VTV4

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VTV4

Country	Vietnam
Broadcast area	Worldwide
Programming
Language(s)	Vietnamese English Mandarin French Russian
Picture format	1080i HDTV
Ownership
Owner	Vietnam Television
Sister channels	VTV1 VTV2 VTV3 VTV5 VTV5 Tây Nam Bộ VTV5 Tây Nguyên VTV7 VTV8 VTV9 VTV Cần Thơ (formerly VTV6)
History
Launched	January 1, 1998 (1998-01-01)
Links
Website	https://vtv4.vtv.vn
Availability
Terrestrial
DVB-T2	UHF 25, 26, 27
Thaicom 6 (Thailand)	4034 H 19200 [1]

VTV4 is a Vietnamese state-owned pay television network, serving as an International broadcaster of Vietnam Television. Launched on January 7, 1998, it offers the three domestic channels (VTV1, VTV2 and VTV3) to the Vietnamese diaspora worldwide. From March 31, 2018, Vietnam Television stopped broadcasting foreign satellite channels on VTV4. Specifically, Vietnam Television will stop broadcasting via satellites Thaicom5 (Asia and North Africa), Eutelsat Hot Bird 13B (European region), Hispasat 30W-5 (South America region), and Galaxy 19 (North America region).

Broadcast hours

NOTES: All times are in UTC+07:00.

• January 1995 – 3 February 1998: 21:45 to 22:45 (1/24h)
• Feb - end of March 1998: 00:00 to 02:00 (2/24h)
• April 1998 – 2001: 00:00 to 04:00 (4/24h)
• Before 1 November 2004: 00:00 to 08:00 (official programs); 08:00 to 24:00 (reruns) (24/24h)
• 15th May 2005 – 31st August 2008: 24 hours per day (programme officially starts at 00:00 - 08:00 and were repeated twice until midnight worldwide - Thaicom 3's region had 24 hours broadcast prior in 2002, which were available for Asia, Africa and a small part of Europe)
• 1st September 2008: 24/7.