Kindle Notes & Highlights
The Vietnamese kinh people speak from north to south the same language, which is said to belong to the group of Mon-Khmer languages. Some people entertain the notion that different dialects are spoken in the north, the center and the south of Vietnam; that is because they do not know well enough the language in order to fully understand the nuances in the use of the tones or in the pronunciation of certain words. It would be more appropriate to mention the word accent rather than dialect.
Vietnamese northern/central/southern differences: Accent, not dialect.
To this day, the Vietnamese still believe firmly that they are children of dragons and grand children of immortals (con rong, chau tien).
Vietnamese are the children of dragons & immortals. Game of Thrones, anyone?
Au Lac's capital city, Co Loa, some remains of which can still be seen now, on the old road between the Noi Bai airport and Hanoi.
Remains of Vietnam's 1st capital still exist. Why aren't they promoted as an historical site?
As late as 1936, in his interview with Edgar Snow, it was Mao Zedong who said that it was China's loss of Vietnam to France that had awakened his national consciousness!
