March 21, 2012

March 21, 2012

For the first time in many years, we’ve heard from a listener in the United Arab Emirates. In a 5-page email dated March 15, Dr. Avinash Cheekoth wrote
Vietnam progresses in gender equality

Vietnam progresses in gender equality

(VOVworld)- Vietnam has made remarkable progress in addressing gender disparity in education, employment and healthcare. United Nations Resident Coordinator in Vietnam, Bruce Campbell, was speaking today/Monday in Hanoi at the...
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...

National Radio Festival 2012

The National Radio Festival is a biennial activity of Vietnam’s broadcasting industry. It aims to honor outstanding radio broadcasters and products nationwide. It is an opportunity for broadcasters to...
Syria – a challenge to diplomacy

Syria – a challenge to diplomacy

(VOVworld) Diplomatic efforts are being made to find a viable solution in Syria. Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy of the UN and the League of Arab States, and representatives of Russia...
March 7th, 2012

March 7th, 2012

I’d like to begin this week’s Letter Box with opinions from some of our regular listeners about old-fashioned shortwave listening versus new media technology
Vietnam restructures credit organization system

Vietnam restructures credit organization system

(VOVworld) - The Prime Minister has approved a project to restructure the credit organization system by 2015. Accordingly, Vietnam aims to form 1 to 2 State-owned commercial banks which reach regional standards in...
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,...
Media's role in human rights protection

Media's role in human rights protection

(VOVworld) - Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, Do Quy Doan, said that the press has promoted the implementation of various international conventions on human rights protection and anti-discrimination against...
February 22, 2012

February 22, 2012

In its first month of operation, our website at www.vovworld.vn has received a lot of visitors, who are mostly shortwave listeners with constructive feedback
Green growth – Opportunities for Vietnam

Green growth – Opportunities for Vietnam

(VOVworld) The Prime Minister has asked ministries and relevant agencies to contribute additional opinions to complete by June a green growth strategy framework until 2020, with a vision to 2050. Consequently,...
February 15, 2012

February 15, 2012

Spring is all over Vietnam now and it’s the peak season of festivals in our country. These days, hundreds of thousands of people are making pilgrimages to places of...

Tran Dang Khoa - About General Giap

(VOV) - A story about the legendary general being my first houseguest of the New Year happened long ago. It slept silently in some corner of my memory until a VOV...