(VOVworld) - This recording is a rare, valuable English broadcast featuring the late legendary announcer Hanoi Hannah whose real name was Trinh Thi Ngo, on Radio the Voice of Vietnam. This program was broadcast in 1968 from Havana, the capital city of Cuba. At that time, when Vietnam was in a fierce war of resistance against the US, the program was addressed to American troops and friends of Vietnamese people to promote friendship with the American people and provide the truth about the situation in Vietnam.
The photo of Trinh Thi Ngo was taken in September 2015 (Photo by Minh Hanh)

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00:00-01:20

Signature tune

01:20-02:20

Hello from announcer

Introduce VOV’s English program

Extend greetings to listeners


Introduce President Ho Chi Minh’s new-year message to American friends

02:20-04:45

President Ho Chi Minh’s new-year message to American friends

Extend new-year greetings (1968)

Describe the situation of the war in southern Vietnam (massacre, bombing, US government’s funding) to conclude that the US government committed crimes against Vietnam, wasted American lives, and destroyed the honor of the US

Appreciate support of friends to stop the American aggression in Vietnam

Reiterate Vietnamese people’s determination to fight the US aggressors

03:44-07:14

The Declaration of Independence by President Ho Chi Minh

07:15-09:27

Other words by President Ho Chi Minh to oppose to the American war in Vietnam

Refer to an article written by President Ho Chi Minh in a US magazine, which said the Vietnamese people never confused the American people, who love justice, with the US government, who waged a war in Vietnam

Refer to a reply by President Ho Chi Minh to a Nobel peace prize winner, which described the consequences of the war for both Vietnam and the US

Appreciate American friends who refuse to participate in the massacre in Vietnam

10:36-11:23

Announcement of purposes of VOV English service and its address

11:23-14:31

Song: Love for the native land

14:32-15:46

Introduction of following programs

15:46-16:55

Ending tune