In this week's episode, we take "A Look Inside" Việt Nam's burgeoning environmental movement with Lương Văn Thiền. In our latest "Vietnamism" segment, we join Giang Nguyễn as she gives a brief introduction to the six tones of the Vietnamese language.
Episode 5 - Bitcoin in Việt Nam, Part 1; Tricky Names
In this week's episode, we take "A Look Inside" into the rising use of Bitcoin in Việt Nam. In our latest "Vietnamism" segment, we help non-native speakers pronounce some common, tricky Vietnamese names.
Episode 4 - StoryMaker for Citizen Journalists; Weird Foods
We cover a citizen media training in Singapore that introduces a new media production app to citizen journalists from Việt Nam. Think you know Vietnamese cuisine? We list five weird dishes you have to try.
Air date: May 18, 2015
Episode 3 - Nguyễn Phú Trọng's US Visit, Nguyễners
This year marks two decades since the normalization of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Việt Nam. For the first time ever, the Vietnamese Communist Party is sending its General Secretary, Nguyễn Phú Trọng, to Washington, DC, to meet with senior White House officials.
We discuss the implications of this high level visit with Điềm Đỗ, Chairman of the pro-democracy party Việt Tân. As leader of an unsanctioned opposition party, Đỗ and a Vietnamese delegation met with President George W. Bush in 2007 to discuss human rights in Việt Nam. Loa’s Duyên Bùi has this “On the Record”.
Have you ever wondered why such a vast percentage of the Vietnamese population share the surname “Nguyễn”? Nope, they are not all related to each other. Here is Chris Lê on this week’s Vietnamism, Việt Nam’s history with the “Nguyễns”.
Air date: May 11, 2015
Episode 2 - Social Media Landscape; Terms of Address
In our second episode, Trinh Nguyễn goes “On the Record” to explore how social media is transforming Việt Nam’s sociopolitical space in new and exciting ways.
To close the show, we bring you our first “Vietnamism” segment and decode the cool and confusing parts of the Vietnamese language. We explain how Vietnamese terms of address work and the best approach to take in order to avoid any embarrassing faux pas.
Episode 1 - Black April; A Poetry Reading of Tổ Quốc Gọi Tên
In our first episode, we bring you “A Look Inside” at how Vietnamese youth in Việt Nam and around the world commemorate 40 years since the war, 40 years of a divergent history.
We will be closing our show on Black April with our “Solitary Envoi” segment, which features written works that inspire or are written by the politically repressed in Việt Nam.
Music credit:
Major Major – No Rhyme
Kontinuum – Aware
Air date: April 27, 2015