Wednesday May 27, 2020

Wednesday May 27, 2020

(VOVWORLD) - We continue to receive entries for VOV’s writing contest “What do you know about Vietnam?”
England Queen’s Guard

England Queen’s Guard

(VOVWORLD) - If you ever visited the Buckingham Palace, the residence of the most important family in the UK, you couldn’t have missed the Queen’s Guards, the soldiers who are always standing still...
Wednesday May 20, 2020

Wednesday May 20, 2020

(VOVWORLD) - We’d like to welcome to VOV Howard Guppy of the UK. In an email to VOV this week, Mr. Guppy wrote: “I was pleased to be able to listen your broadcast tonight. It is...
Ho Chi Minh diplomacy – diplomacy for the people

Ho Chi Minh diplomacy – diplomacy for the people

(VOVWORLD) - President Ho Chi Minh was an outstanding politician and cultural figure and also a brilliant diplomat. His ideology on external relations and diplomatic style embraces Vietnamese tradition as...
Wednesday May 13, 2020

Wednesday May 13, 2020

(VOVWORLD) - We’re happy to receive a letter from Webster Williams, a 61-year-old American listener who first listened to a VOV broadcast in 1972. He said it has been...
Spotted dick

Spotted dick

(VOVWORLD) - In today’s edition, we’ll introduce a traditional British sponge pudding called “Spotted Dick”. The dessert is really easy to make at home, and if you’ve never had...
Vietnamese herbs at international feasts

Vietnamese herbs at international feasts

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnamese-American Daniel Nguyen Hoai Tien was born and raised up in the US. He moved to Vietnam to develop his career with projects to benefit ethnic people...
An ecosystem to protect children in cyberspace

An ecosystem to protect children in cyberspace

(VOVWORLD) - During the COVID-19 social distancing, children used the internet much more than usual. Many bad actors tried to access online classes and posted malicious content to cause panic among students...
Wednesday May 6, 2020

Wednesday May 6, 2020

(VOVWORLD) - We continue to receive entries to our contest “What do you know about Vietnam?”, which we hold every five years
Incense-making craft of the Nung An

Incense-making craft of the Nung An

(VOVWORLD) - For many generations the Nung An ethnic minority of Phja Thap hamlet have been making incense sticks from natural materials. Phja Thap hamlet at the foot of Ta Hung...
Wednesday April 29, 2020

Wednesday April 29, 2020

(VOVWORLD) - VOV’s listeners have been telling us about the COVID-19 situation in their country. Jayanta Chakrabarty of India said: “As the world struggles to contain the spread of COVID-19,...
Wednesday April 22, 2020

Wednesday April 22, 2020

(VOVWORLD) - We’re so happy to receive the first entry in our “What do you know about Vietnam?” contest, which is held every 5 years. The 2020 contest, which coincides with...
Wednesday April 15, 2020

Wednesday April 15, 2020

(VOVWORLD) - This week we received several letters from listeners with postmarks that indicated they took more than a month to reach our office in Hanoi. That helps to explain...