Syria faces new challenges

Syria faces new challenges

(VOVworld) – Turkey on Monday accused Syria of opening fire on a second Turkish plane that was searching for the wreckage of a jet earlier shot down by Syria. The move has...
Ashraf elected new Pakistani PM

Ashraf elected new Pakistani PM

Pakistan's ruling party candidate has been elected prime minister, three days after the Supreme Court forced former PM Yousuf Raza Gilani from office
3rd National Assembly session reviewed

3rd National Assembly session reviewed

(VOVworld) – The 3rd session of the 13th National Assembly which concluded on June 21st after one month of assembly was successful in making decisions on many key socio-economic issues....
June 20th, 2012

June 20th, 2012

Starting this week’s Letter Box on Radio the Voice of Vietnam, we welcome Marcos Cox Aguilera from Vicuna, Chile. Marcos who tuned into the English program for the first...
US Assistant Secretary of State visits Vietnam

US Assistant Secretary of State visits Vietnam

(VOVworld) - US Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Andrew J. Shapiro will travel to Vietnam, Brunei, and Thailand in the next 5 days. On his first leg of his tour in...
Egyptian presidential election starts

Egyptian presidential election starts

(VOVworld)-The Egyptians go to the polls on Saturday in their presidential run-off between Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi and former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq, just two days after the...
Explore Ho Dynasty Citadel

Explore Ho Dynasty Citadel

(VOVworld) - An official ceremony to receive UNESCO certificate, declaring the Ho Dynasty Citadel as a World Cultural Heritage site will take place in the central province of Thanh Hoa this Saturday. After...
Egypt's presidential election predicted unsmooth

Egypt's presidential election predicted unsmooth

(VOVworld) - After four more days, Egypt will enter the presidential election run-off between Mohammed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood and Ahmed Shafiq, a former Prime Minister of ousted President...
June 13rd, 2012

June 13rd, 2012

During the week, we have received a lot of letters and emails from listeners around the world. But perhaps the letters from Abdulkarim Ahmed Ali from Libya impressed us most
SCO Beijing summit concludes

SCO Beijing summit concludes

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) concluded its Beijing summit on Thursday after 2 working days. State leaders from member countries signed 10 cooperation agreements and issued a joint statem
Large-scale protest in Egypt

Large-scale protest in Egypt

(VOVworld) - Tens of thounsands of Egyptians on Tuesday took to the streets to protest against a verdict for former president Hosni Mubarak and the senior police officials linked to the...
June 6, 2012

June 6, 2012

Ratan Kumar Paul of West Bengal, India, emailed us and said he listened to our programs from 15-21st May at 1600-1630 UTC on the frequency of 7220 kHz. He wrote: “On...
Kofi Annan back in Syria

Kofi Annan back in Syria

(VOVworld) - UN-Arab League Joint Special Envoy for Syria Kofi Annan arrived in Damascus today to discuss a solution to the Syrian crisis with President Bashar Al-Assad