Books and Reading Culture Festival opens

Books and Reading Culture Festival opens

(VOVworld) – The “Books and Reading Culture” Festival opened at Hanoi’s Temple of Literature on Saturday. The event began with an incense offering ceremony to recall the country’s thousand...
Mong Cai border market

Mong Cai border market

VOVworld) – Mong Cai is a border city in northern Vietnam. Visitors are inspired by its beautiful natural landscape, Tra Co beach, famous sites such as cape Sa Vy, the Tra Co communal...
April 17th, 2013

April 17th, 2013

One of the happiest things we do on the Letter Box is to mention new listeners. Did you know it meant so much to us
Preah Vihear hearing begins in ICJ

Preah Vihear hearing begins in ICJ

(VOVworld) - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on Monday began hearing final oral arguments in the legal battle between Thailand and Cambodia over the disputed area around...
Nguyen Quang Thach: a book beggar

Nguyen Quang Thach: a book beggar

(VOVworld) – Nguyen Quang Thach, who calls himself a book beggar, is working on his plan to bring books to rural areas and establish a reading habit in poor areas. Thach hopes that in...
Khmer people enjoy Chol Chnam Thmay

Khmer people enjoy Chol Chnam Thmay

(VOVworld) – Khmer people in the southern province of An Giang are excited about celebrating their traditional New Year festival and this year, they’re particularly happy, thanks to efforts by...
WTO cuts 2013 trade growth forecast

WTO cuts 2013 trade growth forecast

The World Trade Organization (WTO) on Wednesday cut its trade growth forecast for 2013 because of risks from the eurozone crisis and growing protectionism
Critical Venezuelan Presidential race

Critical Venezuelan Presidential race

(VOVworld)- The Venezuelan Presidential campaign concluded on Thursday and the official election will begin on Sunday. The race between the two main candidates, Interim President Nicolas Maduro and Democratic Solidarity Committee...
Wednesday April 10, 2013

Wednesday April 10, 2013

To begin this week’s edition of the Letter Box, we welcome Roger Tidy who wrote to the Voice of Vietnam for the first time on March 28, although he has heard our station...
Wet rice cultivation of the Viet people

Wet rice cultivation of the Viet people

(VOVworld) – Of the 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam, it was the Viet people who settled in the Red River delta and engaged in wet rice cultivation. Through different stages of development...
Chua village- A village of poems

Chua village- A village of poems

(VOVworld) - Chua village in Son Cong commune, Ung Hoa district on the outskirts of Hanoi is known as a poem village because local people have a great passion for poems and...