Vietnam: Media's function in preserving Vietnamese language debated

[Francis Hult]

Viet Nam News

 

Media's function in preserving VN language debated

 

The mass media should play a better role in preserving and developing the purity of the Vietnamese language, according to local linguistic experts.

 

The media has a huge influence on the language, but some newspaper reporters have started using English words when they should use Vietnamese, said Professor and Dr Tran Ngoc Them, head of HCM City Social Sciences and Humanities University's Faculty of Culture.

 

Full story:

http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/Social-Isssues/200984/Medias-function-in-preserving-VN-language-debated.html

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