From Sweden, Christer Brunstrom, who said he spent much more time listening to us in May after traveling quite a lot in April, reported tuning in to our May 19 broadcast at 1700 UTC on 9625 kHz with excellent reception quality. Christer said he found items devoted to the 122nd birthday of Uncle Ho very interesting.
This week we continued to receive letters from listeners in North America who tuned in to our broadcasts on 6175 kHz and expressed concerns that the closing of the Canadian Sackville transmitter would affect relays from Asian countries like Vietnam.
A letter we received this week from a family of 5 with 3 children who really love shortwave radio. We enjoyed very much their very nice postcards and especially a photo of their family showing the parents with their 3 lovely kids.
A: We’d like to begin this week’s Letter Box with a letter from American listener James Camili. James said that he sent us a reception report a while ago but he did not get a verification card.
A: Summer has arrived suddenly here in Hanoi where we are having lots of sunshine with temperatures above 32 Degrees Celsius. This week we received warm greetings from springlike Stockholm from Malin Mutka who recently resumed her shortwave hobby after a long break of over 20 years.
A. One week passed so quickly and here we are again with letters and emails from listeners around the world. Let’s start today’s Letter Box with a beautiful postcard from Robert Krolikowski, who lives in New York.
A: We’d like to begin this week’s Letter Box with a letter from Japanese listener Fumito Hokamura, who, in his letter to us on March 4th, said he’s very interested in the weather and spring time in Hanoi. Dear Fumito, we are having wonderful weather in Hanoi at the moment with intervals of sunshine and clouds, cool breezes, and temperatures around 24 DC.
A. April has brought us bright sunshine that lasts all day. It feels great to be with you again here on Radio the Voice of Vietnam after our long holiday commemorating the death anniversary of the Hung Kings – the founders of the Vietnamese nation. This year’s celebration fell on Monday, which is the 10th day of the 3rd lunar month.
As we expected last week, the uncomfortable humidity has finally gone, giving way to sunshine and fine weather. For the first time in years, Vietnam’s northern region is experiencing such beautiful Spring weather in March. It’s almost like the middle of autumn. The blue sky is clear and temperatures range between 19 and 22 degrees Celsius.
For the first time in many years, we’ve heard from a listener in the United Arab Emirates. In a 5-page email dated March 15, Dr. Avinash Cheekoth wrote
