Do Vietnamese Speak French?
In Fact, Less Than 1 Percent of Vietnam's 77 Million People Speak French with Any Degree of Proficiency, and Most People in That Tiny Percentage Are Older...
In fact, less than 1 percent of Vietnam's 77 million people speak French with any degree of proficiency, and most people in that tiny percentage are older Vietnamese who remember French colonial rule. ... "Use of the French language has diminished in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos."
Do Vietnamese still speak French?
In 2018, it was estimated that there were about 600,000 fluent speakers of French in Vietnam, accounting for slightly under 1% of the population. Nevertheless, Vietnam remains the largest Francophone country in Asia and is a full member of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF).
Do Vietnamese know French?
French: French is the most spoken foreign language in Vietnam. A legacy of the colonial rule, French is spoken by a significant section of the Vietnamese as a second language. Vietnam is a full member of the Francophonie, and French at one time served as the principal language of the country.
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