Corn festival of the Cong

Corn festival of the Cong

(VOVWORLD) -The Corn Festival is a traditional celebration of the Cong people in Muong Te district, Lai Chau province. After the corn harvest in the 6th lunar month, the Cong gather to...
Wedding ceremony of the Red Dao

Wedding ceremony of the Red Dao

(VOVWORLD) - Getting married is a significant milestone in a person’s life. Wedding rituals of the Red Dao ethnic people embrace traditional cultural features that need to be promoted and preserved....
WHO: Smoking kills millions each year

WHO: Smoking kills millions each year

(VOVWORLD) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday that smoking is involved in 7 million deaths annually, half of them from heart disease and nearly 900,000 from second-hand...
More effort needed to reduce tobacco use

More effort needed to reduce tobacco use

(VOVWORLD) -Although progress has been made in tobacco control, more efforts are needed on anti-tobacco measures and reduction of deaths related to smoking in Vietnam
Vietnam reinforces tobacco control effort

Vietnam reinforces tobacco control effort

(VOVWORLD) - Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien urged full enforcement of the Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco at a meeting in Hanoi on Sunday in response to World No Tobacco...
Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

A: Happy New Year. Welcome, dear listeners, to the very first Letter Box of 2017. Thank you very much for listening to VOV. We greatly appreciate your reception reports and comments on...
Vietnam responds to World No Tobacco Day

Vietnam responds to World No Tobacco Day

(VOVworld) – On Sunday, Vietnam Women’s Union and the Ministry of Health launched a campaign themed “Building Non-Smoking Families” to respond to the World No Tobacco Day and the National No...
US presidential campaign complicates TPP ratification

US presidential campaign complicates TPP ratification

(VOVworld) - Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders's notable victories in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday have complicated the path for US Congress to approve the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership ...