quốc ngữ
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The modern Vietnamese writing system which uses characters from the Latin alphabet for transcription.
vi Học chữ quốc ngữ giúp người dân dễ dàng tiếp cận với tri thức hiện đại.
en Learning the Vietnamese Latin-script writing system helps people access modern knowledge more easily.
The official language that is used throughout a country by the general population.
vi Tiếng Việt là quốc ngữ của Việt Nam.
en Vietnamese is the national language of Vietnam.
An older term sometimes used to refer to the Chu Nom writing system of Vietnam.
vi Trong một số văn bản cổ, chữ Nôm đôi khi cũng được gọi là quốc ngữ.
en In some old texts, chữ Nôm was sometimes referred to as the national language.