Decree amendments open paid TV firms to foreign investment

Foreign investors may soon be able to buy shares at companies providing paid radio and television services.

Sofia Vergara tops Forbes list of best paid TV actresses

Colombian-American actress Sofia Vergara topped Forbes magazine's annual list of best paid television actresses for the fifth year in a row on Wednesday, earning a whopping $43 million dollars.

Large TV operators take over market Five major cable television providers, namely SCTV, VTVcab, VNPT, Viettel, and FPT, are competing to offer multiple services to win more subscribers.

Telco gets go-ahead for pay-TV The Ministry of Information and Communication yesterday issued a licence to FPT Telecoms to provide a paid TV service in Viet Nam, despite strong opposition from the Viet Nam Pay Television Association.

State budget sets aside $30 billion for construction, socio-economic tasks The Government will earmark almost VND634 trillion (US$30 billion) of the 2012 State budget for activities such as construction, debt payment and other socio-economic and national defence tasks.

NA mulls transport and internet issues Traffic congestion and online gaming took the spotlight at a question and answer session at the 22nd session of the National Assembly Standing Committee yesterday.