“Gift of life” offends astronomers, what does VTV say?

On April 10, the program “Gifts of life” with the theme “Astronomer” broadcast on VTV3 caused a lot of inhibitions for viewers and discontent in public opinion. According to Facebooker Dang Nhat Minh, this broadcast has content that disparages those who pursue their passions, forgetting everything around them.

And the fact that the program uses an example as an astronomer – a profession that is extremely important to develop in Vietnam in the race in the space age, has inadvertently created a story that brings out the best in the world. disdain for astronomers who are devoting themselves to the search for the stars.

“And yet, in this short animation, which can be watched by children, there is an extremely inhumane segment when people fall into a well without saving. And then they laugh and walk away, even let alone the life and death of the astronomer in the well. It’s extremely harmful to promote this mindlessness if the child is watching and learning. I think VTV3 should have an official apology to the astronomers. literature in Vietnam in particular and those pursuing passions in general,” expressed Mr. Dang Nhat Minh.

Many netizens also expressed their agreement with the opinion of facebooker Dang Nhat Minh. Many people even use strong adjectives to condemn the negligent construction and censorship of the script of the “Gift of Life” production crew.

VTV apologized and removed the “Gift of Life” broadcast on April 10

Immediately after this noisy information, Vietnam Television – the broadcaster of the program had the first response. This unit said: “Gift of life” is one of the familiar programs to TV viewers of VTV and brings gentle and useful messages about life. The show has received the support and love of the audience for many years.

About the program “The Gift of Life” with the title “The Astronomer” (based on the fable of Aesop’s Astronomer), after its broadcast on April 10, 2022, Vietnam Television has received some comments from the audience, saying that it is inappropriate to use the story of the astronomer to illustrate the program’s content and message.

Receiving the audience’s opinions, Vietnam Television Station immediately removed the program from platforms to avoid replaying, re-watching, and causing bad effects. Vietnam Television Station has seriously learned from experience and would like to send an apology to the astronomers for this unfortunate negligence.”

The representative of Vietnam Television also emphasized: “We would like to thank the comments of the audience and hope to always receive valuable comments as well as the love and attention of the audience. so that the programs of Vietnam Television Station become more and more perfect, serving the audience better”.

Before that, in 2015, the program “Gift of Life” was also accused of plagiarism. Accordingly, in the short film “My Father” of the program “Gift of Life” broadcast at 22:30 on June 25, 201, there are many content that overlap with the content in the published book “The whole family loves each other”. by author Bui Dinh Thang (artist Thang Fly). Mr. Thang said that “Gift of Life” had “plagiarized” his short story idea to make a clip in the June 25 broadcast.

However, after that, the representative of the production unit of the program “Gift of life” denied the “plagiarism” of the short story idea of ​​author Bui Dinh Thang. This person said: “The content of The Gift of Life, broadcast on June 25, 2015 is based on a short story by author Tran Quoc Tuan. This story was submitted to the contest in 2010, when the Gift of Life launched the campaign. short story contest”.

“At that time, author Tran Quoc Tuan sent more than 10 stories to the program and 5 of his stories entered the preliminary round, including the story “My father” – a story that has been submitted to the preliminary round. we chose to do the content for the program on June 25, 2015″.