BBC Media Action: project on climate change communication

BBC Media Action: project on climate change communication

(VOVworld) - Vietnam is the fifth most vulnerable country to climate change in the world. Temperature increases and changes in rainfall patterns will affect agricultural production, water resources and human health. Despite these far...
Egypt-one year after Arab Spring

Egypt-one year after Arab Spring

(VOVworld) On Saturday, the first anniversary of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's downfall, Egyptians took to the streets in a Day of Civil Disobedience to demand that the Supreme Council...
Cambodia’s Senate elections begins

Cambodia’s Senate elections begins

Cambodia’s Senate elections officially kicked off on Sunday with candidates coming from the two major parties in the country: the ruling Cambodia People’s Party and the opposition Sam...
Overseas Vietnamese contemplate about Tet

Overseas Vietnamese contemplate about Tet

The traditional Lunar New Year is meaningful to every Vietnamese. Those who live far away from home are filled with nostalgia and high hopes for the future of the homeland
Wednesday January 4, 2012

Wednesday January 4, 2012

New Year’s greeting cards have been pouring into our office this week. Listeners’ sincere wishes and beautiful postcards are making our office more colorful and joyful in these gloomy winter...
Sidewalk cafe- an ancient Hanoi tradition

Sidewalk cafe- an ancient Hanoi tradition

Sipping a cup of coffee every morning and observing the stream of people passing by has long been a pleasurable pastime for many Hanoians. As time goes by, the pastime...
Christmas jubilantly celebrated across Vietnam

Christmas jubilantly celebrated across Vietnam

Tens of thousands of Vietnamese people poured out into the streets to join with Catholics and Protestants on Christmas Eve. In Hanoi, crowds of young people were flocking to the city centre the early evening, packing major streets and causing traffic to grind to a halt. A Christmas atmosphere prevailed at churches such around the capital...
Worshipping the whale for luck at sea

Worshipping the whale for luck at sea

The Cau Ngu or Whale worshipping festival is one of many special events for people living on the coast in Hai Thanh commune in central Dong hoi city. The...