2000-12-07
While travelling recently, the person who had the seat on the plane before
me left two Vietnamese language magazines in the pouch. I took them home
with me. One is called "h�n vi�t" (some accent marks not reproducible
missing) and the other is called L�ng. Both are published in California.
Even though I can't read a word, I felt that SI symbols, if used would stick
out. Yet, the only SI I saw in either was an article in L�ng on Monaco. It
said: (minus some accent marks) Co le day moi chinh la nouc nho nhat the
gioi, dien tich Vuong quoc Monaco chi co 1,95km2.
>From what I can determine Vietnam uses the comma for a decimal point and the
point as a thousands marker. Ads show am/pm time and dates appear both in
European numeric format or US format, if the month is in letters.
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
There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they
are free!
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
