Soon, the group will focus on memorizing the Vietnamese alphabet (which lacks an “f,” “w” and “z” but includes more accented vowel sounds than English). Dang said she knows the ...

The history of romanized Vietnamese, or Quoc Ngu, links the arrival of the first Christian missionaries, colonization by the ...

In Hanoi, Hoang Thi Thanh Huyen practices calligraphy, writing Vietnam's modern script—a legacy of French rule.

Colonisation led to the widespread use of Quoc Ngu -- which uses accents ... 38. "English and French borrow words from other languages, and it's the same for Vietnamese." ...