The national television festival opened on December 18 in the central city of Da Nang, bringing together producers and other broadcast professionals to share experiences.

About 700 entries from both State-owned and private studios will be in competition for recognition as the best works of 2011.

Eight categories including children's programming; documentary and reporting; short reporting; science and education programmes; talk shows; ethnic programmes; music shows; and television series will be judged by different jury panels.

The works reflect the country's political, social, economic and cultural achievements as well as current issues such as hunger and poverty, corruption and the campaign to emulate President Ho Chi Minh's moral example, according to the organising committee.

The festival, once limited to State-owned studios, now involves 12 private studios in the three categories of reporting, talk shows and documentaries.
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