COVER LETTER - THỈNH NGUYỆN THƯ CHO DÂN BIỂU LIÊN BANG ĐỂ ỦNG HỘ VOA

 

Please use (copy & paste) the Cover Letter Template (fill in your name and name of the legislators) below to appeal to your federal legislators to lobby for support for VOA Tiếng-Việt. Also copy and paste the information about VOA in Vietnamese activities also posted below on my FB page. Thank you very much.

 

 To The Honorable US Congressman, Congresswoman or US Senator Subject: Request legislative intervention to save Voice of America in Vietnamese Your Excellency, Dear Sir or Madam: As you are aware, government officials have defied Congress and ordered the shutdown of USAGM and consequently ceased news reporting and broadcasting from Voice of America. We would like to request your legislative intervention to keep opened and save Voice of America in Vietnamese program (https://www.voatiengviet.com) on the following grounds:

 1) Since the Cold War, the majority of Vietnamese continued to rely on VOA in Vietnamese as the most reliable source of truth.

2) VOA in Vietnamese has a total maximum potential audience reach of 110 million: 103 million in Vietnam, 2 million Vietnamese Americans and 5 million Vietnamese abroad.

3) On Facebook, VOA Vietnamese has 3.5 million followers. On X (Twitter) and Instagram, VOA Vietnamese ranks, in Vietnam, #1 and #3, respectively, among competitors.

 4) VOA in Vietnamese, with a current staff of 13 FTEs operated efficiently and has broadcasted programs that align with the US national geopolitical positioning the US vis-à-vis Vietnam to counter the China dominance in the Southeast region.

5) VOA in Vietnamese programs consists of VOA News Express and special focus programs such as EconTalk, US Immigration Q&A, Study Abroad in the US, Science & Health have captured from five hundred thousand to one million viewers per week across the globe. We appeal for your due consideration to intervene on behalf of VOA in Vietnamese mission allowing it to provide fair, impartial, nonpartisan, apolitical news and special focus program coverage for the Vietnamese population. Please accept our gratitude, on behalf of the 110 plus million Vietnamese community, for this noble cause. Respectfully submitted,

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