A: This week, we have continued to receive Christmas and New Year cards with beautiful greetings from our dear listeners around the world. We would like to thank Peter Ng from Malaysia for his beautiful Lunar New Year card showing a yellow horse on a red background. According to Oriental culture, red and yellow represent luck, happiness and prosperity. As the Lunar New Year approaches, we wish you all the best for the Year of the Horse.

(VOVworld) - We’ve received many beautiful Christmas and New Year’s Greeting cards and sincere wishes from listeners around the world.

(VOVworld) - Let us enjoy this Christmas which has allowed us to share our joy with near and dear ones. Merry Christmas, dear listeners!

First on our show today, we’d like to wish you, our dear listeners throughout the world Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. We’d like to thank you for supporting our broadcasts and websites and look forward to receiving more feedback from you.

(VOVworld) - Shortwave isn’t just for developing countries. A lot of our listeners in European countries and the US are still committed to shortwave broadcast to learn about other parts of the world. For many, it’s a hobby.

A: Dear listeners, as the year enters its final days, everybody in the world including the Vietnamese seem to be getting busier and more in a rush. The hurried atmosphere has invaded VOV’s offices, where we are busily preparing our year-end programs and New Year’s gifts for our listeners around the world.

(VOVworld) - To begin this week’s Letter Box, I’d like to welcome new listener Andy Chang of Davis, California, in the US.

Dear listeners. Today is November 20th and in Vietnam we’re celebrating Vietnamese Teachers’ Day. This is really a unique celebration which reflects the Vietnamese tradition of ‘remembering the source of the water we drink’ by honoring teachers and others who work in the education sector.

(VOVworld) - To begin this week’s Letter Box, we would like to offer our prayers to the victims of typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines and Vietnam.

A: First on our show today, we would like to remind you that on October 27, we adjusted the frequencies of our winter broadcasts. We made some minor changes and have sent the latest frequency list to listeners by mail. For now, listeners in Europe, Central Asia, and Eastern America please take note of the following adjustments.