Perfume pagoda festival opens

Perfume pagoda festival opens

The Huong - Perfume pagoda in Hanoi’s suburban district of My Duc opened on Saturday, the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, attracting tens of thousands of people from...
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
Vietnamese welcome new year overseas

Vietnamese welcome new year overseas

The Vietnamese embassy in Russia on Friday hosted a banquet for embassy staff, their families and the Vietnamese community in the country on the occasion of the tradition lunar new year....
Implications of EU rating downgrades

Implications of EU rating downgrades

Standard and Poor’s downgraded the credit ratings of nine euro-zone countries last week, making big news on a Black Friday the 13th. The rating downgrade hammers the...
Tet tours for Overseas Vietnamese

Tet tours for Overseas Vietnamese

Overseas Vietnamese are excited to return to their homeland during the traditional lunar new year festival. Some of them spend their holiday visiting their relatives or attending traditional festivals...
Iran enriches uranium to 20%

Iran enriches uranium to 20%

Iran has started enriching uranium to the 20-percent level. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed Monday that Iran has moved its enrichment activities to Fordo plant, deep inside...
Decade of the Euro

Decade of the Euro

January 1st 2012 marked a decade of the existence of the euro. In contrast to the excitement of the currency’s launch a decade ago, Europe is now fearing a...
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...
Letter Box 14 December 2011

Letter Box 14 December 2011

Hello, I’m Kim Chi - welcome to the Letter Box on VOV Radio. Hi, everyone. I’m Nhat Quynh. We’re here every Wednesday to acknowledge listeners’ letters we got...
Russia rejects using force against Syria

Russia rejects using force against Syria

Russia has vowed to block any UN Security Council resolution, which allows the use of force against Syria . Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said that Moscow will veto any resolution directly or indirectly using force. Gatilov...
British-Iranian relations worsening

British-Iranian relations worsening

Britain was withdrawing some diplomats from Iran following the attack on its embassy in the capital, Tehran, on Tuesday after protesters stormed the British embassy and a UK compound in Iran's...
Italy: New government, old challenge

Italy: New government, old challenge

Italian Premier Mario Monti has submitted to the Parliament a new austerity program focusing on reducing public debt. Monti’s new unity government is expected to breathe new life...