Vietnam to teach Chinese language in primary school from 2017

[grey boy 2]

Vietnam to teach Chinese language in primary school from 2017

Source: Xinhua 2016-09-19 17:04:31

HANOI, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam will begin to teach Chinese language in primary school from 2017, according to the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) on Monday.


The MoET is building a general education program for Chinese, Japanese and Russian languages and the three languages will be taught as the first foreign language to local students from grade three to grade 12.

Nguyen Minh Chau, deputy head of education and training department of Vietnam's northern Lang Son province, said on local Dan Tri (People's Knowledge) online newspaper on Monday that as his province borders China, it will be favorable to develop Chinese language teaching.

Lang Son will continue to teach English as the first foreign language in schools and teach Chinese as the first foreign language in some classes to meet with pupils' demand.

In the 2016-2017 academic year, Korean, French and German will be taught as the second foreign language.

 

[cochine]

Chinese and Russian languages, both.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Good, so they can read their own historical books.

 

[TheTheoryOfMilitaryLogistics]

Why?Some Vietnameses in this forum told me that Vietnam is going to be the world factory.
I think it is really unnecessary for viets to learn Chinese.

 

[Economic superpower]

Good, Vietnam was Chinese territory in the past. They should learn Chinese.

 

[nang2]

They should. Otherwise, it would be difficult for them to appreciate the markings on their historical sites and the writings of their ancestors. Without Chinese, they have to understand their own cultural heritage via translation.

 

[Sanchez]

It‘s good that they learn how their ancestors spoke。。。

 

[Beast]

Good, Vietnam was Chinese territory in the past. They should learn Chinese.

The south vietnamese regime leftover like @Viet will be crying when they see such news.

 

[Bussard Ramjet]

Good, Vietnam was Chinese territory in the past. They should learn Chinese.

They are not learning Chinese.

Chinese is being introduced as a foreign language to them along with Russian.

And frankly, if russian is included along with Chinese as a language, they are hardly paying any attention to teaching Chinese.

 

[nang2]

They are not learning Chinese.

Chinese is being introduced as a foreign language to them along with Russian.

And frankly, if russian is included along with Chinese as a language, they are hardly paying any attention to teaching Chinese.

They should. Doesn't mean they will do it.

 

[Jlaw]

Helps a lot to be able to write and read Chinese. Especially important for Vietnamese who are thinking of working in China legally and illegally.

 

[dingyibvs]

They are not learning Chinese.

Chinese is being introduced as a foreign language to them along with Russian.

And frankly, if russian is included along with Chinese as a language, they are hardly paying any attention to teaching Chinese.

It'll be the pupil's choice, and East Asians and really people in general are very practical despite all the nationalistic rhetoric. Chinese will catch on there because it's likely to be useful, just like how the Chinese bought so many Japanese goods before they could produce them themselves and how English caught on in China.

 

[TaiShang]

The rationality and pragmatism of the VCP is shown here. Being a neighbor of China, if Vietnam misses out on the world's greatest development achievement, that would be a mistake of historic proportions.

 

[AViet]

Chinese and Russian languages, both.

I think the reason is that the Ministry do not want to propose to add Chinese language alone.

As China is our largest trading partner for a long time to come, it is foreseeable that if given the choice, most parents will want to see their children to study Chinese and neglect Russian.

They are not learning Chinese.

Chinese is being introduced as a foreign language to them along with Russian.

And frankly, if russian is included along with Chinese as a language, they are hardly paying any attention to teaching Chinese.

Have you ever been to Vietnam?

In Hanoi, language centers which teach Chinese are abundant. For Russian, I do not know anyone, except the Russian culture center near Lotte tower (I studied Russian for 9 years and still like its culture. However, it is no use now). If given the choice, most parent will prefer their children to study Chinese. I myself want my children to study Chinese more than English. English should be second one.

In addition, Chinese characters are still used in old and new company / shop names and increasingly used in various other aspects of daily life.

 

[GS Zhou]

In addition, Chinese characters are still used in old and new company / shop names and increasingly used in various other aspects of daily life.

Interesting. Would you mind sharing us some pictures about this? many thanks!