Languages Of Vietnam

Vietnamese is Vietnams official language and is quite similar to Cambodia's official language, Khmer.

There are other languages spoken as well, such as: Chinese, Khmer, Cham and other languages spoken by tribes in the mountainous regions.
 

Their system of writing called Quoc Ngu, was created by Catholic missionaries. Eventually this system, particularly after World War I, replaced the one using Chinese characters (Chu nom), which had been the unofficial written form used for centuries.