(VOVWORLD) - Thank you, listeners, for congratulating Vietnam on its success at the ongoing Asian Games in Indonesia. With two gold, 12 silver, and 13 bronze, the Vietnamese team ranked 20th in the medal tally by 2 pm Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Our listeners often tell us about the weather in their country. We know that August is the hottest month in Tokyo. Some 800,000 people were displaced and more than 350 died in the worst flooding in a century in southern India's Kerala state last week. Due to the summer monsoon, Dhaka is in a long rainy season from June to October.

(VOVWORLD) - Welcome to the Letter Box, our weekly feature dedicated to our listeners around the world.

(VOVWORLD) - This week we received reception reports for VOV programs in Japanese, German, Spanish, and Chinese. We’ll forward these emails to our other foreign language sections.

(VOVWORLD) - Welcome to the Letter Box, our weekly feature dedicated to our listeners around the world.

(VOVWORLD) -We’re very glad when our listeners tell us that they have received VOV’s QSL cards and gifts. Every week, VOVWorld sends letters to listeners around the world. Most of them are delivered to the right address. For various reasons, some are lost on the way and never reach our listeners. You wait for VOV’s QSL cards and we wait for delivery confirmation.

(VOVWORLD) - Welcome to the Letter Box, our weekly feature dedicated to our listeners around the world.

(VOVWORLD) -We’re glad to welcome Albert E Ford of England back to VOV’s DX’er community. He told us that he has been a radio enthusiast since the early 1970's and a more seriously active Dx’er in all forms of radio communications from about 1983 to late 1994 / early 1995.

(VOVWORLD) - Welcome to the Letter Box, our weekly feature dedicated to our listeners around the world.

(VOVWORLD) -This week we got some letters from some listeners, who have not listened to shortwave for a while. Having returned, Marzio Vizzoni of Italy said: “I was very pleased to listen once again to your interesting program. Since 1973 my hobby has been listening to radio. For me radio is a window on the world. Your program improves my understanding of the life, culture, people of your country and your tourist spots. I like the music and songs you broadcast very much.”