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  2. Vietnamese calligraphy - Wikipedia

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    Vietnamese calligraphy (Vietnamese alphabet: Thư pháp Việt Nam, chữ Hán: 書法越南) relates to the calligraphic traditions of Vietnam. It includes calligraphic works using a variety of scripts, including historical chữ Hán ( Chinese characters ), chữ Nôm (Vietnamese-derived characters), and the Latin-based Vietnamese alphabet .

  3. Alum - Wikipedia

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    Crystal of potassium alum, KAl(SO 4) 2 ·12H 2 O. An alum (/ ˈ æ l ə m /) is a type of chemical compound, usually a hydrated double sulfate salt of aluminium with the general formula X Al(SO 4) 2 ·12 H 2 O, such that X is a monovalent cation such as potassium or ammonium. [1] By itself, "alum" often refers to potassium alum, with the ...

  4. 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.

  5. Bánh mì - Wikipedia

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    To distinguish Vietnamese-style bread from other kinds of bread, the term bánh mì Sài Gòn ("Saigon-style bread") or bánh mì Việt Nam ("Vietnam-style bread") can be used. A folk etymology claims that the word bánh mì is a corruption of the French pain de mie , meaning soft, white bread. [ 11 ]

  6. Encyclopedic Dictionary of Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    Từ điển bách khoa Việt Nam (lit: Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Vietnam) is a state-sponsored Vietnamese-language encyclopedia that was first published in 1995. It has four volumes consisting of 40,000 entries, the final of which was published in 2005. [1] The encyclopedia was republished in 2011.

  7. Making of Bread Act 1757 - Wikipedia

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    The Making of Bread Act 1757 (31 Geo. 2. c. 29) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which aimed to protect the making of bread and punish those that adulterated it, for the purposes of protecting public health. It was introduced after a report accused bakers of using alum, chalk and powdered bones to keep bread white.

  8. Bánh bột lọc - Wikipedia

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    The dish's name is believed to have come from its clear, dumpling-like appearance, as the term bánh bột lọc Huế loosely translates to "clear flour cake." In Vietnamese, the word bánh can mean "cake" or "bread," but can also be used as a general term for foods that are made from any type of flour, the most common being rice or tapioca.

  9. Vua tiếng Việt - Wikipedia

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    Vua tiếng Việt (lit. ' King of Vietnamese ' ) is a Vietnamese television quiz show featuring Vietnamese vocabulary and language, produced by Vietnam Television . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The programme is aired on 8:30 pm every Friday on VTV3, starting from 10 September 2021, with the main host Nguyễn Xuân Bắc.