Muong Bi ethnic people celebrate Tet

Muong Bi ethnic people celebrate Tet

(VOVworld) – Unlike the Kinh majority, Muong Bi ethnic people think that spring arrives on the 27th day of the 12th lunar month instead of on the 23rd day. These days, all...
Vietnam makes progress in human rights in 2013

Vietnam makes progress in human rights in 2013

(VOVworld) – Highlights of Vietnam’s human rights work this year include election to the UN Human Rights Council with the highest number of supporting votes and the National Assembly’s...
The Ede ethnic group

The Ede ethnic group

(VOVworld) – The Ede ethnic group live mostly in Vietnam’s central and central highlands region. Their traces are reflected in epics, architecture, fine arts and folklore. Ede families are still...
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...
Chemical weapons in Syria

Chemical weapons in Syria

(VOVworld)- After several negotiations, Syrian President Bashar Al Assad has finally agreed to allow UN inspectors to investigate 3 sites suspected of storing chemical weapons
Damascus car bomb kills 18

Damascus car bomb kills 18

Syrian state media reported on Wednesday that at least 18 people, including 3 children, were killed in a car bomb in Jarmana on the outskirts of Damascus. This is the...
Traditional clothes of Viet women

Traditional clothes of Viet women

(VOVworld) – The Viet clothes are diverse and differ by regions. On today’s edition of Colorful Vietnam-Vietnam’s 54 ethnic groups, VOV reporter Bui Hang explores the uniqueness...
Interim Pakistani Prime Minister Sworn In

Interim Pakistani Prime Minister Sworn In

Pakistan’s interim prime minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso was sworn in as the sixth caretaker prime minister of Pakistan in a ceremony held at the President’s House on Monday....
February 20, 2013

February 20, 2013

Happy New Year, dear listeners. I’m very glad to be with you on the first edition of the Letter Box after a week off for Tet, the Lunar New Year...
Russia to evacuate citizens from Syria

Russia to evacuate citizens from Syria

Russia is preparing the evacuation of its citizens in Syria because of the “deteriorating security situation”, said Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov on Thursday
Pakistani Shiite procession hit by bombing

Pakistani Shiite procession hit by bombing

A bombing claimed by the Taliban killed at least five people and wounded 83 others at a Shiite religious procession in Dera Ismail Khan, in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday
Pakistan suspends NATO supply route for security reasons

Pakistan suspends NATO supply route for security reasons

Pakistani officials said Thursday that Pakistan has temporarily suspended the NATO supply route crossing its northwestern border into Afghanistan due to fears of Islamist attacks. An official said the NATO trucks have been held...