The Vice Directorof the Luang Prabang Information and Culture Department, SomlithBoupphapanya, said that the station, which was built earlier this yearat a cost of 57 billion VND funded by the Vietnamese Government,includes a television station that covers seven districts in theprovince and an AM radio station that covers 12 districts as well asother northern provinces in the country.
Accordingto Somlith Boupphapanya, the province’s existing television station canonly cover four districts and its radio station covers just 85 percentof the province.
Under Luang Prabang’ssocio-economic development plan for 2011 - 2015, its radio andtelevision station will also improve the quality of its news programmesto meet increasing demands from the public./.