History
- The Vietnamese News Agency (TTXVN) was founded in 1945 shortly after the August Revolution. On September 15, 1945, Ho Chi Minh's Declaration of Independence of Vietnam was broadcast through the TTXVN in Vietnamese, English and French.
- In 1947, news in Chinese was first broadcast but halted a year later.
- In 1960, the Liberation News Agency was founded to broadcast news in South Vietnam.
- In 1976-1977, the Vietnamese News Agency and the Liberation News Agency were merged under the name the Vietnamese News Agency.
- In 1991, begins publication of Việt Nam News, a national English-language daily.
- In 2008, the VietnamPlus website was launched, which published news in Vietnamese, English, French and Spanish.
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