(VOVworld) - This week we received letters from several listeners who haven’t written to us for quite a long time. Stephen Hogan sent us a warm spring greeting from the town...
(VOVworld) – A book called “The old ironworks” by painter researcher Tran Hau Yen The has breathed new life into the research of Hanoi’s architecture. It has won the 7th...
(VOVworld) – President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Massoud Barzani, called on regional lawmakers Thursday to form a committee to organise an independence referendum
(VOVworld) – China’s illegal placement of oilrig Haiyang 981 in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone has become a hot international topic and sparked a wave of protests in Vietnam and around...
(VOVworld) - Ashik Eqbal Tokon of Bangladesh shared his feelings after viewing VOV’s photo reportage of Long Bien bridge in Hanoi:“While walking on the bridge, I see many villagers and hawkers opening their shops beside the path. Fresh...
(VOVworld) - Shortwave isn’t just for developing countries. A lot of our listeners in European countries and the US are still committed to shortwave broadcast to learn about other parts of...
(VOVworld) - There have been many movies and literary works depicting the lives of adults during war time, however, the number of works featuring the daily lives of the children during this time...
(VOVworld) - Đồng dao – children’s folk songs – are simple folk verses created long ago by unknown authors and passed orally from generation to generation. The lyrics are plain, often incoherent or illogical verses...
(VOVworld) – The Vietnam Summer Camp 2013 under the theme “10 years-the call of the homeland” kicked off in the northern province of Ha Giang on Sunday
(VOVworld)-Conference “Meeting localities and diplomatic corps” took palce in Hoi An ancient city today/ on Saturday as part of the 5th Quang Nam Heritage Festival 2013. The event attracted the participation of nearly...
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(VOVworld) – These days all eyes are set on Ly Son islands, Quang Ngai province, the homeland of the first troops who discovered Vietnam’s new territorial waters and established sea border marker...
(VOVworld) - If you want to draw the map of Vietnam, your first stroke might well be cape Sa Vi in Mong Cai city, Quang Ninh province. They call this place Sa Vi because...
As usual many of the letters and emails sent to us are questions about Vietnam. This week, Ratan Kumar Paul, a teacher and coordinator of the South Asia CRI DXER forum in...
(VOVworld) – The horrific night of December 18, 1972, one of the worst moments in the history of the US Air Force, has haunted 65- year-old priest Robert Certain. Each image...
(VOVworld)- On this day 40 years ago, December 18th 1972, US President Richard Nixon launched an air operation called the “Linebacker II Campaign” aimed at northern Vietnam
(VOVworld) – The custom of chewing betel and areca nut is one of Vietnamese people's fine traditional cultural features in the past. Areca splitting knife, pots of slaked lime, cylindrical lime holders...
(VOVworld) - Since Monk Thích Chúc Tiếp became the Head of Huống Pagoda in Đồng Hỷ district, Thai Nguyen province, 3 years ago, he has made the pagoda a shelter for homeless...
(VOVworld) - Lying in a small quiet street near Truc Bach lake in Hanoi is a small restaurant providing dishes from the 1980s. It does not attract diners due to its...
(VOVworld)-The 1945 August Revolution was an important milestone in Vietnamese history and opened a new page in Vietnam’s musical history, too. During this period, songwriters and musicians who were revolutionary activists...
(VOVworld) – The blazing heat of May can’t deter visitors to My Son Sanctuary in the central province of Quang Nam. The complex is now just an expanse of ruins, with...