Young Vietnamese increasingly turning to online news sources over state TV
Vietnam’s government-run VTV television network continues to dominate the country’s media landscape. However, the current survey also points to a powerful generational shift in media use toward online news sources and less dependence on state TV.
This trend is perhaps more clearly reflected in the results when Vietnamese adults are asked to name the three media outlets that are their most important sources of information. While almost three-fourths of those age 35 and older (74.1%) include
VTV among their responses, less than half of those age 15-34 (48.6%) do so.
Young people, in turn, are more likely to name online sources — most commonly the popular Vietnamese news and information portals 24 Gio and Dantri.com, and the global social media giant Facebook.
