Sputnik, VOV sign cooperation agreement

VOV President Nguyen The Ky (left) and Rossiya Segodnya's Director of International Project Centre Vasily Pushkov (right). Photo: Sputnik.

Sputnik News Agency and Radio has signed a cooperation agreement with Vietnam’s national radio broadcaster - Voice of Vietnam (VOV). It is Sputnik’s first cooperation agreement with a Vietnamese media outlet.

The parties have agreed to develop a bilateral professional relationship in information to strengthen cooperation between Russia and Vietnam and to provide assistance to each other’s journalists.

Sputnik and VOV have started sharing text materials and will soon share radio news and produce analysis, research, technology, culture, and education programs.

Head of Sputnik International Broadcasting Anton Anisimov said, “Sputnik is honored to cooperate with one of Vietnam’s leading media outlets. We have the same goal – to give our audiences broader access to professional, quality, and up-to-date information about developments in Russia and the Southeast Asian nations.”

VOV President Nguyen The Ky said, “The cooperation agreement that Voice of Vietnam and Sputnik have signed is evidence of a lasting friendship between our countries’ media outlets. This agreement will give our countries new opportunities to learn more about the cultural values, history and current developments in our countries through the exchange of radio programs, which will help strengthen the traditional relations of friendship between the Russian and Vietnamese nations.”

VOV is a national media holding comprising several radio channels, more than a dozen television channels, a printed newspaper, two online newspapers, a news centre, a radio broadcasting technology centre, two radio and television schools, one advertising and radio services centre (VOVas), and the Export-Import Company Information Equipment Supplies (EMICO).

Sputnik (sputniknews.com) is a news agency and radio network with multimedia news hubs in dozens of countries. Sputnik broadcasts through its websites in over 30 languages, as well as on analogue and digital radio, mobile apps, and social media.

Sputnik newswires are available by subscription 24/7 in English, Arabic, Spanish and Chinese.

The multimedia portal Sputnik Vietnam is one of Sputnik’s resources broadcasting in East and Southeast Asian languages, including Chinese, Korean and Japanese.