Each week when we receive letters and emails from listeners around the world, we find that some of the listeners care about political issues in Vietnam while a majority are keenly interested in Vietnamese cultural, historical, and social issues. Dewan Rafiqul Islam, also known as Rana, President of the Friends’ Radio Club in Naogaon, Bangladesh, is a regular listener.
Happy New Year, dear listeners. I’m very glad to be with you on the first edition of the Letter Box after a week off for Tet, the Lunar New Year Festival. Tet is the biggest holiday in Vietnam and a few other Asian countries.
These days, the atmosphere of the traditional Lunar New Year, Tet, floods Vietnam. Vietnamese people, both inside and outside the country, are busy preparing for Tet, the biggest celebration of the year. As usual, part of the letters and emails sent to us are questions about Vietnam.
A flow of letters and emails poured into our office this week, bringing with them reception reports and beautiful New Year’s Greeting cards. In VOV’s English section, the festive atmosphere of the New Year Festival is reflected in colorful greeting cards from around the world.
As usual many of the letters and emails sent to us are questions about Vietnam. This week, Ratan Kumar Paul, a teacher and coordinator of the South Asia CRI DXER forum in Dakshin district, Indian state of Bengal, said he wants to know more about the Red River and pagodas in Hanoi.
This week, a series of New Year’s greeting cards from our listeners came to our office, confirming the arrived of the New Year’s greetings and gifts we sent.
This week, we received lots of letters and emails from listeners around the world with many questions about Vietnam. Thank you for the love you send to us. First, we’d like to mention Fumito Hokamura of Fukuoka-ken, Japan. He’s one of our most loyal listeners.
A: Dear listeners, may you be blessed with every happiness throughout the New Year. I hope this edition of the Letter Box finds you well.
New Year’s Greetings by VOV Director General Nguyen Dang Tien:
First of all, on behalf of all the English section staff, we would like to say thank you for your best wishes and greetings to us on Christmas and New Year. Yesterday, one of our regular listeners from England, Edwin Southwell, phoned us to say best wishes for the New Year. It touched us so much. He said he had received our QSLs, our 2013 calendar, and some other gifts. We hope that, like Edwin, you’ve received everything you expected.
