Vietnam

Viet Nam: Wikipedia (general info.)

* 1 Etymology
* 2 History
o 2.1 Pre-Dynastic era
o 2.2 Dynastic era
o 2.3 Western Colonial era
o 2.4 First Indochina War
o 2.5 Vietnam War
o 2.6 Postwar
o 2.7 Đổi Mới
* 3 Government and politics
* 4 Provinces
* 5 Geography and climate
* 6 Nature
o 6.1 Biodiversity
* 7 Economy
* 8 Military
* 9 Transport
* 10 Demography
o 10.1 Population
o 10.2 Languages
o 10.3 Religions
o 10.4 Education
* 11 Science
* 12 Culture
o 12.1 Media
o 12.2 Tourism
* 13 International rankings
* 14 See also
* 15 Sources and notes
* 16 References
* 17 External links
o 17.1 Government
o 17.2 Economy
o 17.3 Media
+ 17.3.1 State-run
+ 17.3.2 Non state-run
o 17.4 Overviews

*Chinese influence, French influence
Languages (Wikipedia)
Main articles: Vietnamese language and Languages of Vietnam

The people of Vietnam speak Vietnamese as a native language. In its early history, Vietnamese writing used Chinese characters. In the 13th century, the Vietnamese developed their own set of characters called Chữ nôm. The celebrated epic Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều or The Tale of Kieu) by Nguyễn Du was written in Chữ nôm. During the French colonial period, Quốc ngữ, the romanized Vietnamese alphabet used for spoken Vietnamese, which was developed in 17th century by Jesuit Alexandre De Rhodes and several other Catholic missionaries, became popular and brought literacy to the masses.

*Vietnam War
*Religion
*Education