¡¡¡Việt Nam Æ¡i!!! blogs about the Vietnamese phonetic alphabet system used to spell out words on the radio or telephone. Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how ...
At a calligraphy class in Hanoi, Hoang Thi Thanh Huyen slides her brush across the page to form the letters and tonal marks of Vietnam’s unique modern script, in part a legacy of French colonial rule.