The Vietnam national radio station, Voice of Vietnam (VOV) is actually available in Malaysia via radio waves tuning, alongside with online streaming.
In Malaysia, VOV can be tuned through shortwave and mediumwave radio frequencies. Only VOV-1, VOV-2, and VOV-4 are certainly available, meanwhile VOV-5 is an external radio service.
1. VOV-1 SW 11720kHz & MW 711kHz
2. VOV-2 MW 783kHz
3. VOV-4 MW 873kHz
For Voice of Vietnam AM frequencies tuned in Malaysia, the 711kHz (VOV-1), 783kHz (VOV-2) and 873kHz (VOV-4) are transmitted from Can Tho City, they are the clearest tuning frequencies in Peninsular Malaysia so far, meanwhile newly launched VOV-1 transmitter AM 1071kHz from Ninh Thuan Province is mostly available in East Malaysia such as Sarawak, Labuan and Sabah, as well as neighboring country Brunei.
Note: AM 711kHz/783kHz/873kHz are only available in Malaysia from evening onwards after sunset, it is not available during daylight reception. However, coastal areas in Kelantan and North Terengganu may receive Voice of Vietnam AM frequencies from Can Tho all day long.
Voice of Vietnam VOV-1 on SW 11720kHz is transmitted from Hanoi-Sontay. Its broadcast hours are from 6:45am to 12am (Malaysia time), but it includes VOV-4 program from 6.30pm to 9.30pm (Malaysia time), based on short-wave.info website.
Unexpectedly, several Voice of Vietnam FM radio stations can be received in Malaysia via tropospheric and Sporadic E propagation.
==Voice of Vietnam VOV-1 FM==
1. FM 100.0MHz from Tuy Hoa, Nui Chop Chai received in Bintulu, Sarawak (1176km)
2. FM 94.0MHz from Hanoi received in Langkawi, Kedah
==Voice of Vietnam VOV-2 FM==
* FM 96.5MHz from Ho Chi Minh received in Bintulu, Sarawak (1102km)
==Voice of Vietnam VOV-3 & VOV-4==
* FM 102.7MHz from An Giang received in Langkawi, Kedah (739km)
==Voice of Vietnam VOV Giao Thong==
* FM 91.0MHz Ho Chi Minh received in Bintulu, Sarawak (1104km)
Thanks for sharing. VOV's newly launched transmitter (500kW, AM 1071kHz) is actually pointing east targeting the Spratly islands. It can be heard in Manila during good weather conditions. Reception of this new transmitter from Singapore is much poorer compared with the other frequencies. Additionally, it's also very close to 1080kHz, another AM frequency used by Chinese Radio International. After launching this new transmitter, VOV turned off their 9635kHz frequency, but changed the 11720kHz frequency to broadcast almost 20 hours daily. An autoscan would sometimes still stop at 9635kHz, meaning that the carrier is still there, but only faint sounds could be heard. Not sure if they are doing maintenance on 9635kHz, or if it will be shut down forever (like All India Radio shortwave, English section)
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