Vietnamese Print Media in Vietnam

Vietnam's literacy rate is 88% for the entire population, 93% for males, 83% for females. The average circulation for a daily Vietnamese newspaper is 9 per 1,000 population.

Here's a listing of Vietnam's top five daily newspapers:

         Hà Nôi Moi (New Hànôi)

         44 Lê Thai Tô, Hànôi   

         Tel: 4-253067          

         Circulation: 35,000    

Founded in 1976; acts as an organ of the Hànôi Committee of the Communist Party of Viêtnam

         Nhân Dân (The People)  

         71 Hàng Trông, Hànôi  

         Tel: 4-254321         

         Circulation: 200,000  

Founded in 1946; acts as an organ of the Communist Party of Viêtnam

         Quan Ðôi Nhân Dân (People's  Army)   

         1 Phan Ðinh Phùng, Hànôi 

         Tel: 4-254118  

         Circulation: 60,000  

Founded in 1950; acts as an organ of the armed forces

         Viêtnam News Agency   

         79 Lý Thuong Kiêt, Hànôi  

         Tel: 4-260987  

         Fax: 4-267447  

         Circulation: 10,000  

Published in English by the Viêtnam News Agency; founded in 1991.

         Sàigòn Giai Phóng (Liberated Sàigòn)   

         432 Xô Viêt Nghê Tinh, Hô Chi Minh City

         Tel: 8-295942          

         Circulation: 85,000    

Founded in 1975; acts as an organ of the Hô Chi Minh City Committee of the Communist Party of Viêtnam

A sampling of Vietnamese periodicals in Viêtnam, the topics ranging from health to culture, business and Vietnamese women's issues.

Giao Thông-Vân (Communications and Transportation): printed out of Hànôi on a weekly basis by the Ministry of Communications and Transport, with an average circulation of 10,000 (Tel: 4- 255387)

Khoa Hoc Ky Thuât Kinh Tê Thê Gioi (World Science, Technology and Economy):printed out of Hanoi on a weekly basis (Tel: 252931)

Nghê Thuât Ðiên Anh (Cinematography): published out of Hànôi on a fortnightly basis

Nông Nghiêp Viêt Nam (Viêt Nam Agriculture): a weekly publication out of Hànôi Phu Nu Viêt Nam (Vietnamese Women): a weekly magazine

Tap Chi Công San (Communist Review): a monthly publication of the political and theoretical organ of the Communist Party of Viêt Nam, with a circulation of 40,000

Viêt Nam Pictorial: published monthly in Vietnamese, English, Chinese, Lao, and French, and published quarterly in Spanish, with an average circulation of 100,000

Nhà Báo Và Công Luân (The Journalist and Public Opinion): a monthly review put out by an organ of the Viêt Nam Journalists Association, with a circulation of 15,000 Van Nghê Quân Ðôi (Army Literature and Arts): published monthly, with a circulation of 50,000

Other topics Vietnamese periodicals address are literature, sports, culture and arts, education and national unity.

The News Agencies include:

      Viêt Nam News Agency (VNA)                                   

      5 Lý Thuong Kiêt, Hànôi                                       

      Tel: 4-25293                                                  

The foreign bureaus with posts in Viêtnam are:

      Agence France-Presse (AFP): France                            

      Bulgarska Telegrafna Agentsia (BTA): Bulgaria                 

      Kyodo News Service: Japan                                      

      Polska Agenja Prasowa (PAP): Poland                            

      Prensa Latina: Cuba                                            

      Reuters: United Kingdom                                        

      Xinhua (New China) Agency: People's Republic of China          

      Informatsionnoye Telegrafnoye Agentstvo: Russia                

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