BTV Manh Cuong of VTV made a mistake when reporting the storm, was corrected and had to apologize in a hurry

Although he has experience in leading many live news, but under the pressure and heat of the news of Typhoon Yagi, Manh Cuong when leading 24h Motion, had a confusion about the name of Hai Phong City. His words were immediately corrected.

In the program 24h Movement aired at noon on September 7, the information about Typhoon Yagi was updated by the MC of the program - BTV Manh Cuong. However, in the news, the male MC mispronounced Hai Phong city as "Hai Phong province".

Verbatim quote of BTV Manh Cuong: "We have also visited the ho.t spots of Hai Phong and Quang Ninh provinces to update you with the latest information about storm No. 3".

This confusion also only appeared once at the beginning of the news, in the next mentions of BTV Manh Cuong quickly realized the wrong place and called "Hai Phong city" as usual.

But soon after, a netizen posted a question about this issue on Threads: "Did I hear it wrong? What province?" and the icon were not very happy. After most of the comments of the people thought that it was normal to be confused while leading the breaking news and suggested that this person happily ignore it, this netizen deleted the post.

But someone else reposted and brought this issue up for discussion. Below this repost, netizens continue to leave many mixed comments, in which many people affirmed that they should sympathize with BTV in emergency situations and hope that BTV should learn from experience and avoid such basic mistakes.

In response to the negative feedback, BTV Manh Cuong left an apologetic comment in this very post using his family's TV Family account. He admitted that the background of the news was too ho.t, the director constantly reminded his ears, so there was a moment of distraction and misleading. In the next news, the team realized the mistake and corrected it immediately.

"Hello everyone, I am the host of today's news on VTV. And also the person who misquoted information about Hai Phong city, everyone. This morning, the news was too ho.t, the news was updated, the director reminded the MC's ears constantly, so I was absent-minded, leading to misinformation about Hai Phong city. The team also realized it at that time and corrected it in the next news. I sincerely apologize to the audience and learn from my deep experience. I hope everyone understands and understands my situation today. Wish everyone always safety and peace!" - BTV Manh Cuong said.

According to information from the Hai Phong City Portal, in 1888, with the Decree establishing the Hai Phong City Council of the Governor General of Indochina, Hai Phong officially became a port city and one of the three leading cities in Indochina. In 1976, Hai Phong officially became a centrally run city of the country. along with Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Manh Cuong was born in 1995, currently a member of VTV24 News Center. His wife is Huong Giang, a member of the Vietnam Defense Television channel. The two got married in 2019 after a long time together. Manh Cuong and his wife have two children.

Sharing about married life, Manh Cuong said that the two are in the same profession and the same ag.e, so there is harmony and understanding. His wife supports him a lot at work. The two try to balance their work schedules at the TV station to make time for themselves and their families.

He and his wife are active on social networks. The two set up a TikTok channel called TV Family, with 1.7 million followers. The fanpage of the same name on Facebook of Manh Cuong and his wife also attracted nearly 650 thousand followers. The posts and photos of the BTV couple on social networks also attract a large amount of interaction.

BTV Mạnh Cường: Học Ngân hàng ra làm ở VTV, chủ kênh Tiktok Gia đình truyền hình Trí Nhi15:15:25 09/09/2024Mạnh Cường là nam MC quen mặt với khán giả truyền hình, qua nhiều bản tin trên sóng VTV, anh thường dẫn tin tức trong Chuyển động 24h. Ngoài ra, Mạnh Cường còn được biết đến khi cùng vợ cũng là MC, tạo nên kênh Tiktok Gia đình truyền hình.