Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

A: In an email to VOV this week, SB Sharma of India asked about some special food made with green bananas, so we’ll tell you about snails cooked with green banana...
Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

This week we also received congratulations on the occasion of World Radio Day, February 13. SB Sharma of India wrote: “Wishing you a very, very happy world radio day. It...
Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

B: Nguyen Du, who was born in 1765 and died in 1820, wrote many valuable works, the most famous being The Tale of Kieu. This masterpiece has been now translated into more...
Clashes between Israel and Hezbollah

Clashes between Israel and Hezbollah

(VOVworld) - Hezbollah set off a large bomb on the western section of Mount Dov on the Israel-Lebanon border on Monday, targeting two armored military vehicles that were clearing a...
US kills IS and al-Shabaab senior leaders

US kills IS and al-Shabaab senior leaders

(VOVworld) – The US announced on Monday it has killed two senior leaders of Islamic State in Libya and the Al Qaeda-affiliated group al Shabaab during recent air strikes
Wednesday, December 1, 2015

Wednesday, December 1, 2015

The traditional Vietnamese wedding is one of the most important ceremonies in Vietnamese culture with influences from Confucian and Buddhist ideologies. It is a significant day not only for the couple involved...
Wednesday November 25, 2015

Wednesday November 25, 2015

(VOVworld) - Today we welcome some new listeners. Malik Allah Bachaya Khokhar, member of a radio listeners’ club in Punjab, Pakistan, and Zach Rutledge, who lives in Alabama state in the...
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

A: Vietnam’s struggle for national independence in the 20th century was associated with General Vo Nguyen Giap, Commander-in-chief of the Vietnam People’s Army. General Giap made many...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

A: Last week marked a milestone in VOV’s history and the VOV English Section’s history as well. On October 1st, we officially launched our 24/7 English channel which will broadcast...
Old books encourage reading habit

Old books encourage reading habit

(VOVworld) – The third annual old book festival has been held in Hanoi drawing number of readers and book collectors from across Vietnam. 12 publishing houses participated. Lan Anh reports
Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

A: First on our show today, we’d like to announce the results of VOV’s contest “What do you know about Vietnam?”, which were officially released on the occasion...
Wednesday August 26, 2015

Wednesday August 26, 2015

(VOVworld) - I’m reading an interesting letter from 61-year-old Lauri Niemi of Finland. He lives in a Helsinki surburb called Laajasalo, which actually is an island in the Gulf of Finland. “This is a...