(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has begun 2 days of national mourning for President Tran Dai Quang, who passed away from an illness. Many of our listeners have expressed their condolences.

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

(VOVWORLD) - This week we’re very happy to receive congratulations and wishes from listeners on the occasion of VOV’s 73rd anniversary.

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

(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.