In new information shared on the abei.gov.vn Electronic Information Portal, the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information (PTTH&TTĐT) said that with the goal of ensuring that official information in the press must be the main stream, especially on audio, radio and television media, the Ministry of Information and Communications has been promoting to bring the national digital television platform VTVGo to reach more people.

One of the specific solutions that the Ministry of Information and Communications is implementing is to request enterprises that manufacture, import, and distribute smart TVs in Vietnam to install the national digital television platform VTVGo on the smart TV screen interface and integrate the VTVGo shortcut key on the remote control.

Specifically, in early August 2023, the Ministry of Information and Communications sent a document to large Smart TV manufacturing, importing and distributing enterprises in Vietnam, requesting these enterprises to promptly install the national digital television platform VTVGo application on the smart TV screen interface, with a deadline of the end of the third quarter of 2023 at the latest.

At the same time, the Ministry of Information and Communications also requested that businesses have plans to supplement designs and technical measures so that new Smart TV lines produced from 2024 can integrate the VTVGo shortcut key on the remote control.

According to the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information, the above proposal of the Ministry of Information and Communications has received support from enterprises manufacturing, importing and distributing Smart TVs.

Currently, users can easily install the VTVGo application from the Smart TV application store of the manufacturers. In particular, it is expected that in 2024, new generations of TVs will appear with VTVGo shortcut keys integrated on the remote control such as Sony, Casper...

“It can be said that enterprises manufacturing, importing and distributing Smart TVs have grasped the legal regulations on the management of radio and television services on the Internet, the orientation of the Government and the Ministry of Information and Communications on the national digital transformation strategy, the development of digital platforms, including the national digital television platform VTVGo, to be ready to install the VTVGo application,” commented the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information.

Integrating the VTVGo shortcut key on the Smart TV remote control is a measure to bring the national digital television platform to more people. (Illustration: Trong Dat).

In recent times, the Ministry of Information and Communications has actively implemented programs to promote the development and use of national digital platforms to serve digital transformation, develop digital government, digital economy, digital society, especially the national digital television platform VTVGo.

This is to implement the National Digital Transformation Program to 2025, with a vision to 2030, and the Prime Minister's Strategy for e-Government Development towards Digital Government for the 2021-2025 period, with a vision to 2030.

Specifically, the Action Plan to promote the development of the national digital television platform was approved by the Ministry of Information and Communications in July 2022. After 15 months of development, the national digital television platform VTVGo has achieved many remarkable achievements.

According to Vietnam Television, the VTVGo platform is installed on 28.5 million electronic devices, has nearly 10 million followers and users, with an average of 450 million monthly views and is used by more than 1 million overseas Vietnamese around the world.

Currently, all audiences can easily access all 7 essential national TV channels and nearly 50 essential local TV channels currently provided on the national digital TV platform VTVGo for free.

The Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information believes that the VTVGo platform not only contributes to spreading political television programs on essential television channels of Radio and Television Stations to more domestic and foreign television audiences, but also becomes an effective policy communication medium on television, helping press agencies better perform the task of policy communication, especially communication on digital platforms.

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