In a message dated 2000-12-07 14:39:56 Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > One article that appears to be about travelling around Vietnam, appears to > give units, but they are not SI and maybe not FFU either. The unit that > sticks out is "ty", another is "va" > > Example: > > Theo bang tham do voi so diem xau nhat la 10 va so diem tot nhat la 0. > > Ngan hang Quan 6 thanh pho Ho Chi Minh: 4 ty > > Ngan hang tinh Nam Ha: 10,25 ty. > > Vu Tamexco: 300 ty > > Vu Cong ty Dau Tam To: 388 ty > > Muc dau tu tai Viet Nam da len den muc cao nhat vao nam 1996 voi khoang mot > phan ba Tong San Luong Noi Dia (TSLND), khoang 8,3 ty MK. > > an article on Paris has this: ...ngam nghia nhung cong trinh dieu khac tren > Arc detriomphe roi theo ong thay, leo du 284 bac thang hep len tan tren noc > dia,... > > > > Does anyone know if these units are metric, or FFU or old Vietnamese units? > It would be interesting to know. > > Lang has a website: http://www.langmag.com and hon viet has only e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > John Given that they are made in Asia, it's likely that the "ty" is some measure of how many Beanie Babies are made in the country. Carleton
