China, DPRK discuss Korean Peninsula situation

China, DPRK discuss Korean Peninsula situation

China's special representative for the Korean Peninsula, Wu Dawei, met with Ri Yong-Ho, Vice Foreign Minister of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, in Beijing on Monday to discuss...
March 14, 2012

March 14, 2012

We’re receiving an increasing number of letters from Japanese listeners one year after Japan was hit by a disastrous earth quake and tsunami. It seems life has gradually...
Putin secures victory in presidential election

Putin secures victory in presidential election

(VOVworld) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has won approximately 64 percent of the votes at Sunday’s Russian Presidential election with 99 percent of the ballots counted. Official figures from Russia ’s Central...
Gold-leaf making craft in Kieu Ki

Gold-leaf making craft in Kieu Ki

(VOVworld) Located on the northern bank of the Red River, Kieu Ki is known as the only village in Vietnam still practicing the traditional craft of producing gold leaf. The...
February 29, 2012

February 29, 2012

We’d like to begin today’s Letter Box by acknowledging our loyal listener Abdulkarim Ahmed Ali of Libya, who lost contact with us for a long time. In the past week,...
ASEAN boosts building the economic community

ASEAN boosts building the economic community

(VOVworld) - 18th ASEAN economic ministers’ informal meeting has opened in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, to discuss issues related to the process of building the ASEAN economic community

Vietnam to overtake Thailand in rice export

(VOVworld)-Thailand , the world’s largest rice exporter, may lose out to Vietnam if its government increases rice prices despite fierce competition in the global market, warns a leading Thai...
Greece’s debt crisis still acute

Greece’s debt crisis still acute

(VOVworld) Eurozone finance ministers met in Brussels on Monday to consider a deal on the second bailout for Greece worth 130 billion USD and a major write down of privately held Greek...
Gongs in the lives of Central Highlanders

Gongs in the lives of Central Highlanders

Gong music is sacred to the Ede, for whom the sound of gongs evokes their origin myth, the Dam San epic. This story tells about the Ede leader, Dam San, longed to marry...
An outdated embargo

An outdated embargo

(VOVworld) February 7th marks 50 years of the US embargo policy against Cuba. After 9 US Presidents’ terms of office, the embargo appears increasingly absurd and outdated, representing the...
Vietnam - Laos traditional solidarity and friendship

Vietnam - Laos traditional solidarity and friendship

(VOVworld) State President Truong Tan Sang has begun a three-day official visit to Laos at the invitation of General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolution Party Standing Committee and President Chummaly Sayasone....
February 1, 2012

February 1, 2012

We’re excited to be back with our audience after last week’s hiatus to free up time for special features celebrating our Tet festival