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  2. Chữ Nôm - Wikipedia

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    Chữ Nôm is the logographic writing system of the Vietnamese language. It is based on the Chinese writing system but adds a large number of new characters to make it fit the Vietnamese language. Common historical terms for chữ Nôm were Quốc Âm ( 國音, 'national sound') and Quốc ngữ ( 國語, 'national language').

  3. Rạch Giá - Wikipedia

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    2,359/km 2 (6,110/sq mi) Rạch Giá ( listen ⓘ) is a provincial city and the capital city of Kiên Giang province, Vietnam. It is located on the Eastern coast of the Gulf of Thailand, 250 kilometres (160 mi) southwest of Ho Chi Minh City. East of city, it borders Tân Hiệp and Châu Thành town, the Gulf of Thailand is to the West and ...

  4. Telex (input method) - Wikipedia

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    The Telex input method is based on a set of rules for transmitting accented Vietnamese text over telex ( máy điện tín) first used in Vietnam during the 1920s and 1930s. Telex services at the time ran over infrastructure that was designed overseas to handle only a basic Latin alphabet, so a message reading " vỡ đê " ("the dam broke ...

  5. Vietnamese language - Wikipedia

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    Vietnamese is spoken natively by around 85 million people, [1] several times as many as the rest of the Austroasiatic family combined. [5] It is the native language of the Vietnamese (Kinh) people, as well as a second or first language for other ethnic groups in Vietnam .

  6. Bánh chưng - Wikipedia

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    Bánh chưng (IPA: [ʔɓajŋ̟˧˦ t͡ɕɨŋ˧˧]) is a traditional Vietnamese food which is made from glutinous rice, mung beans, pork and other ingredients. Its origin is told by the legend of Lang Liêu, a prince of the last king of the Sixth Hùng Dynasty, who became the successor thanks to his creation of bánh chưng and bánh giầy, which symbolized, respectively, the earth and the sky.

  7. Chayote - Wikipedia

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    In Korea, chayote is also known as chayote ( 차요테) and is commonly used as a side dish in either pickled or marinated form. This fruit is most commonly pickled with vinegar and soy sauce ( chayote- jangajji; 차요테장아찌 ), or marinated and dressed with sauces and spices into a salad ( chayote- muchim; 차요테무침 ). [25]

  8. Catholic Church in Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    A variant of the Lord's Prayer in Vietnamese (Kinh Thiên Chúa 經天主) written in chữ Nôm in the book, 聖教經願 Thánh giáo kinh nguyện. Vietnamese Hail Mary in chữ Nôm and chữ Quốc ngữ, late 18th century. The first Catholic missionaries visited Vietnam from Portugal and Spain in the 16th century. The earliest missions ...

  9. Rượu đế - Wikipedia

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    Rượu đế. Rượu đế is a distilled liquor from Vietnam, made of either glutinous or non-glutinous rice. It was formerly made illegally and is thus similar to moonshine. It is most typical of the Mekong Delta region of southwestern Vietnam (its equivalent in northern Vietnam is called rượu quốc lủi ). Its strength varies, but is ...