Two foreign TV channels - Paramount Network and Baby First - have officially ceased broadcasting on Vietnam’s Pay-TV networks, according to the Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information under the Ministry of Information and Communications.

The Ministry of Information and Communications revoked a certificate granted to the International Media Joint Stock Company (IMC) on providing Paramount Network and another allowing Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV) to edit the foreign channel.

The decision was made following an IMC proposal to end the provision of Paramount Network.

The ministry also revoked a certificate for Msky Co. Ltd. on the distribution of Baby First in Vietnam, following a company proposal, and another to the Vietnam News Agency TV channel (Vnews) on editing the channel, based on the latter’s request.

Fifty-six foreign channels are now licensed to provide services in Vietnam.