 Vietnam Backpacking in June? |
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my friends and 1, a total of 3 persons are going on a vietnam backpacking trip this coming june. this is our first time goin on backpacking and this is the first time visiting ... |
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 Vietnam Shipping - If I buy a laptop and an iPhone in the US and want to ship it to my wife in Vietnam....? |
| Vietnam Shipping - If I buy a laptop and an iPhone in the US and want to ship it to my wife in Vietnam....can I do it? And do I have to pay any taxes?... |
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 I'm a Canadian wanting to move to Vietnam or China? |
I've been to VN before and love it and would like to move to asia (mid life crisis??)
Is there anything that anyone could help me with in "Making the Move"??
What about me ... |
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 What should I wear on my Vietnamese holiday? |
| I have been told to wear long sleeves to keep off the mozzies but I also hear that Vietnam is very hot and humid. Is T-shirt, shorts and thongs okay? Do I really need a water-proof jacket in January?... |
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 Trip To Hanoi and Saigon, Vietnam in January.? |
| I am planning a trip to Saigon and Hanoi in January. Can anybody recommendnd me where to stay longer and which of these two cities has more attractions and sightseeings to be visited. As well if ... |
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 Visa for Vietnam for UK/Thai Nationals? |
Do i need a visa to travel to Vietnam
I am a uk national, do i need a visa to travel to Vietnam for a non business trip of less then 5 years. Do i need to apply for this in the UK or can ... |
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 Please help me plan a 7-8 day itinerary for a trip to Vietnam. ? |
| I am from San Francisco. I am planning my second trip to Vietnam and already booked the plane ticket to Ho Chi Minh City for October. I went last summer, but only stayed in Ho Chi Minh City for a ... |
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 Vietnamese Translation? |
anh mong la nhu vay
du co dut day di nua nhung no van bay mai tren bau troi
roi gap bao no se rot
tai vi ko co gi de giu no lai
Anh oi! no tuong trung cho tinh cam thoi tho au ... |
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 Is Mai Linh a legitimate Vietnamese girl's name? |
And if so, is it very common? Would Mai be considered the "middle" name or part of the first name?
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I suppose what I'm trying to make would be a "... |
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 Please Help translate!!? |
Please help me translate this from Vietnamese to English:
"em yeu my den"
Thank you very much in advance.
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Hmm, thank you both...i guess my ... |
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 Are there any interesting places on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City to visit? |
Will be travelling to HCMC in mid July for 5 days and was thinking of spending a couple of days in the city and a few days outside the city.
Are there any hidden gems just outside of the ... |
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 Vietnamese to English Translation (part3)? |
| Here's another bit of vietnamese from a friends blog I'd like to translate. After she saw I could translate the last one she wrote me this one to see if could, apparently it uses alot of ... |
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white_whale23 |
Can you tell me What Vietnam means? I don't get why they call it Vietnam.? |
Can you tell me ,when did they start calling it " vietnam". I have to do a essay about Vietnam, but i have no idea why they call this country Vietnam, and if possible give me some info about vietnam too. Thanks |
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Tadpoleinajar
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Most simply put, in Chinese, "Vietnam" (technically, a cognate of Vietnam) means "beyond the southern border". |
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Randyguide
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The Viet Nam have been named by Nguyen dynasty in 1802.
Viet it mean the Viet Ethnic it is now 80% of Vietnam population and Nam it mean South. Viet Nam it mean the Viet Ethnic living in the south. |
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I can tell you the answer of Tom is very clear, I can contribute another story about the word "Viet"come from the name of a kind of a famous BIRD called Lac Viet - chim Viet |
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The majority of the people of Vietnam are descendants of the people called the Viets who settled in what is now Northern Vietnam several thousand years ago. For centuries, they referred to their country as Dai Viet (the Great Viet Country) or Nam Viet (the Southern Viet Country).
The reason Nam Viet was used was because the Viets originally came from China and Nam Viet means the country of the Viets of the South as distinguished from an ancient Viet country (the Chinese called Yueh) that existed further to the North, in what is now China.
In 1802, Prince Nguyen Anh unified the country after it was divided during a long Civil War and ascended the throne with the title of Emperor Gia Long. He renamed the country Viet Nam which is a variation of the old name Nam Viet.
Nam means South and Viet means the Viet people so Nam Viet means Southern Viet. However, written that way, Nam Viet, is to follow the Chinese way of putting the adjective before the noun (as also in English). In Vietnamese (as well as in a number of other languages), the noun is placed first and the adjective follows hence Nam Viet became Viet Nam or Vietnam as we know it today.
For more information on the country, go to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam |
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