Vietnam launches TV talk show

Fri, 07 Mar 1997 | Source: DPA

HANOI (DPA): Vietnam's broadcasting system is poised for another milestone, albeit decades behind most of the rest of the world -- with the introduction this Sunday of its very first talk show.

The new show will bring together private entrepreneurs and state company executives to discuss with government officials how official policy effects their businesses.

The 45-minute show will initially only be aired in Ho Chi Minh City, the country's main commercial center, formerly known as Saigon.

The new program is entitled "The Path to Industrialization and Modernization" - which is lifted from the ruling Communist Party's key slogan which is aimed at making Vietnam a "basically industrialized" country by the year 2020.

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