British Tea Culture

British Tea Culture

(VOVworld) - Welcome to Culture Rendezvous on VOV24/7 with me, Ngoc Diep. British Tea Culture, we all know it exists, we all know it’s important, but what exactly is it? In today’s...
Family meals nurture happiness

Family meals nurture happiness

(VOVworld) – For Vietnamese, family meals are a time for family reunions. They help not only form family traditions and guarantee family happiness, maintain order and discipline, but also create the...
Wednesday, June 4, 2015

Wednesday, June 4, 2015

This week, we received a number of letters from Ulmar Qvick in Sweden. In emails to VOV this week, he expressed his great joy of listening to our broadcasts on May 18th, 19th...
Southern-style Vietnamese gardens in Hawaii, US

Southern-style Vietnamese gardens in Hawaii, US

(VOVworld) – Lines of straight areca-nut trees, verdant betel trellises, sweet-smelling jackfruits, and bushes of lushy piper lolot, which are typical images in a garden in Vietnam’s southern region,...
Houses of the Giay

Houses of the Giay

(VOVworld) – Ta Van Giay, a hamlet of the Giay in Sapa township, Lao Cai province, is nestled in Muong Hoa valley. The Hoa, or Flower, Spring provides water for the whole...
 Panpipe playing at Dao weddings

Panpipe playing at Dao weddings

(VOVworld) – Panpipes are an integral part of the spiritual life of the red Dao ethnic minority in Vietnam. The red Dao only play the panpipes at weddings and maturity rituals, not...
Wednesday October 22, 2014

Wednesday October 22, 2014

(VOVworld) - First up we would like to inform you of a frequency change for our winter broadcast beginning October 26. Listeners in Europe, Central America and the Caribbean, and Eastern America...
Traditional houses of Flowery Mong people

Traditional houses of Flowery Mong people

(VOVworld) – The Mong people live mainly in Ha Giang, Lai Chau, Son La, and Yen Bai province. Each Mong group has its own construction techniques but the Mong traditionally use wood...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

(VOVworld) - To begin this week’s Letter Box, we would like to offer our prayers to the victims of typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines and Vietnam
Hanoi and the cries of street vendors

Hanoi and the cries of street vendors

(VOVworld) – During his stay in Vietnam, Kham La, a tourist from Laos said he was particularly impressed by Hanoi’s street vendors and their cries

Tran Dang Khoa - About General Giap

(VOV) - A story about the legendary general being my first houseguest of the New Year happened long ago. It slept silently in some corner of my memory until a VOV...
Gạ village boasts steamed sticky rice

Gạ village boasts steamed sticky rice

Gạ village in Hanoi has made a reputation for its steamed sticky rice, or Xoi. Despite the rapid pace of urbanization, the villagers cling to their traditional trade, which has...