Soon, the group will focus on memorizing the Vietnamese alphabet (which lacks an “f,” “w” and “z” but includes more accented vowel sounds than English).

T. T. S, a parent in Binh Thanh district, said the school, where her daughter attends, begins familiarizing children with letters at the age of 4-5. Her 5 year old daughter is going to enter the final ...

Educators repeatedly recommend parents not to force children to begin studying too soon, Vietnamese parents are practicing both skills with their children aged 4-5. Many children know all letters of ...

Vietnamese was transcribed into the Roman alphabet by Bishop Alexandre de Rhodes, who added a series of diacritical marks to the alphabet to indicate the five tones that characterize the Vietnamese ...