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.

A: Le Duc Tho was the first and only person ever to refuse a Nobel Peace Prize. In his declining statement, he wrote: "Peace has not yet really been established in South Vietnam. In these circumstances it is impossible for me to accept the 1973 Nobel Prize for Peace which the committee has bestowed on me."

(VOVworld) - Stories about typhoons, heavy rains, and flooding in Vietnam’s coastal provinces have dominated Vietnam’s media in recent days. Torrential rains inundated many parts of the central region, especially in Nghe An and Quang Binh province.