A: Happy New Year. Welcome, dear listeners, to the very first Letter Box of 2017. Thank you very much for listening to VOV. We greatly appreciate your reception reports and comments on our programs. Many listeners have sent feedback on our broadcasts on a regular basis, by postal mail and email and phone.

(VOVworld) - Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our listeners. Thank you very much for sending us your greeting cards. These beautiful cards have brought the joyous Christmas atmosphere from so many countries to VOV.

A: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Christmas is just around the corner and we wish you a happy holiday season.

(VOVworld) - A: We’re so excited to welcome a new listener to VOV’s DX’ing community: Tom Beaton of the US!

Bang Lang Stork Garden lies within the area of Binh Thoi hamlet, Thoi Thuan commune, Thot Not district, Can Tho city. It is surrounded by immense rice paddies as well as interlacing canals.

(VOVworld) - This week I’m especially impressed by a package from Roger Roussel of Canada. It’s a large envelope with 5 big stamps featuring famous Canadian hockey players. He sent us a calendar, a greeting card, and sticker notes. Thank you very much, Roger, for these lovely.

A: Ok Om Bok is an example. It is also called the Festival of Worshipping the Moon and takes place at the Ao Ba Om (Ba Om Pond) relic site in the southern province of Tra Vinh.

(VOVworld) - We’re very happy to welcome 3 new listeners this week. First is Jose Socorro Soeiro Maranhao, a listener from Brazil. He has been a loyal listener to VOV’s Spanish program, but this is his first reception report for the English program.

A: In today’s program, we will introduce you to singer Thuy Chi, who found fame through YouTube and social networks. Thuy Chi has been playing piano since the age of 6. She recently graduated from the Vietnam National Academy of Music.

(VOVworld) - S.B Sharma of India listened to VOV on October 29 and one of the headlines was about low atmospheric pressure in Vietnam’s northern provinces bringing heavy rains and serious damages. The government has stepped up rescue and relief operations to help affected people.