This week, we received a warm greeting from our Australian friend and listener, Stephen Hogan, who has not written to us for quite a long time.

Hello and welcome to VOV’s Letter Box. This feature airs every Wednesday. A: To begin this week’s Letter Box, I would like to welcome Fulvio Minerdo of Torino, Italy, to our program. Fulvio is a shortwave listener and listened to our program for the first time on April 24.

This week, we were very happy to receive feedback describing good reception quality in many places around the world.

In a letter to VOV dated April 15, Patrick wrote: “I enjoy listening to the Voice of Vietnam programs. I’ve been a regular listener since the 1970s. Thank you for keeping me informed and entertained over the years. It’s a pleasure listening. Please, will you send me one of your Voice of Vietnam pennants or other VOV materials. Please keep me informed by placing my name on your mailing list. I would like to hear more about Vietnamese painters and artists in your broadcasts. I’m also very interested in houses in Vietnam”.

Scorching summer days have finally come to Vietnam’s northern and central regions. The temperature ranges from 27DC at night to 37DC during the day. I think the temperature in the city is even higher than that.

(VOVworld) - Most of the letters and emails we received last week expressed how they are interested in listening to the Letter Box segment every week, especially if they hear their names or the answers to their questions.

A: This week we got a letter from Richard King, who last wrote to us in July. It’s always great to receive correspondence from our old friend Richard. We hope this edition of the Letter Box finds him well. Richard wrote to thank us for sending him Christmas and New Year greetings.

One of the happiest things we do on the Letter Box is to mention new listeners. Did you know it meant so much to us?

To begin this week’s edition of the Letter Box, we welcome Roger Tidy who wrote to the Voice of Vietnam for the first time on March 28, although he has heard our station on a number of occasions. Roger, 65, is retired and lives in London with his partner Luminita from Romania. He used to work in the media.

Before reviewing letters and emails we received last week, we would like to remind you once again that as of April 1st, we are using new frequencies for summer broadcasts beamed to certain areas in Europe and America. VOV’s delayed broadcast from Moosbrunn, Woofferton, and Dhabayya to Western Europe at 17:00 UTC is on 9625 kHz.