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  2. Vietnamese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Vietnamese units of measurement (Vietnamese: hệ đo lường Việt Nam) are the largely decimal units of measurement traditionally used in Vietnam until metrication. The base unit of length is the thước (chữ Nôm: 𡱩; lit. "ruler") or xích (chữ Hán: 尺). Some of the traditional unit names have been repurposed for metric units ...

  3. Ministry of Defence (Vietnam) - Wikipedia

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    Book cover of 2019 Vietnam National Defence Policy. The Ministry of National Defence is the supreme command of the Vietnam People's Army - VPA which contains several arms and army corps, the Vietnam People's Ground Forces, the Vietnamese People's Navy – VPN, the Vietnamese People's Air Force – Air Defense – VPAF-AD, the Vietnam Border Guard – VBG and the Vietnam Coast Guard – VCG.

  4. Vietnamese numerals - Wikipedia

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    Nghìn is the standard word in Northern Vietnam, whilst ngàn is the word used in the South. 10,000 mười nghìn (ngàn) 𨒒𠦳: vạn • một vạn: 萬 • 𠬠萬: The một (𠬠) within một vạn (𠬠萬) is a native Vietnamese (intrinsic term) morpheme. This was officially used in Vietnamese in the past, however, this unit has ...

  5. International System of Units - Wikipedia

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    mole. amount of substance. cd. candela. luminous intensity. The SI comprises a coherent system of units of measurement starting with seven base units, which are the second (symbol s, the unit of time), metre (m, length), kilogram (kg, mass), ampere (A, electric current), kelvin (K, thermodynamic temperature), mole (mol, amount of substance ...

  6. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Horizontal pitch (HP) is a unit of length defined by the Eurocard printed circuit board standard used to measure the horizontal width of rack mounted electronic equipment, similar to the rack unit (U) used to measure vertical heights of rack mounted equipment. One HP is 0.2 inches (1/5") or 5.08 millimetres wide.

  7. Đổi Mới - Wikipedia

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    Đổi Mới (IPA: [ɗo᷉i mə̌ːi]; transl. "renovation" or "innovation") is the name given to the economic reforms initiated in Vietnam in 1986 with the goal of creating a "socialist-oriented market economy". The term đổi mới itself is a general term with wide use in the Vietnamese language meaning "innovate" or "renovate".

  8. Vietnam Coast Guard - Wikipedia

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    Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG or VNCG for the alternative spelling Viet Nam Coast Guard; Vietnamese: Cảnh sát biển Việt Nam, lit. 'Sea Police of Vietnam') is the coast guard and a uniformed people's armed force of Vietnam. Being a paramilitary maritime law enforcement agency, Vietnam Coast Guard is purposed to protect the Vietnamese state's ...

  9. System of units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The current international standard for the metric system is the International System of Units (Système international d'unités or SI). It is a system in which all units can be expressed in terms of seven units. The units that serve as the SI base units are the metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, mole, and candela.