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Vietnam: English blooming

Written byJeff Ooi
Posted 31 August 2005 12:56 GMT

Vietnam is discarding its Francophone past. English is the language of business and travel in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City now. Every child is now taught English from the time they start school, while schools teaching English to adults are everywhere. Via Richard McKinnon.

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