| Thời sự | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | News (VTV) |
| Genre | News program |
| Presented by | #Host |
| Theme music composer | Đỗ Hồng Quân (opening theme since 2011) |
| Country of origin | Vietnam |
| Original language | Vietnamese |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Nguyễn Thu Hà Đỗ Đức Hoàng |
| Producers | News Department, Vietnam Television Station Le Gia Media (12:00) ADT Group Holdings (19:00) PSC Media (19:55) |
| Production locations | Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Running time | 2 – 45 min |
| Original release | |
| Network | VTV1, VTV2, VTV3, VTV6(VTV Cần Thơ), and other national and local TV channels On all channels of VTV on the 29th or 30th of the Lunar New Year |
| Release | 7 September 1970 (1970-09-07) – present (present) |
Thời sự (literally, 'Current Affairs'; also known as the News) is the main news program produced by the News Department of Vietnam Television (VTV). First broadcast on September 7, 1970, it is one of the oldest and most watched programs in Vietnam. The program also plays a key role in the work of information, propaganda, and public opinion orientation of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the State and the Government of Vietnam.
Main editions of Thời sự are broadcast live at two timeslots. The midday edition airs at 12:00 daily on VTV1, while the evening edition airs at 19:00 daily on VTV1, VTV3.[1] On various other timeslots of the day, shorter editions of the News usually broadcast at the peak of the hour. Programs that have been broadcast can be found on the VTVgo online TV viewing application and VTV digital site.
Before Vietnam Television was born in 1970, news – documentaries was one of the genres produced by Vietnam Film Studio in the form of plastic films. In 1956, the Documentary & News Film Studio separated from the Vietnam Film Studio to form the Central Documentary and Science Film Studio .[2]
In 1968, the Television Film Studio was established, with the task of producing 16-mm television films to send to foreign television stations to propagate the situation during wartime in Vietnam. Also from that time, foreign television crews were invited and guided to operate and prepare necessary material and technical foundations for the construction of a complete radio-television studio and a radio-television industry to serve the domestic propaganda work in the future.[2]
In 1970, News was one of the first programs in the first experimental television broadcast of Voice of Vietnam. From that day forward, the official genre of television news was born.[2] Since then, News has always been a part of the television program every night, usually starting at 19: 00. Initially, as there was no storage device at that time, the News program was broadcast live,[3] later it had been pre-recorded. News was broadcast after the children's program Little Flowers (similar to the model of the countries of the socialist bloc at the time). In the following period, along with additional broadcasts in the morning (9:00) and afternoon (14:00), news bulletins were also expanded. When the channel VTV2 was formed in 1990, News was broadcast on both channels in the evening broadcast. The 19:00 news program on VTV2 was broadcast for the following years until 2001, when it was no longer broadcast.[4]
In October 1997, the program News began to be broadcast live to inform the audience with the fastest information, and was broadcast on VTV1 channel at the same time with VTV3 at 19:00 daily. In addition to the main version, there are also Domestic News, International News, broadcast in the morning on VTV1, and the midday news, first broadcast on VTV2 and rebroadcast on VTV3 in the afternoon.
In 2002, along with the expansion of VTV1's broadcast time from 05:30 to 24:00 daily, VTV rearranged its newscasts. At this time, VTV has news at 09:00, 12:00, 16:00, The last news of the day at 23:00 on VTV1; at 19:00 on VTV1, VTV3 and 22:00 on VTV2.
On October 10, 2003, the News for the Impaired Hearings broadcast its first edition on VTV2 at 22:00. In addition to the image and words of the host from the 19:00 News being rebroadcast, there are also subtitles on the screen that are simplified for hearing impaired people to read. From April 1, 2011, the form of expression was changed to sign language interpretation and maintained until now.[5][6]
On June 15, 2011, channel VTV1 broadcast 24 hours a day. Along with that, VTV1 has now broadcast teletext-style bulletins updating domestic and international information at the top of every hour from 00:00 to 04:00 every day, with a duration of 10 minutes.[7]
On January 22, 2012, the program News 19:00 was broadcast from the newly invested studio with modern technology at the new Program Production Technical Center (later the Television Center) building of Vietnam Television Since then, VTV has continuously changed the studio and technology until 2015, it has remained stable up to now, with the studio consisting of 01 main virtual screen and 01 secondary LCD screen. Sub-news bulletins at various times of the day were also broadcast interlaced in the following years.
From December 30, 2013, the News at 19:00 has 2 anchors.[8]
As of July 3, 2023, the Hourly News section at 00:00 to 04:00 has been discontinued.
As of September 5, 2023, the Early Hour News section at 17:00. has stopped broadcasting after more than 4 years of broadcasting and has been replaced by the programme Thông điệp từ bác sĩ (Message from the Doctor) broadcast every Monday to Friday weekly & Nhật ký người Việt (Vietnamese Diary) broadcasts every Saturday & Sunday weekly.
Similar to the news program in other socialist countries like Xinwen Lianbo (新闻联播) of China Central TelevisionorVremya (Время) of Central Television Station (ORT1 now) of the Soviet Union, the content of the 19:00 News often mentions the visits of foreign politicians, or visits abroad of central leaders, large conferences and forums, public press releases and announcements through meetings of the Party and authorities at all levels, social, economic and political issues, good examples for the government, etc. Many important political news in the country and in the world are also broadcast in this program.
Besides the main content, Thời sự also has sub-sections such as:
VTV News before 1997 was broadcast after the program Những bông hoa nhỏ in the morning, afternoon and evening (19:17) daily in a pre-recorded form on VTV1 and VTV2 until September 1997.
The main version began to air when VTV3 broadcast the evening program in October 1997, broadcast live at 19:00 daily on VTV1 and VTV3 of the program with sole anchor (from 1997 to December 29, 1997), solo anchors (from December 30, 2013 to present), usually spend most of its time covering important domestic news. The first information in the program is usually the activities of the Party, the State, the National Assembly, the Government...leaders; announce press releases, announcements and meetings of the Government, the National Assembly, and authorities at all levels; speaking on major economic and policy issues. The program also reflects the official positions of the Communist Party of Vietnam on many issues. Then there will be socio-economic information. Other important stories and international news are often placed at the end of the program or interspersed with domestic news (except for important news, which will sometimes be reported earlier). Occasionally the program will also feature a special 5 to 10 minute commentary section devoted to particularly prominent domestic issues, presenting by another editor/correspondent. The 19:00 News is rebroadcast on VTV2 at 22:00, with additional interpretation in sign language for the hearing impaired.
A program with this structure usually lasts between 40 and 45 minutes. However, on occasions when a major event is taking place, important to the country, the program is sometimes lengthened, possibly up to nearly 120 minutes or more. Currently, the broadcast record of the program is 108 minutes, broadcast on January 26, 2021, covering the opening of the XIII Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.[9]
The 12:00 noon version has only one anchor (only from May 1, 2014 to November 27, 2016 with two anchors), and runs from 20 to 25 minutes (sometimes can last up to 60 minutes or more on occasions when major events are important to the country). Using the main visuals used in the 19:00 version, from December 2016 the show was recorded and broadcast in a virtual studio and the anchor will usually stand instead of sitting like the 19:00 version.
Before 2002, the noon news was broadcast on channel VTV2 at 12:00 and replayed on VTV3 in the afternoon.
Short version of the News usually broadcast at 08:00, 09:00, 11:00, 16:00, 23:00; the compilation version of news being aired during the day airs at about 19:55/20:00 immediately after the broadcast of 19:00 News with a duration of 2 to 15 minutes. This version features a single host when it airs between 08:00 and 23:15, using the same ident and visuals as the 12:00 and 19:00 versions, but shorter and the title is simply known as 'News' or 'Headlines'. For the edition aired 50 minutes apart between 00:00 and 04:10 there will be no anchors, instead, news sections are being reported in the form of pictures and text on the screen, using a short version of the ident with a band of lost birds flying around the Earth in dark tones, followed by the appearance of the words Tin tức (News). Previously, the bulletin had the old name of Short News.
All news broadcasts during the day can be viewed at VTV's official website and VTVgo app.
All time frames listed below are local time (UTC+07:00).
At the news broadcast at 19:00 on October 14, 2011, while reporting on the visit China of the General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, suddenly a picture of the National flag of the Communist Party was displayed. People's Chinese flag 6 stars – 1 big star and 5 small stars appeared on the screen. It is known that the current Chinese flag has only 5 stars representing 5 major ethnic groups in China. The big star is for the Han people, the 4 small stars are for the Hui, Mong, Tibetan, and Manchu ethnic groups.
Two days after the above incident, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, Mr. Luong Thanh Nghi, said that the Department of State Protocol has seriously reviewed, learned from experience and disciplined relevant officials this incident.[10]
On July 5, 2018, many television viewers expressed their displeasure when the weather forecast after the 12:00 News bulletin "transformed" the image of the electric pole fire in Hue City (Thua Thien Hue) into the image of a fire that occurred in Hanoi City.
The cause of the above confusion is that the editor unintentionally put a video clip sourced from YouTube, recording images of a fierce electric pole fire that occurred on Ben Nghe Street, Hue City on the afternoon of the day. 3 July 2018 without verification.
According to many TV viewers, the above incident may be just a mistake, but it is difficult to accept because VTV is a national television station while the program producers work sloppily.[11]
