VietNamNet Bridge – The radio-television station of Phu Loc District in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue has reported a jam caused by Chinese radio waves on the 98MHz frequency band.

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Mr. Duong Dang Nhan, the station head, said yesterday that the incident occurred in Phu Loc town, the district’s capital and Loc Tri Commune.

Nhan said there were 28 public radio loudspeakers in theareas, which directly air radio programs broadcast from the district radio and television station.

Everyday Phu Loc radio – television station airs radio programs of Voice of Vietnam (VOV) and its own programs for 5-6 hours, divided into three times - in the morning, at noon and in the afternoon.

The jam and interference of Chinese programs, read by both men and women, occurred on the wireless radio loudspeakers on the 98 MHz frequency band for the FM broadcasting system directly from the district station.

"Our waves are strong so the Chinese radio waves could not jam the major programs. Only when we did not air, the channel was interfered with Chinese radio waves," Nhan said.

At the same time the radio station of Ngu Hanh Son District in Da Nang City was temporarily closed for being jammed by Chinese radio waves.

The station was closed after locals had reported that they opened the channel of the radio station of Ngu Hanh Son district last weekend and they heard people speaking Chinese.

Some doubted that the jam came from the resorts owned by Chinese in Ngu Hanh Son district.

However, the district chairwoman Nguyen Thi Anh Thi said that the unidentified radio wave was from overseas and it aired strongly along the coast of central provinces. As its frequency coincides with that of the district's radio, the jam occurred.

Thi said the contents in Chinese jammed on the district’s radio waves were being translated.

"We have suspended the radio station for 1 month to upgrade,” Thi said.

Local media last year reported that Ngu Hanh Son district is the home to many restaurants and resorts owned by the Chinese. Many experts worry that the district may become a little Chinatown after a series of coastal land plots sold to Chinese.

Linh Nhat