March 13, 2013

March 13, 2013

To begin this week’s Letter Box, we’ll say Hello to two new listeners, Andreas Lubnow of Germany and Muhammad Idrees of Pakistan. Welcome to VOV’s community of...
Course for Vietnamese nurses in Germany

Course for Vietnamese nurses in Germany

(VNA/ VOVworld) - The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids, and Social Affairs, in coordination with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), has announced a six-month language course for 120...
Railway linking China, ASEAN becomes operational

Railway linking China, ASEAN becomes operational

A railway that links southwest China's Yunnan Province with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries became operational on Saturday after seven years of construction, local railway authorities said. The...
Peace elusive in Middle East in 2012

Peace elusive in Middle East in 2012

(VOVworld) – Over the past year, many opportunities for Middle East peace were missed due to the inflexibility of the parties involved. Efforts by the international community have come to a standstill...
Provinces help people celebrate Tet holiday

Provinces help people celebrate Tet holiday

(VOV) – The Binh Duong provincial People’s Committee on Wednesday approved 5800 USD in subsidies to help provincial staff, armed forces, and social beneficiaries to celebrate the Lunar New Year by...
Vietnam-South Africa trade grows

Vietnam-South Africa trade grows

(VOVworld) – Vietnam – South Africa trade totaled 750 million USD this year. Vietnam’s exports to South Africa stood at 630 million USD, 5% higher than targeted, while imports totaled 120...
Adventures of a cricket, 70 years after

Adventures of a cricket, 70 years after

(VoVoworld) – Over the past 70 years, “Adventures of a Cricket", written by To Hoai, has become a close friend of many generations of Vietnamese children. Every sentence, every paragraph, and every image...
SOEs enterprises restructuring under discussion

SOEs enterprises restructuring under discussion

(VOVworld) - The University of Economics and Law of the Ho Chi Minh National University and the International Business Knowledge Company on Saturday held a seminar on restructuring of state-owned enterprises ...
ASEAN+3 enhances food security

ASEAN+3 enhances food security

(VNA) – ASEAN ministers of agriculture and forestry and their counterparts from China, Japan and the Republic of Korea convened the 12th meeting in Vientiane, Laos on Friday with more than...
HCM City hosts Southeast Asia Airport Summit

HCM City hosts Southeast Asia Airport Summit

120 representatives attended the 2012 Southeast Asia Airport Expansion Summit jointly held by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam and the Noppen Conference and Exhibition Company on Thursday in Ho...
16th Non-Aligned Movement Summit opens

16th Non-Aligned Movement Summit opens

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh is attending the two-day 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), which opened in Tehran, Iran on Thursday. Themed “Lasting Peace through Joint...