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  2. Vietnamese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Originally, many thước of varying lengths were in use in Vietnam, each used for different purposes. According to Hoàng Phê (1988), [1] the traditional system of units had at least two thước of different lengths before 1890, [2] the thước ta (lit. "our ruler") or thước mộc ("wooden ruler"), equal to 0.425 metres (1 ft 4.7 in), and the thước đo vải ("ruler for measuring ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Non-SI units mentioned in the SI - Wikipedia

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    The authority behind the SI system, the General Conference on Weights and Measures, recognised and acknowledged such traditions by compiling a list of non-SI units accepted for use with SI. [1] While not an SI-unit, the litre may be used with SI units. It is equivalent to (10 cm)3 = (1 dm)3 = 10−3 m3. Some units of time, angle, and legacy non ...

  5. Vietnamese đồng - Wikipedia

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    The dong (Vietnamese: đồng) (/ dɒŋ /; Vietnamese: [ˀɗɜwŋ͡m˨˩]; sign: ₫ or informally đ in Vietnamese; [2] code: VND) has been the currency of Vietnam since 3 May 1978. [3][4] It is issued by the State Bank of Vietnam. [5] The dong was also the currency of the predecessor states of North Vietnam and South Vietnam, having replaced ...

  6. History of writing in Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    Vietnamese in Latin script, called Chữ Quốc ngữ, is the currently-used script. It was first developed by Portuguese missionaries in the 17th century, based on the pronunciation of Portuguese language and alphabet. For 200 years, Chữ Quốc Ngữ was mainly used within the Catholic community. [47]

  7. 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 ...

  8. Vietnamese language - Wikipedia

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    Vietnamese (tiếng Việt) is is an Austroasiatic language spoken primarily in Vietnam where it is the national and official language. Vietnamese is spoken natively by around 85 million people, [ 1 ] several times as many as the rest of the Austroasiatic family combined. [ 5 ]

  9. Vietnamese Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    Launched. November 2002; 21 years ago (2002-11) The Vietnamese Wikipedia (Vietnamese: Wikipedia tiếng Việt) is the Vietnamese-language edition of Wikipedia, a free, publicly editable, online encyclopedia supported by the Wikimedia Foundation. Like the rest of Wikipedia, its content is created and accessed using the MediaWiki wiki software.