelaida Reyes Songs of the Caged Songs of the Free Music and the Vietnamese Refugee Experience 1999 Page 124 The local in this case has global implications Many of Vietnam s most famous musicians now reside in Orange County The presence of Pham Duy Thai Thanh Hoang Oanh Hoang Thi Tho Viet Hung Duy Khanh Khanh Ly and Kim Tuyen among others luminaries in the Vietnamese musical firmament by the time they left Vietnam has led overseas Diễn hai trước va sau 1975 Tiếng Việt BBC News 2014 12 23 Archived from the original on 2023 04 06 Đức Mẹ thanh du tại Việt Nam 1965 Bệ phong học đường va phong trao Nhạc Trẻ Nam Lộc va Saigon ơi vĩnh biệt Nhớ về phong trao Nhạc Trẻ 50 năm phong trao Nhạc Trẻ Ban nhạc rock Việt vẫn biểu diễn tại Mỹ sau 40 năm Hinh xưa Nhạc Trẻ 1 2 Rock concert at the Saigon Zoo 29 May 1971 你 Nii Anata Teresa Teng Chuyện về bai Khong của Nguyễn Anh 9 qua giọng ca diva Đặng Lệ Quan Collection of the Danish Vietnamese Association LQTT Productions 1 2 Truyền Hinh Việt Nam THVN 48 30 April 1986 Coi vo tuyến cong cộng hồi xưa NSƯT Thanh Lộc tuổi thơ dữ dội gắn liền với Sai Gon Thanh Phố Toi Yeu Talk with researcher Vương Tri Nhan about Southern literature 1 2 Chan Dung Nghệ Sĩ Ai Van Hồi Ức 1 Bong Hồng Cuộc Vượt Thoat Từ Đong AuSee also edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to THVN9 Hue Television Đai Truyền hinh Huế THH1 Quynhon Television Đai Truyền hinh Quy nhơn THQN3 Nhatrang Television Đai Truyền hinh Nha trang THNT5 Cantho Television Đai Truyền hinh Cần thơ THCT7 Radio Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City Television Vietnam Television Media in South VietnamFurther reading editDocuments edit One time of YoungMusic Trường Kỳ s memoir Le Quang Thanh Tam Điện ảnh miền Nam troi theo dong lịch sử Hochiminh City Culture amp Arts Publishing House Saigon 2015 Phạm Cong Luận Hồi ức sưu khảo ghi chep về văn hoa Sai Gon Phuongnam Books amp Thegioi Publishing House Saigon 2016 2022 External links edit Ki ức truyền hinh Việtnam băng tần 9 Moi son Julie Vũ trường tango đen mau Sai Gon những địa chỉ nổi tiếng trước va sau 1975 Hinh ảnh so sanh đường Sai Gon xưa va nay Catinat Tự Do con 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