VTC Digital Television will start broadcasting EuroNews on the 1st of June. This new distribution agreement brings Europes most watched news channel to more than 2 million homes in Vietnam.
EuroNews will be available in English and French 24 hours a day and broadcast on channel 13 on VTC. Vietnamese viewers will have access to world news with a European perspective, as well as to a wide range of current affairs and lifestyle features including science, space, arts and entertainment.
EuroNews is available throughout the Asian continent via Eutelsat W5 satellite; the channel is currently distributed by operators in Hong Kong, Australia and Japan.
Philippe Cayla, Chairman and CEO of EuroNews said: We are very proud and satisfied to broadcast EuroNews in Vietnam thanks to this agreement with VTC. This collaboration represents a great step forward as EuroNews will be offered to more than two million homes. We hope to forge strong links for the future, bringing European and international perspectives on world events to our Vietnamese viewers.
Nguyen Thi Thu Huong, VTC Director of International Relations and Business Development said: With this launch of EuroNews on VTC, we can now bring one of the worlds top quality international news channels to two million homes in Vietnam. Moreover, viewers in the country will have more opportunities to watch world news through a European window which is different from Asian and American perspectives.