A historic handshake

A historic handshake

(VOVworld) – US President Barack Obama shook hands with Cuban President Raul Castro at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service in South Africa. Although it’s a symbolic gesture, can the cordial...
US Secretary of Defense visits Pakistan

US Secretary of Defense visits Pakistan

(VOVworld)- US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced that he will travel to Pakistan on Monday for talks on bilateral relations and regional security issues including Afghanistan
South Korea assists Quang Tri’s development

South Korea assists Quang Tri’s development

(VOVworld) – The Quang Tri provincial People’s Committee and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) have signed a MoU on their cooperation plan named the “Happiness Program”
Press popularizes policy on ethnicity

Press popularizes policy on ethnicity

(VOVworld) – The Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs held a conference on measures to improve the efficiency of communications of ethnic policy and new rural development in the mountain regions
WB supports Vietnam in water management

WB supports Vietnam in water management

(VOV) - The World Bank (WB) Board of Executive Directors approved a 25 million USD credit this week to help Vietnam better manage trans-border water resources and climate risks and improve the...
Wednesday November 27, 2013

Wednesday November 27, 2013

(VOVworld) - To begin this week’s Letter Box, I’d like to welcome new listener Andy Chang of Davis, California, in the US
A test for Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra

A test for Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra

(VOVworld) – Thailand is facing serious instability because of demonstrations by both anti- and pro-government forces in recent days, the largest since 2010 when political strife killed more than 90...
Pakistan: protestors block NATO supply route

Pakistan: protestors block NATO supply route

(VOVworld) – Thousands of people blocked a NATO supply route in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in northwest Pakistan on Saturday to protest unmanned US air strikes. This is the main supply...