An international news program is launched to promote mutual understanding between people in China and Vietnam, Hanoi, December 11, 2023. (Photo/CMG)

China and Vietnam have begun a new round of media partnerships on Monday, with a brand-new news program launched to promote mutual understanding.

The program, whose name can be translated to "China and Vietnam Connection," is set to become the first international cooperation program broadcast on Vietnam's national television.

The new show will be broadcast in the Vietnamese language on prime time from Monday to Saturday on the VTC10 channel, covering news in China and information about China-Vietnam cooperation.

A launching ceremony was held in Vietnam's capital city Hanoi on Monday.

Shen Haixiong, president of China Media Group (CMG), addressed the ceremony via video link, saying the group will witness and push forward friendship between the two countries together with fellow Vietnamese media.

Shen Haixiong, president of CMG, addresses the ceremony via video link. (Photo/CMG)

Media outlets in the two countries should have more communication and write more stories, he added.

The new program was launched just ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Vietnam, said Tien Sy Do, member of the Party Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and president of Voice of Vietnam, in a letter to the ceremony.

Do added that the program will bring viewers rich content on cooperation in business, culture, education and tourism between the two countries.

Source: CGTN

Editor: Tan Qikuan