Wednesday April 10, 2024

Wednesday April 10, 2024

(VOVWORLD) - This week, VOVWorld received nearly 400 emails, letters, and phone calls from listeners in 36 countries and territories around the world
Rescue work under way in Libya

Rescue work under way in Libya

(VOVWORLD) - About 7,000 people have been reported dead or missing after two old dams collapsed Sunday night in the city of Derna in eastern Libya. The dam collapse swept...
Boat carrying 500 migrants disappears

Boat carrying 500 migrants disappears

(VOVWORLD) - A boat carrying about 500 migrants has disappeared in the central Mediterranean. Alarm Phone, a group that picks up calls from refugee vessels in distress, said on Friday that...
Wednesday April 19, 2023

Wednesday April 19, 2023

(VOVWORLD) - Lotus flowers have an important place in the Vietnamese spirit and culture. Vietnamese people consider the lotus a symbol of beauty overcoming darkness. Lotus symbolizes purity, serenity, commitment, and...
Wednesday November 17, 2021

Wednesday November 17, 2021

(VOVWORLD) - We’d like to acknowledge listeners’ feedback and affection toward our weekly feature Letter Box, a segment that has been a bridge linking VOV with foreign listeners for over...
Wednesday May 19, 2021

Wednesday May 19, 2021

(VOVWORLD) - Today is May 19, when Vietnamese people at home and overseas celebrate the 131st birthday of President Ho Chi Minh
Indian author Geetesh Sharma’s love for Vietnam

Indian author Geetesh Sharma’s love for Vietnam

(VOVWORLD) - Geetesh Sharma, Indian author, poet, and social activist, loved everything about Vietnam and fought for Vietnam’s independence and freedom. It’s hard to find any other Indian who...
Wednesday December 23, 2020

Wednesday December 23, 2020

(VOVWORLD) - Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all VOV’s listeners. We’re entering the final week of 2020, also called the COVID-19 year, in which a world...
Wednesday December 2, 2020

Wednesday December 2, 2020

(VOVWORLD) - Dear listeners, today we’ll look at some of the answers we received to question number 6 in our contest “What do you know about Vietnam?”
Wednesday November 4, 2020

Wednesday November 4, 2020

(VOVWORLD) - The winners of our contest “What do you know about Vietnam?” have been announced. Today we’ll talk about some best answers we received. Regarding the question on major events...
Wednesday July 31, 2019

Wednesday July 31, 2019

(VOVWORLD) - This week we sent our greetings to Saif Khan, a 10th grader and President of the Learner Listeners Zone in Bangladesh. He said he visits VOV5’s website regularly and listens to...
Indian philosopher Tagore and his global impact

Indian philosopher Tagore and his global impact

(VOVWORLD) - Though best known as a poet, Rabindranath Tagore was a man of many talents. The first Indian to win a Nobel Prize for literature, he wrote and composed a wide array of songs, including India’s national anthem. He...
Wednesday May 22, 2019

Wednesday May 22, 2019

(VOVWORLD) - We keep adding more listeners to our website and Facebook fanpage. Sultan Mahmud Sarker, President of the Shetu Radio Fan Club of Bangladesh, told us that he visited VOV5’s Facebook...
Wednesday April 17, 2019

Wednesday April 17, 2019

(VOVWORLD) - Happy Bengali New Year to our Bangladeshi listeners. The Bengali New Year – also known as Poila Baishakh – is the first day of the Bengali calendar and is celebrated on either...