A: On this occasion, many listeners shared their interest in stories about the development of Vietnamese journalism and asked about the history of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day.

B: Well, it’s a long story but we’ll be brief.

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B: During his journey to seek a way for national salvation and make necessary preparations for founding a Communist Party to lead the country’s revolution, Nguyen Ai Quoc was encouraged by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin’s viewpoints on the press: “A newspaper is what we need most of all; without it, we cannot conduct a systematic, all-round propaganda and agitation, consistent in principle. The press is the propagandist, the agitator, the organizer, and common leader.”

A: At the end of 1924, when he returned to Guangzhou (China), Nguyen Ai Quoc immediately began to prepare to publish a political newspaper, and at the same time opened training classes for elite young people brought from the country to study, to be the core of the future revolution.

B: Nguyen Ai Quoc and a number of colleagues who were his students performed this important work in a small attic on the busy shopping street in the center of Guangzhou. This attic was also the establishment and headquarters of the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association.

A: At this time, the issues of the Youth magazine were created, copied on wax paper, and then secretly shipped back to the country. In Vietnam, the Youth newspaper was handwritten into many copies by revolutionary organizations and then passed on to their comrades to read and communicate to the people.

B: The first issue of Thanh Nien, an agency of the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association, was published on June 21, 1925, and continued to be published weekly. With nearly 90 issues, the Youth newspaper completed its historical mission: Spreading Marxism-Leninism among the people, actively contributing to the theoretical, political, ideological and organizational preparation for the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam, opened a new line of journalism - Vietnam Revolutionary Press.

A: After Thanh Nien newspaper, Nguyen Ai Quoc founded Kong Nong (Workers Farmers) newspaper (in 1926) and Duong Kach Menh (Revolutionary Path) newspaper (in 1927). On October 1st, 1929, the Bua Liem (Hammer Sickle) newspaper - the mouthpiece of the Indochinese Communist Party published the first issue. In August 1929, the Communist Annam branch in Shanghai published a handwritten Red newspaper on wax paper. From the first publication of the Youth newspaper to the end of 1929, the Vietnamese revolutionary press had over 50 newspapers and magazines of the Association of Revolutionary Youth and 2 Communist organizations: Indochina Communist Party and Annam Communist Party.

Over the past 98 years, under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Vietnam’s revolutionary press has accompanied the country’s development process.

B: In the conference to unify Vietnam’s communist organizations and found the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) on February 3rd, 1930, under Nguyen Ai Quoc’s chairmanship, a resolution on the press was passed. Since the inception of the CPV, the press has performed a role of paramount importance to the revolution for national liberation, independence, and freedom.

A: Over the past 98 years, under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Vietnam’s revolutionary press has accompanied the country’s development process, playing a core, vanguard role on the ideological-cultural front, and making significant contributions to the Vietnamese Party and people’s revolutionary cause.

B: This week, VOV received more than 380 emails, letters, and phone calls from listeners of 36 countries and territories.

A: Sending us a report for his reception of our programs on the frequency of 9730 khz, Karuna Kanta Pal of India wrote: “I enjoyed your today's program current affairs, society, and business very much. Current affairs is one of my favourite programs. While many new things I came to know from your letter box program along with my question answered. Thank you.”

A: Sanil Deep of India wrote: “ Greetings from Calicut. Well once again it is my pleasure to send this mail . I hope everybody is keeping good health at VOV. This is the monthly report of your station, which I hope will be very useful to your engineering department.”

B: He continued: “Well I am still enjoying the program Music Section on Saturday with good  presentation by the host. Sunday show is superb both in terms of its content and presentation. Well, the letter box is presented in a different style giving updated  information  on Vietnam to the questions raised by the listeners. Happy to hear that letters to your station from listeners are on an increasing trend every week. New listeners are writing with great enthusiasm. The songs you include in between the letter box is a good  mixup for the program and I am really enjoying it. I would like you to answer the following question on the program: Is there any report of COVID-19 in Vietnam ? Is the pandemic completely eliminated in Vietnam?”

A: Thank you, Sanil Deep, for your feedback on our programs and detailed reception reports which are very useful for us.

B: Regarding the COVID-19 situation in Vietnam, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control has agreed with the Health Ministry’s proposal of downgrading the COVID-19 status from a Group A infectious disease to Group B, according to a Government Office document.

A: Ministries, sectors and localities are requested to continue studying recommendations of the World Health Organization to appropriately apply to the disease situation in Vietnam; and prepare plans for COVID-19 prevention and control suitable to the new situation, especially in strengthening grassroots health care and preventive medicine, and mobilizing and using resources.

B: Spirit of solidarity is urged to upheld to overcome the consequences of the epidemic that may be prolonged, and stabilize people's lives, especially the children orphaned by the COVID-19.

A: The Ministry of Health will coordinate with the Ministry of Justice to consider declaring the pandemic is over.

B: In Vietnam, we’re preparing to declare the end of the pandemic. What about your country? Please tell us about the situation in your country and send the stories to our email: englishsection@vov.vn.

A: Next, we’d like to thank Hayato Furukawa of Japan for regularly sending letters with reception reports to VOV’s English section.

B: Hayato Furukawa reported listening to our broadcasts from 2030 to 2100 on the frequency of 9840 khz.

A: This week, we received a beautiful reception report from Stewart Hayes of the UK. It is a reception report postcard which we believe he made by himself. Stewart listened to our broadcast on April 5 on the frequency of 11885 khz using Eton Radio and loop antenna.

B: Thank you, Mr. Steward, for tuning in to VOV. We hope to receive more regular feedback from you.

A: Malik Allah Bachaya Khokhar of Pakistan sent us an email this week saying that he has been a regular listener of VOV for many years and he likes the programs a lot because they are informative and interesting. He would like to receive some VOV’s souvenirs.

B: Thank you, Malik, for tuning in to VOV regularly. The Voice of Vietnam has over the past few years limited the sending of VOV’s souvenirs by post due to limited budget. Instead, we have increased interaction with our listeners on the digital platforms and have sent out digital verification cards. Still, we hope to continue to receive your support.

A: We continued to receive feedback from Massimo Lascialfari of Italy. This time, he reported listening to a German program of VOV. Massimo, you can contact VOV5’s German section and send them the reception report. We will forward your reception to them anyway. On our website at vovworld.vn, you can find VOV programs in 13 languages and the contact address of each language section. We hope to receive your feedback on our English program next time.

B: Thank you all for your interest in VOV, for sharing your love with our country, and for sending us your feedback. We hope to see you in Vietnam.

A: We welcome your feedback at: English Service, VOVWorld, the Voice of Vietnam, 45 Ba Trieu street, Hanoi, Vietnam. Or you can email us at: englishsection@vov.vn. You’re invited to visit us online at vovworld.vn, where you can hear both live and recorded programs.

B: Check out our VOV Media App, available on both the IOS and Android platform, to hear our broadcasts. We look forward to your feedback on the mobile version of vovworld.vn. Once again, thank you all for listening. Goodbye!