VietNamNet Bridge – Overseas Vietnamese, wherever they live in the world, have been learning Vietnamese language everyday to uphold and promote the national culture identity. However, they meet a lot of difficulties in the study. Vietnamese need to know Vietnamese When deciding to leave Vietnam with her family to the US, Vu Minh Hien, who now works for the World Bank in Washington DC, felt worried that her two daughters, Quynh Trang, 17, and Minh Khue, 8, may “forget” Vietnamese. The two girls have to speak English at school when communicating with friends and teachers. The problem is that they spend more time at school than at home, which means that they speak English more than Vietnamese. This means that the two girls may forget the mother tongue. Hien, on one hand, encouraged her daughters to communicate more with friends to improve their English and overcome cultural differences to get adapted to the new environment, on the other hand, decided that the girls … [Read more...] about Overseas Vietnamese learn Vietnamese to retain their origin
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Learning Vietnamese… to be continued
>> Married? No. Never? I have friends who've lived here for much longer than me who cannot speak a word of Vietnamese. Really. If you've lived here for more than 5 years and cannot order a Sinh tố dừa, something's wrong. Let me back up, in case I seem like a hypocrite. There is a Christian saying that goes something like, "People who live in a glass house should not throw stones." I live in a glass house. My Vietnamese is terrible. It is very easy to live in Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City, only speaking English. Whether you're an English teacher or a lawyer, it is easy to isolate yourself in an English bubble, saying that Vietnamese is too difficult to learn. I would really like to avoid this. Anyway, until i can write a column in Vietnamese, by myself, without the help of a translator, I will feel like a small child in Vietnam. No, worse than that. Small children can convey their basic needs, tell when they are happy or unhappy, and why. I cannot do this... yet. But this desire for … [Read more...] about Learning Vietnamese… to be continued
App helps tourists plan trips to paradise
Brains behind the operation: Phan Hoang Yen and her husband Huynh Phung Huynh pose for a photo with their son. — Photo Phan Hoang Yen With a little heart and software knowhow, a group of Vietnamese and one Singaporean designed an app that lets travellers plan, manage and share holidays. Nguyen Trang reports. A free software working online and app has been launched to help tourists coming to Asia to find necessary information easily. ‘Justgola' has been designed by three Vietnamese, Huynh Tung, Huynh Phung Huynh, Phan Hoang Yen, and a Singaporean named Rich Goh Mong Siow, all living and working in Singapore. "Justgola" aims to fix problems in promoting tourism. It also helps users to plan, manage and share holidays easily. The software can automatically generate a user's personalised day-by-day itinerary based on travel destinations, durations, budgets and interest. It can get the best featured itineraries which you can clone and customise the way the user wants to. It can … [Read more...] about App helps tourists plan trips to paradise
200 Vietnamese to work on Italian five-star cruise ships
Saigontourist Travel Company has signed a contract with Costa Crocierce S.p.A, an Italian sea travel company, to let Vietnamese labourers work on the company's five-star cruise ships. According to the recently signed contract, Saigontourist will recruit at least 200 Vietnamese labourers from July 30th to December this year to work on Costa Crociere's cruise ships on their voyages from Europe to America and from Asia to the Pacific. Labourers who want to work on the ships must be in the age range of 20 to 28, be in good health and speak satisfactory English. Their average income ranges from 1,016 USD to 3,113 USD per month. Saigontourist said that this is the first time that Costa Crocierce have recruited Vietnamese labourers to work on their ships. Possibly, starting next year, Costa Crocierce may recruit around 500 Vietnamese labourers each year through Saigontourist. Source: Tien Phong/ Photo: thanhnien Translated by Ngoc Hung … [Read more...] about 200 Vietnamese to work on Italian five-star cruise ships
Vietnamese language links overseas Vietnamese to homeland
Her wish is also shared by many other Vietnamese American students at a Vietnamese language class which has just been opened in Hanoi by the Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (COVA).Although the overseas Vietnamese in the class do not speak Vietnamese fluently, they are eager to talk in Vietnamese. If they do not know any words they use English or body language and ask us to translate into Vietnamese to learn. Minh said her family left Vietnam in 1975 and she only knew Vietnam through the stories of a beautiful homeland with friendly and hospitable people told by her grandparents and parents, which remain imprinted on her memory. She said she has always wished to return to her homeland. Before coming back to Vietnam, she was very afraid because of her poor Vietnamese. But when she arrived in Vietnam and met Vietnamese people, all her worries vanished. She was welcomed everywhere. She said she loves Vietnam so much and is determined to learn Vietnamese until she’s fluent … [Read more...] about Vietnamese language links overseas Vietnamese to homeland