Online portal to teach Vietnamese to overseas VietnameseA new online portal will enable Vietnamese people living overseas to learn Vietnamese via the Internet, following a project recently approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. In 2015, the overseas Vietnamese community consisted of roughly 4.5 million people spread across 109 countries and territories, Deputy Foreign Minister and Chairman of the State Committee on Overseas Vietnamese Affairs Vu Hong Nam said. The education and training ministry, authorised by the government, is already running a website to teach Vietnamese to overseas Vietnamese at tiengvietonline.com.vn. Vietnamese textbooks for overseas Vietnamese. The project will develop and maintain online Vietnamese teaching programmes at six levels, meeting the criteria of being basic, effective and easy to access.

Source: VietNamNet News July 16, 2016 00:33 UTC