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  2. Vietnamese alphabet - Wikipedia

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    Vietnamese uses 22 letters of the ISO basic Latin alphabet.The 4 remaining letters aren't considered part of the Vietnamese alphabet although they are used to write loanwords, languages of other ethnic groups in the country based on Vietnamese phonetics to differentiate the meanings or even Vietnamese dialects, for example: dz or z for southerner pronunciation of v in standard Vietnamese.

  3. Vehicle registration plates of Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] In 2020 and 2021, both plates measure 6 x 12. The current scheme for civilian vehicles omits the letters I, J, O, Q and W, with the letter R reserved for trailers, and includes the Vietnamese character Đ. Vietnamese plate example (1975–1995)

  4. Vietnamese name - Wikipedia

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    Thị (氏) is an archaic Sino-Vietnamese suffix meaning "clan; family; lineage; hereditary house" and attached to a woman's original family name, but now is used to simply indicate the female sex. For example, the name "Trần Thị Mai Loan" means "Mai Loan, a female person of the Trần family"; meanwhile, the name "Nguyễn Lê Thị An ...

  5. Vietnamese nobility - Wikipedia

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    Vietnamese Chữ Hán European equivalent Remarks Hoàng đế: 皇帝 Emperor: see Chinese nobility: Quốc vương: 國王 King: lit. “King of the State”. In the historical context of Vietnam and Imperial China, Quốc vương was used to refer to the Emperor of Vietnam in its correspondences with the Chinese dynasties.

  6. Vietnamese folk religion - Wikipedia

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    Vietnamese folk religion (Vietnamese: tín ngưỡng dân gian Việt Nam) or Đạo Lương (道良) is a group of spiritual beliefs and practices adhered by the Vietnamese people. About 86% of the population in Vietnam are reported irreligious , [ 1 ] but are associated with this tradition.

  7. Cải lương - Wikipedia

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    This term literally means "nostalgia for the past", it is a special type of singing with the background music often being the đàn tranh zither or the đàn ghi-ta (Vietnamized guitar). In a typical cải lương play, the actresses and actors would use a combination of regular spoken dialogue and vọng cổ to express their thoughts and ...

  8. List of ethnic groups in Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    Nguồn - possibly Mường group, officially classified as a Việt (Kinh) group by the government, Nguồn themselves identify with Việt ethnicity; their language is a member of the Viet–Muong branch of the Vietic sub-family.

  9. Lên đồng - Wikipedia

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    The lên đồng ritual in process. Múa mồi (fire dance) in lên đồng ritual. Lên đồng (Vietnamese: [len ɗə̂wŋm], chữ Nôm: 𨖲童), votive dance, "to mount the medium", [1] or "going into trance" [2]) is a ritual practiced in Vietnamese folk religion, in which followers become spirit mediums for various kinds of spirits.