Vietnam's cultural ties with China

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]