(VOVWORLD) - Welcome Brian Keefe who listened to our program for the first time and wrote to us to say he received VOV’s signal on July 16 on 00:20 UTC and rated the signal strength as very strong, at S9+10 most of the time.

(VOVWORLD) - This week, we’d like to welcome back to VOV Mr. Otto Schwartz of the US. It has been a long time since we last heard from you.

(VOVWORLD) - Debakamal Hazarika of India told us that she listened to a program on July 24th on 7280 khz and rated SINPO at 44343. She said the “Colorful Vietnam – Vietnam’s 54 Ethnic Groups” segment taught her a lot about the culture and customs of White Mong women in VN’s Ha Giang province. “I really enjoyed today's show. It was informative and knowledgeable” Hazarika said.

(VOVWORLD) - Many parts of the world are experiencing extreme hot weather. In Vietnam, the central and northern regions were sweltering in scorching heat with temperatures hitting more than 40 degrees Celsius in many places on Saturday and Sunday. The weather got cooler 2 days later but is getting hotter again.

(VOVWORLD) - Bhaikan Hazarika of India emailed us on June 10th to say that she listened to VOVworld’s program with great interest: “I really appreciate your fantastic program. I listened to the “Colorful Vietnam, Vietnam’s 54 ethnic groups” segment, in which you talked about Cham script and teaching the Cham language in primary schools. I learned a lot about the script of Vietnam’s Cham ethnic group through this program. I really enjoyed it. I found today's program very informative.”

(VOVWORLD) - First on our show today, we’d like to welcome Mr. Brian Penney of the US. Mr. Penney says he listens to us regularly on the frequency of 7315 khz but this is the first time we have received his feedback.

(VOVWORLD) - We’d like to send our best wishes for Eid al-Fitr to all our Muslim listeners.

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

(VOVWORLD) - We keep adding more listeners to our website and Facebook fanpage. Sultan Mahmud Sarker, President of the Shetu Radio Fan Club of Bangladesh, told us that he visited VOV5’s Facebook fanpage on May 16th and watched VOV24/7’s Lunch Show with Montessori educators.This was a very interesting live show, Mr. Sarker said. He enjoyed it as much as the Letter Box.

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