Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

A: Ha Long Bay, Vietnam’s “Bay of the Descending Dragon”, is located in the Gulf of Tonkin in Quang Ninh province, about 180 km from Hanoi. With its exceptional...
Wednesday August 24, 2016

Wednesday August 24, 2016

(VOVworld) - This week, we got an email from Arvid Husdal, a 49-year-old radio enthusiast from Kristiansand in the far south of Norway. He said his hobby is Dx...
Wednesday August 10, 2016

Wednesday August 10, 2016

(VOVworld) - First up we would like to inform you some of our frequency changes as VOV has revised its shortwave frequencies and broadcasting times
Wednesday July 12, 2016

Wednesday July 12, 2016

(VOVworld) - I’m reading a letter from Ullmar Qvick, a shortwave enthusiast from Sweden. He was one of the founders of the Arctic Radio Club back in the 1960. It’s...
Environmental pollution projects unwelcomed

Environmental pollution projects unwelcomed

(VOVworld) – Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung has stressed the need to strictly verify investment projects before licensing. Mr. Dung was speaking at a national conference of the...
Wednesday July 12, 2016

Wednesday July 12, 2016

(VOVworld) - Northern Vietnam is in the middle of its summer, which is also the rainy season. Here in Hanoi, we are experiencing intervals of extremely hot days and torrential rains
Wednesday June 29, 2016

Wednesday June 29, 2016

A: From India, Soumya Bhattacharjee, told us that they already have the rainy season in India after the long, hot summer. He hopes the weather is calm and not so...
Wednesday June 15, 2016

Wednesday June 15, 2016

(VOVworld) - Vietnam has about 72,000 Muslim who are followers of the Bani and Islam branches. Most of them are Cham ethnic people, who live mainly in Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan...
Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

A: “We’ve had a period of very hot weather here in Sweden with temperatures reaching 28 DC. This certainly is too much for me and my wife but I guess this kind...
Wednesday June 1, 2016

Wednesday June 1, 2016

A: This week we received a special guest, Gerry Neumann from England. Gerry has regularly visited Vietnam’s Hue city in the summer to teach English as a volunteer. Before leaving...
Wednesday May 18, 2016

Wednesday May 18, 2016

(VOVworld) - We’ve received a lovely postcard and letter from Marlene Sherburne of the US. She wrote: “I haven’t written to you in some time and wanted to send you this card...
Wednesday May 11, 2016

Wednesday May 11, 2016

(VOVworld) - From Japan, Fumito Hokamura told us about powerful earthquakes that shook the Kumamoto region last month and destroyed many houses. He said this area hadn’t recorded many earthquakes before....
Wednesday April 27, 2016

Wednesday April 27, 2016

(VOVworld) - Although it’s the beginning of summer, it’s pretty hot with the midday temperature in Hanoi at around 32 DC and HCM city at 36 DC. Luckily there are some...
Wednesday March 23, 2016

Wednesday March 23, 2016

(VOVworld) - Spring has arrived in northern Vietnam, bringing with it high humidity and drizzles. The average temperature in Hanoi ranges from 20 to 25 DC these days. This weather is...