Hello and welcome to VOV’s Letter Box, a weekly feature dedicated to our listeners throughout the world. We are Mai Phuong and Phuong Khanh.
A: First on our show today, we’d like to acknowledge letters from Abdukarim Ahmed Ali from Libya. This week, he sent us a batch of letters reporting listening to our broadcasts from June 13 to 23. Abdukarim listened to our programs on the frequency of 12005 khz from 01 to 0130 UTC and rated SINPO at all 4s for all programs.
Letters from Abdukarim Ahmed Ali from Libya. |
B: Thank you, Abdukarim, for your reports and interest in our programs and thank you for a very nice postcard. Sharing an interest in D’xing, Henry Zapatka of the US sent us a letter this week. He wrote: “I’m writing to you to report reception of your radio station on shortwave. I have listened to your broadcasts quite often and have learned a lot about Vietnam from them. This is what shortwave is all about - learning about other countries directly from them. Since I still enjoy listening to the radio, I’m glad that you still broadcast on shortwave”.
A: Henry, thank you for writing to us. We’ll send you a QSL card to confirm your report. Last week, we posted on our website a story featuring the winners of India's Bharat Ratna Awards: Ustad Bismillah Khan and Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. Sending feedback on this story, SB Sharma of India wrote: “thanks for introducing India's Bharat Ratna awardees Ustad Bismillah Khan and Pandit Bhimsen Joshi to world vov's listeners. Both are well known personalities of India. They give new heights to Indian music”.
B: Thank you Mr. Sharma for your feedback. We’re very pleased to introduce these two well-known personalities to VOV listeners around the world. The Bharat Ratna award is the highest civilian award of India and Ustad Bismillah Khan is a great Indian shehnai maestro from Benares and Pandit Bhimsen Joshi is a legendary exponent of Hindustani classical music.
A: Through this show, we hoped our listeners would learn something about Indian music and musical instrument. For more information about the award and these two artists, please check out our story on www.vovworld.vn in the Sunday Show segment.
B: In his email to VOV this week, Mogire Machuki of Kisii Kenya wrote: “Listening to this week's Letterbox I was very fascinated with the quality of this program. Many European stations have eventually closed down listeners programs after experiencing budgets cuts from their governments. It’s amazing that VOV has kept this tradition going on. I’m also amazed by the size of your staff, 3,400 reporters. It is really a big number. The quality of your internet feeds is awesome. The site is easy to access and rich in news about Vietnam. I’m dedicating my night time to read about Vietnam”.
VOV will celebrate its 70th founding anniversary on September 7th, 2015 |
A: Thank you, Mogire Machuki of Kisii Kenya, for your feedback. Our staff of 3,400 includes reporters, technicians, broadcasters, artists, and administrative personnel. The Voice of Vietnam will mark its 70th anniversary on September, 7, 2015. Over the last 70 years, the Voice of Vietnam has contributed significantly to Vietnam’s revolution, resistance, and national construction. The history of the Voice of Vietnam parallels Vietnam’s resistance and renewal, which was initiated and led by the Communist Party of Vietnam.
B: Since its first 90-minute broadcast at 11:30AM on September 7, 1945, the Voice of Vietnam has expanded into 4 media formats: radio, television, print, and online. It has 7 radio channels, 2 television channels, a print newspaper, an online newspaper, and a digital television station (VTC), which recently merged with VOV.
A: The Voice of Vietnam has grown steadily and has maintained its political firmness in fulfilling all tasks assigned by the Party and state. The Voice of Vietnam has been awarded many Party and state distinctions: the Gold Star Order, the Ho Chi Minh Order, the Independence Order (first class), the Order of Resistance against French invaders (first Class), the Order of Resistance against American invaders (first class), the title “Labor hero of the renewal process”, and the title “Hero of the people’s armed forces.”
B: VOV now has 6 domestic bureaus and 10 overseas bureaus. It intends to grow as a multimedia agency providing news to listeners in Vietnam and around the world.
A massive parade will be held to mark 70th anniversary of Vietnam's National Day, September 2. |
A: VOV’s 70th anniversary coincides with the 70th anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day. 70 years ago, on September 2, 1945, following the great victory of the August Revolution, President Ho Chi Minh read Vietnam’s Declaration of Independence giving birth to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The revolutionary spirit of the August Revolution and National Day September 2, 1945, remain vital today.
B: Assessing the historic significance of the August Revolution, international friends agree that not just Vietnamese people but working classes and oppressed people around the world were inspired when, for the first time in the history of colonialism, a young Communist Party made a successful revolution. The victory of the 1945 August Revolution made history not only for Vietnam but also for the world, representing the desire for freedom and justice of colonial countries and setting an example for them to rise up to wrest back independence and put an end to colonialism.
A: Over the past 70 years, Vietnam has understood the value of independence and freedom better than any other nation in the world. To preserve the fruits of the revolution, in the last 70 years, millions of Vietnamese people sacrificed their lives to unify the country and wrest back independence and freedom. President Ho Chi Minh, in the Vietnamese Declaration of Independence read at Ba Dinh square in 1945, stated that Vietnam has the right to be free and independent and all the Vietnamese people are determined to enlist all their physical and mental strength, and if necessary sacrifice their lives and property, in order to safeguard their independence and liberty.
B: Rising up from the dark nights of centuries of slavery and living through two struggles against foreign invaders was not an easy task. That’s why Vietnam’s achievements of the last 70 years are so remarkable. For the first time in its history, Vietnam began to rise out of poverty with poverty rates falling sharply year after year. Vietnam was one of the first countries to complete the UN Millennium Development Goals.
A: Becoming an industrial country by 2020 is the keen desire of Vietnam. In the current context territorial disputes, the significance of National Day is all the greater.
B: Next is an email from Rasheed Naz of Pakistan. He wrote: “I am regular listeners to VOV, I like the programs. Happy 70 years of Vietnam. The Letter box program is good and all the listeners’ letters are interesting. The program is informative. I like it very much”.
A: Shahzad Shabbir of Pakistan wrote: “Hello. My Club members and I are fans of VOV and participated in your contest. We enjoy visiting VOV’s webpage and learning about Vietnam history. Thanks to the Management of VOV for this. Best wishes for everyone”.
B: Mizanur Rahman of Bangladesh listened to our programs from August 1st to the 5th from 1600 to 1630 UTC on the frequency of 9730 khz and rated SINPO at all 3s saying the reception condition was fair.
A: This week we received a letter from Samuel Carlos De Santana of Brazil. Sending a reception report for a VOV program on June 7 on the frequency of 6175 at 3:40 UTC, Samuel expressed his joy at listening to us. He wrote he has been listening to VOV for more than 10 years.
B: Thank you all for your feedback on our programs. We’ll send you QSL cards to verify your reception reports and send you the souvenirs you requested very soon.
A: If you are interested in learning more about Vietnam, please check out our website at www.vovworld.vn or send your questions to our email address at englishsection@vov.org,vn. Our mailing address is: English Section, VOV World Service, Radio the Voice of Vietnam, 45 Ba Trieu street, Hanoi, Vietnam.
B: That’s it for today’s program. Thanks for listening. Good bye.