Wednesday August 10, 2022

Wednesday August 10, 2022

(VOVWORLD) - Over the last 7 days VOVWorld received 360 letters, emails, and phone calls from listeners to give us their feedback and comments on VOV programs in 13 languages. The...
Wednesday August 3, 2022

Wednesday August 3, 2022

(VOVWORLD) - First on our show today, we’d like to thank our listeners for sending us greetings for Vietnam’s National Radio Festival which is taking place in HCM City. Though...
​Traditional house of the Nung in Lao Cai

​Traditional house of the Nung in Lao Cai

(VOVWORLD) - The Nung is the second biggest ethnic minority group and accounting for about 13% of the population in Si Ma Cai district, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai. They...
Fanous lantern, symbol of Ramadan holy month

Fanous lantern, symbol of Ramadan holy month

(VOVWORLD) - The fanous lantern has been a symbol of Ramadan for hundreds of years. For Muslims, it represents the light guiding the way. In Egypt, during the holy month of Ramadan, streets are illuminated...
Giay cake – a unique wedding offering of the Tay

Giay cake – a unique wedding offering of the Tay

(VOVWORLD) - Ethnic groups in each region of Vietnam have their own wedding customs reflecting their unique cultural identity. For the Tay ethnic group in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang, Banh Giay – round, sticky rice...
Wednesday June 8, 2022

Wednesday June 8, 2022

(VOVWORLD) - Recently we’ve received daily feedback from Bidhan Chandra Sanyal of India. He listens to VOV everyday on 7220 kHz and rates the reception quality at 43444
Kin pang ceremony of the Khang

Kin pang ceremony of the Khang

(VOVWORLD) - The Khang ethnic minority people in Quynh Nhai district, Son La province, hold a Kin pang ceremony at the beginning of the new lunar year to show gratitude of adopted...
Customer and business protection measures enhanced

Customer and business protection measures enhanced

(VOVWORLD) - While Vietnamese businesses have striven to produce high-quality products at reasonable prices, they must compete in the marketplace with contraband and fake goods. Administrative agencies have imposed measures...
Palestine’s eating custom

Palestine’s eating custom

(VOVWORLD) - Eating by hand or with a spoon? Left hand or right hand? And how do you eat with your hand properly? To answer these questions about the eating customs of the Palestinian people,...
Forest worship of the Dao

Forest worship of the Dao

(VOVWORLD) - On the first full moon day of the new lunar year, the Red Dao ethnic minority people in Bao Thang district, Lao Cai province organize a forest worship ceremony at...
Thai ethnic people’s house worship

Thai ethnic people’s house worship

(VOVWORLD) - The Thai ethnic minority group in the northwestern province of Son La worship their houses at the beginning of the year to thank their ancestors for blessings and pray for health,...
Books now become special Tet gifts

Books now become special Tet gifts

(VOVWORLD) - Giving lucky money to children has long been a Vietnamese tradition for Tet, the Lunar New Year Festival. But this tradition is changing. Books and tree seeds are given as...