The 35th edition of the festival coincides with the 45th anniversary of Vietnam Television (VTV), the main host of the event.
500 programmes will compete in nine categories, including children's programmes, documentaries, reports, science and educational programmes, as well as talk shows, dialogues and discussions, ethnic language programmes, music shows, and TV dramas.
The ceremony will be aired live on VTV1 and Quang Binh Television at 8pm on December 16th.