A 1968 English broadcast featuring Trinh Thi Ngo on VOV

Tuesday, October 4, 2016 | 13:15:30

(VOVworld) - This recording is a rare, valuable English broadcast featuring the late legendary announcer Hanoi Hannah whose real name was Trinh Thi Ngo, on Radio the Voice of Vietnam. This program was broadcast in 1968 from Havana, the capital city of Cuba. At that time, when Vietnam was in a fierce war of resistance against the US, the program was addressed to American troops and friends of Vietnamese people to promote friendship with the American people and provide the truth about the situation in Vietnam.

The photo of Trinh Thi Ngo was taken in September 2015 (Photo by Minh Hanh)

Time	Items	Content
00:00-01:20	Signature tune
01:20-02:20	Hello from announcer	Introduce VOV’s English program
		Extend greetings to listeners

		Introduce President Ho Chi Minh’s new-year message to American friends
02:20-04:45	President Ho Chi Minh’s new-year message to American friends	Extend new-year greetings (1968)
		Describe the situation of the war in southern Vietnam (massacre, bombing, US government’s funding) to conclude that the US government committed crimes against Vietnam, wasted American lives, and destroyed the honor of the US
		Appreciate support of friends to stop the American aggression in Vietnam
		Reiterate Vietnamese people’s determination to fight the US aggressors
03:44-07:14	The Declaration of Independence by President Ho Chi Minh
07:15-09:27	Other words by President Ho Chi Minh to oppose to the American war in Vietnam	Refer to an article written by President Ho Chi Minh in a US magazine, which said the Vietnamese people never confused the American people, who love justice, with the US government, who waged a war in Vietnam
		Refer to a reply by President Ho Chi Minh to a Nobel peace prize winner, which described the consequences of the war for both Vietnam and the US
		Appreciate American friends who refuse to participate in the massacre in Vietnam
10:36-11:23	Announcement of purposes of VOV English service and its address
11:23-14:31	Song: Love for the native land
14:32-15:46	Introduction of following programs
15:46-16:55	Ending tune