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Vietnamese united for friendship and networking!

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Vietnam girls sold as wives in Malaysia
Vietnamese (tie^'ng Vie^.t)
Vietnamese is an Austroasiatic language spoken by about 68 million people in Vietnam. It is also spoken in Australia, Cambodia, Canada, China, Co^te d'Ivoire, Finland, France, Germany, Laos, Martinique, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Norway, Philippines, Senegal, Thailand, the UK, USA and Vanuatu.

Vietnamese was originally written with a Siniform (Chinese-like) script known as Chu+~ No^m or No^m. At first most Vietnamese literature was essentially Chinese in structure and vocabulary. Later literature developed a more Vietnamese style, but was still full of Chinese loan words. The greatest literary work in Vietnamese is Kim Van Kieu, the 'Tale of Kieu', a romance written by Nguyen-Du (1765-1820).

Chu+~ No^m was used until the 20th century. Courses in the Chu+~ No^m script were available at Ho Chi Minh University until 1993, but since then knowledge of and interest in the script has died out.

During the 17th century, Roman Catholic missionaries introduced a Latin-based orthography for Vietnamese, Quo^'c Ngu+~ (national language),which has been used ever since. Until the early 20th century, Quo^'c Ngu+~ was used in parallel with Chu+~ No^m. Today only Quo^'c Ngu+~ is used.

Vietnamese alphabet


The letters J, W and Z are also used, but only in foreign loan words.

Vietnamese is a tonal language with 6 tones. These tones are marked as follows:


Sample text in Vietnamese


Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Longer sample text (Tower of Babel)

Vietnamese language courses, dictionaries, etc.

Other languages written with the Latin alphabet

Links

Vietnamese wikipedia (added 10/24/07)
vi.wikipedia.org
Vietnamese wiktionary (added 10/24/07)
vi.wiktionary.org
Online Vietnamese courses and other resources
http://vietnameseonline.net
http://www.evietnamese.net/courses/
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/vietnamese/VNMainpage/vietsite/vi etsite.htm

Online Vietnamese dictionaries
http://www.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/~duc/Dict/
http://www.ksvn.com/anhviet_new.htm
http://vdict.com

Vietnamese Electronic talking dictionaries
http://www.ectaco.com

Online radio in Vietnamese
http://www.radiohaingoai.com/
http://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/

Free Vietnamese fonts
http://kicon.com/VNFonts/
http://www.vps.org
http://sourceforge.net/projects/vietunicode/


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Famous Vietnamese in Mainstream America
Vietnamese Movies
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Vietnam to Launch 1st Satellite

(AP) -- Vietnam is preparing to launch its first satellite, hoping to improve the country’s telecommunications to keep pace with its rapid economic development, officials said Wednesday. ...
Posted by Vietnamese Connect on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:27:00 PST

Vietnam to Launch 1st Satellite

(AP) -- Vietnam is preparing to launch its first satellite, hoping to improve the country’s telecommunications to keep pace with its rapid economic development, officials said Wednesday. ...
Posted by Vietnamese Connect on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:28:00 PST

VIETNAM TO HOST THE 2008 MISS UNIVERSE® PAGEANT LIVE ON NBC

VIETNAM TO HOST THE 2008 MISS UNIVERSE® PAGEANT LIVE ON NBC
Posted by Vietnamese Connect on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:54:00 PST

Vietnam evacuates 400,000 ahead of storm

Wed Oct 3, 7:43 AM ET --> --> --> end storyhdr --> HANOI, Vietnam - Di...
Posted by Vietnamese Connect on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:11:00 PST

Bridge collapse in Vietnam kills at least 18

ASSOCIATED PRESS September 26, 2007 at 1:15 AM EDT --> dateline -->HANOI --> /dateline --> ...
Posted by Vietnamese Connect on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:16:00 PST

Vietnam Idol to hit the airwaves next month

..> ..> ..> Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV) and Vietnam...
Posted by Vietnamese Connect on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 02:16:00 PST

Jolie and Pitt in Vietnam to adopt boy, 3

Jolie and Pitt in Vietnam to adopt boy, 3 · Child is third taken on by Hollywood stars· Move follows visit to Ho Chi Minh City orphanage ...
Posted by Vietnamese Connect on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 02:31:00 PST

Police lay hands on drug lord in northern Vietnam

Police lay hands on drug lord in northern Vietnam ...
Posted by Vietnamese Connect on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:03:00 PST

Oliver Stone found making films on Vietnam War therapeutic

Oliver Stone found making films on Vietnam War therapeutic Washington, Dec. 28 (ANI): Filmmaker Director Oliver Stone has revealed that he found making films on the Vietnam War therapeutic, after a pa...
Posted by Vietnamese Connect on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 02:19:00 PST

Vietnam girls sold as wives in Malaysia

Vietnam girls sold as wives in Malaysia Chong holding up some of the photos of Vietn...
Posted by Vietnamese Connect on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 02:38:00 PST