Language
- Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary, Chinese-derived vocabulary in the Vietnamese language
- Hán Tự, classical Chinese writing produced in Vietnam
- Chữ Nôm, an adaptation of Chinese characters used to write the Vietnamese language directly
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