(VOVworld) - Many listeners told us that they were impressed by last week’s Discovery Vietnam report about the Cuc Phuong national park. Bhaikan Hazarika of India wrote: “Your information about this national...
The traditional Vietnamese wedding is one of the most important ceremonies in Vietnamese culture with influence from Confucian and Buddhist ideologies. In Vietnam, as in many other countries, an engagement ceremony occurs from a week to...
(VOVworld) – In the master-plan on economic restructuring approved by the Prime Minister last year, bank restructuring and handling bad debts are considered key tasks. The settlement of bad debt...
(VOVworld) – These days, Khmer people in Tra Vinh province are jubilantly celebrating the Ok Om Bok festival, one of their 3 biggest festivals of the year. In Cau Ngang district’s...
This week, we’d like to talk about Tet, Vietnam’s traditional lunar New Year festival. It is the most important celebration in Vietnam. Tết celebrates the arrival of spring based on the Vietnamese...
The Vietnamese Ao Dai (traditional long dress) has graced the world’s catwalks, acclaimed for its elegant appearance and its softness and lightness. The beauty of the traditional long dress rests...
(VOVworld) – Whenever I think of the historic event at noon on April 30, 1975, at Independence Palace, I always think of events on the last day of the war, April...
A: Vietnamese women have always played an important role in Vietnam's history. When we talk about heroic Vietnamese women, we often think of the Trung sisters, Trung Trac and Trung Nhi...
First on our show today, we’d like to welcome Javed Iqbal, a new listener in Pakistan. Javed wrote: “I’m new to radio VOV but in a very short period of time I am...
(VOVworld)- The new Foreign Minister of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Ri Su Yong is on a 10-day visit to Russia. This is the first visit by...
(VOVworld)- In Vietnam guidebooks, Hanoi’s Old Quarter always gets top billing. Hanoi’s Old Quarter comprises 36 busy guild streets. Tourists visiting the Old Quarter wander the narrow streets, visit the...
(VOVworld) – Weaving is an age-old custom of the Muong. They perform every step manually - growing cotton, raising silkworms, weaving, dyeing, and making clothing items. The Muong produce brocade products...
(VOVworld)- President Truong Tan Sang has over the past two days visited Gia Lai province to inspect the local socio-economic development and security situation. The President laid a wreathe...
A: Alex, in Vietnam, we have a great number of songs about our beloved President Ho Chi Minh. The songs praise Uncle Ho’s love for children, soldiers, the Vietnamese people and the nation...
(VOVworld) - The gong as a musical instrument is an important cultural item in the life of the Muong. It appears in all community activities and throughout a person’s lifetime....
(VOVworld) – 660,000 rural workers received vocational training in the period 2010-2013, mainly in husbandry and fishery, as part of the national new rural development program. VOV’s Long...
(VOVworld) - Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (WPK) is on a working visit to several European countries. The...
September 2, 1945, was a resplendent milestone in Vietnam’s thousand years of national construction and defense. The Declaration of Independence established the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, affirming the freedom and independence of Vietnamese people internationally....
(VOVworld) – Ba Ria-Vung Tau province grows many delicious fruits, including dragon fruit, custard apple, grapefruit, and “xuong com vang” longan. The province’s application of the Vietnamese Good Agricultural Practices (VietGAP...
(VOVworld) – Caterpillar fungus, considered to be a rare and precious medicine, grows mainly in Tibet, China. This expensive medicine is used to treat a number of serious diseases such as cancer and...