Like Chinese, the Vietnamese language is tonal; that is, the meaning of words is changed by inflection. Vietnam used the Chinese writing system and Nom, a Vietnamese script derived from the Chinese ...

Students at Nguyen Van To Secondary School in Ho Chi Minh City during a Science ... "Failing to build a strong foundation in Vietnamese before learning foreign languages is like building a house ...

The official language of Vietnam is Vietnamese ... Hoi An: If you’re after ancient culture, head to Hoi An. Hoi An is an ancient city in Vietnam located in the Quang Nam Province. It is a UNESCO World ...

On September 2, using language borrowed from the ... spent only a few days in the city that now bears his name. Born in central Vietnam in 1890, he left his country while in his early twenties ...