The 35th National Television Festival opened in Dong Hoi city, Quang Binh province on December 16.

Around 476 400 works from television stations nationwide compete in nine categories including children’s programs, documentaries, reports, science and education programs, exchange - dialogue - talk shows, programs in ethnic minority languages, music and TV film series.

The submissions will be screened free of charge at Muong Thanh Luxury hotel on December 16-18.

As part of the event, there will be a number of seminars, exhibitions and exchanges aims to promote the creation in producing the television programs.