A: Welcome back to our Letter Box on Radio the Voice of VN on the air each Wednesday. During the week, we have received a lot of letters and emails from listeners around the world. But perhaps the letters from Abdulkarim Ahmed Ali from Libya impressed us most.
B: Right from the beginning of his letters, Ali expressed his appreciation for VOV programs even when he had to work in the desert between Zalah and Myada. Very moving!
A: He told us that for 40 days when he was in the heart of the Libyan desert, VOV programs were like a good friend providing him with ‘very interesting information’. He also mentioned the strong and clear transmission there.
B: Ahmed Ali, our dear and loyal listener, we, of course, will verify all your reception reports by sending you QSLs and our summer broadcast schedule. As for your request to have some English magazines of Vietnamese publications, we’ll try. But remember any letter from you, Ali, will encourage us to do much better.
A: From Tokyo, Japan, Yoshihiro Kusanagi reported tuning in to our May 27 broadcast at 11.30 to 11.57 UTC on 12020 kHz with excellent transmission quality. Yoshihiro said he listened to items devoted to the fine development of the bilateral cooperation between Vietnam and Japan.
B: He commented: “I realize the close relations between Vietnam and Japan. I’m glad to see that Japan’s technology is useful for developing Vietnamese industry. With Vietnam’s amazing potential, I’m looking forward to hearing more about Vietnam’s growth through VOV.”
A: Thank you for your comments about our transmission signal on 12020 kHz and hopes for the bright prospects in the bilateral ties. This is also our current wish, to date, Vietnam and Japan officially established diplomatic relations in September 1973. Over the years, the relations have developed strongly in many areas and have been raised to the level of strategic partnership. Political, economic relations and cultural exchanges have continuously been expanded with improved understanding between the two cultures. For these reasons, we think both of us have the right to believe in a vivid future of the bilateral ties.
B: This week we received a letter from a member of the British DX Club and a nice medal inscribed Danish Shortwave Clubs International. Our listener is Paul Mayes. What he sent us describes his love for our programs broadcast on shortwave including that of Voice of Vietnam.
B: Paul listened to the English program on April 14th broadcast to Ireland on 9620 kHz. He gave us a very detailed report ranging from which receiver he used to how the reception was and the detailed information of the program. Your information is very useful for us.
A: We are sure that all lovers to shortwave broadcasting programs are aware that DXing is the hobby of receiving and identifying distant radio or television signals, or making two way radio contact with distant stations in amateur radio, citizens' band radio or other two way radio communications. Many DXers also attempt to obtain written verifications of reception or contact, sometimes referred to as QSLs or "veries". And Paul is surely a DXer.
B: Paul, we find it a great pleasure for us to send you QSL cards and we also noted you’d like to have a writing pen from us to add to your collection. We’ll send them. But in case, they are delayed, please figure that they might be caught up in a ‘the temporary traffic jam at the post office’, OK?
A: Yah, right now, let’s take a short break with some traditional Vietnamese music dedicated to all our dear listerners.
A folk song
A: That was a piece of traditional music. Let’s continue our show with a letter dated May 24th from Grant Skinner of England. He wrote: “regarding whether or not the broadcast was clear, I find as follow the presenters when talking sounded far away, accompanies by loud powerful noise. Sometimes the broadcast was as clear as my local radio station then the SINPO was all fine.”
B: Grant also wrote that he had often listened to Voice of Vietnam in his living room during the winter and now that the weather is warmer he tried listening in the garden. He commented that the sound on the frequency of 9730 kHz at 19h07 is the same in both locations.
A: Dear Grant, thank you for your technical comments. We will tell the technical department so that they can check and reply to you soon.
B: In addition to technical issues, Grant also provided us with details of the program and the comments ‘informing and inspiring are the two words to describe the format and the content of the English program of the Overseas Service. Two words that reflect the nature of the Overseas Service articulated as it is news (informative), feature (inspiration) filling in the blanks is what Overseas Service do the best providing news and views on issues not normally covered elsewhere and with a focus that is totally unique with information and in-depth features’.
A: A big thanks for your comments, Grant. We will remember this to do even better. Dear listeners, during the week, we did receive a lot mails and letters from you. If your names haven’t been mentioned in this week’s Letter Box, don’t be sad. Time is up for today but we promise to acknowledge you next time. Please keeping in touch with us and we look forward to receiving more comments and suggestions from you. Our contact address is:
The English program,
Overseas Service, Radio Voice of Vietnam,
45 Ba Trieu Street, Hanoi, Vietnam
B: Or you can email us at: englishsection@vov.org.vn. And in case you miss any our program, you can always catch up with by logging onto our website at: www.vovworld.vn, where you can either listen live or listen to recorded programs.
A&B: Bye!!!!!!