Frontier in VietNam

Vietnam shares border with China at northern, with Laos and Cambodia at western. Below are lists of frontier in Vietnam.

No	Frontier	Position	Country	Description
1	Lao Cai Frontier	Lao Cai city, Lao Cai province	VietNam - China	Lao Cai frontier is in Lao Cai city, Lao Cai province, Northern Vietnam. It connects Lao Cai province (Vietnam) and Yunnan (China)
2	Mong Cai Frontier	Mong Cai town, Quang Ninh province	VietNam - China	It is in north-east of Quang Ninh province, about 176km from Ha Long city. It connects Quang Ninh (Vietnam) and Guangxi Zhuang (China)
3	Huu Nghi Frontier	Lang Son province	VietNam - China	It connects Lang Son (Vietnam) and Guangxi Zhuang (China)
4	Dong Dang Frontier	Lang Son province	VietNam - China	It connects Lang Son (Vietnam) and Guangxi Zhuang (China)
5	Tay Trang Frontier	Dien Bien province	VietNam - Laos	From Dien Bien Phu city,follow the national road 279 about 31km,It connects Dien Bien (Vietnam) and Phongsaly (Laos)
6	Na Meo Frontier	Quan Son, Thanh Hoa province	VietNam - Laos	From Vinh Loc,follow the national road 217,It connects Thanh Hoa (Vietnam) and Huaphanh (Laos)
7	Nam Can Frontier	Nghe An province	VietNam - Laos	From Dien Chau (Nghe An) follow the national road 7, it connects Nghe An (Vietnam) and Xiengkhuang (Laos)
8	Keo Nua Frontier	Ha Tinh province	VietNam - Laos	It connects Ha Tinh (Vietnam) and Vientiane (Laos)
9	Cha Lo Frontier	Minh Hoa, Quang Binh province	VietNam - Laos	It connects Quang Binh (Vietnam) and Khammouane (Laos)
10	Lao Bao Frontier	Quang Tri province	VietNam - Laos	Follow the national road 9, it connects Quang Tri (Vietnam) and Savannakhet (Laos)
11	Po Y Frontier	Kon Tum province	VietNam - Laos	From Plei Kan follow the national road 40 about 20km,it connects to Attapeu (Laos)
12	Le Thanh Frontier	Duc Co, Gia Lai province	VietNam - Cambodia	It connects Gia Lai (Vietnam) and Ratanakiri (Cambodia)
13	Moc Bai Frontier	Tay Ninh province	VietNam - Cambodia	Follow the national road 22, to Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
14	Sa Mat Frontier	Tay Ninh province	VietNam - Cambodia	It connects Tay Ninh (Vietnam) and Trapeang Phlong (Cambodia)
15	Dinh Ba Frontier	Tan Hong, Dong Thap province	VietNam - Cambodia	It connects Dong Thap (Vietnam) and Bontia Chak Cray (Cambodia)
16	Tinh Bien Frontier	An Giang province	VietNam - Cambodia	It connects Dong Thap (Vietnam) and Phnom Den (Cambodia)
17	Xa Xia Frontier	Kien Giang province	VietNam - Cambodia	It connects Kien Giang (Vietnam) and Kampot (Cambodia)
18	Ving Xuong Frontier	An Giang province	VietNam - Cambodia	It connects An Giang (Vietnam) and Phnom Penh (Cambodia)

Media of Vietnam

Television

Vietnam Television

The first television broadcasts in Vietnam were in the 1960s when the United States set up two channels (one Vietnamese language and one in English) in Saigon.

The national broadcaster Vietnam Television (VTV) was established in Hanoi with technical assistance and training from Cuba in September 1970. VTV now is the largest television network in the nation, broadcast in nine FTA channels and available internationally via satellite. VTV also operates the largest cable network (VCTV) and a DTH satellite service. These carry the nine FTA VTV channels: VTV1 - VTV9 (no VTV 7, VTV8), fourteen Vietnamese subscription channels: VCTV1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (RealTV), 6, 7, 8 (BiBi), 9 (InfoTV), 10 (O2TV), 11 (TV Shopping), 12 (Style TV), 15 (Invest TV), Bóng Đá TV, and about 45 local & international channels.

Website: http://vtv.vn/Home/Index

Vietnam Multimedia Corporation (VTC)

VTC operates five national channels and is the only provider of digital terrestrial television (DTT) in Vietnam. VTC's DTT service is a subscription service though piracy of the signal is rampant.

VTC is a Vietnamese state-owned corporation under Ministry of Post and Telematics. It has 3 FTA channels VBC-VTC5 -the entertainment channel, TodayTV-VTC7- the movie channel, and Let's Viet-VTC9 -the Vietnamese culture channel, and a number of subscription channels including VTC2 - the IT & ICT channel, VTC3 - The sport channel. VTC4 - the fashion and style channel, VTC6 - the movie channel. Three new channels now broadcast for examination are VTC7 - the second VTC1, VTC10 the interactive channel and VTC11 - kid's tv, VTC12 Advertising channel, VTC14 Natural Disaster, VTC16 Argiculture

In 2006, VTC Mobile TV, one of the world's first subscription TV services for mobile phones, became available using DVB-H. It is operated byVietnam Multimedia Corporation, owners of VTC.

Website: http://www1.vtc.com.vn/#/

Local stations

Every provinces in Vietnam also has a private television channel. Those channels broadcast informations in local province, for example; HaNoi has HanoiTV, HoChiMinh has HTV, BacNinh has BTV,….

Radio

The first Vietnamese-language radio transmission was made on September 2, 1945 when Ho Chi Minh read out the Declaration of Independence.

Prior to 1945, Vietnamese people were banned from owning radio receivers, and broadcasting was under control of the French colonial government, which established the first radio station in Vietnam, Radio Saigon, in the late 1920s.

Vietnam's national radio station, now called the Voice of Vietnam, started broadcasting from Hanoi the just a week after declaration of theDemocratic Republic of Vietnam. During the Vietnam War, Radio Hanoi operated as a propaganda tool of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam.

South Vietnam set up its own network in Saigon in 1955.

Following Reunification, all of the radio stations were combined into the Voice of Vietnam, which became the national radio station in 1978.

Today, VOV strives to offer diverse, high-quality programming and in every aspect of mass media. It broadcasts on many channels, repeated on Medium wave (MW) AM, FM and shortwave (SW) AM bands throughout Vietnam and the rest of the world:

§  VOV1 (MW and SW) - news, current affairs and music

§  VOV2 (MW and SW) - cultural and artistic programs

§  VOV3 (FM) - music & entertainment

§  VOV4 (MW) - ethnic minority language programming

§  VOV5 (MW) - world service broadcasts in 11 foreign languages

§  VOV News - a website containing news and other aspects

§  VOVTV( Television Channel)- nationally broadcast which aims at delivering update news every 30 minutes per program

§  VOV newspaper 'the Voice of Vietnam'- a printed version with more in-depth contents of VOVnews website

§  VOV transportation - updating information during rush hours to help people travel smoothly through traffic jams.

As of 2004, it was estimated that VOV’s programs reached more than 90% of all households in Vietnam.

In addition, most cities and provinces has their own radio stations.

Website: http://vov.vn/

Telephone code in VietNam

Below are telephone codes of all provinces in VietNam. Currently we have 63 provinces and city,in detailed,pls see following:

	Country code:	84
	No of Province	63
No	Province	Code		No	Province	Code
1	Ho Chi Minh city	8		32	Khanh Hoa	58
2	An Giang	76		33	Kien Giang	77
3	Bac Lieu	781		34	Kon Tum	60
4	Ba Ria - Vung Tau	64		35	Lai Chau	23
5	Bac Kan	281		36	Lang Son	25
6	Bac Giang	240		37	Lao Cai	20
7	Bac Ninh	241		38	Lam Dong	63
8	Ben Tre	75		39	Long An	72
9	Binh Duong	650		40	Nam Dinh	350
10	Binh Dinh	56		41	Nghe An	38
11	Binh Phuoc	651		42	Ninh Binh	30
12	Binh Thuan	62		43	Ninh Thuan	68
13	Cao Bang	26		44	Phu Tho	210
14	Ca Mau	780		45	Phu Yen	57
15	Can Tho	71		46	Quang Binh	52
16	Da Nang	511		47	Quang Nam	510
17	Dac Lac	50		48	Quang Ngai	55
18	Dac Nong	50		49	Quang Ninh	33
19	Dong Nai	61		50	Quang Tri	53
20	Dong Thap	67		51	Soc Trang	79
21	Dien Bien	23		52	Son La	22
22	Gia Lai	59		53	Tay Ninh	66
23	Ha Giang	19		54	Thai Binh	36
24	Ha Nam	351		55	Thai Nguyen	280
25	Ha Noi capital	4		56	Thanh Hoa	37
				57	Thua ThienHue	54
26	Ha Tinh	39		58	Tien Giang	73
27	Hai Duong	320		59	Tra Vinh	74
28	Hai Phong	31		60	Tuyen Quang	27
29	Hau Giang	71		61	Vinh Long	70
30	Hoa Binh	18		62	Vinh Phuc	211
31	Hung Yen	321		63	Yen Bai	29

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