3. Mandarin fever in Vietnam
Students from Hung Vuong University in Vietnam and China's Yunnan province show off their work in a calligraphy contest. Vietnam had been using Chinese characters for a long time. Now it is a popular foreign language in Vietnam. (Photo provided to China Daily)
In a temple abbot's practice room, tablets are written in Chinese. Mandarin is still an important language to know to understand Vietnam's traditional culture. (Photo by Wang Jian/China Daily)
