alt Hacker NewsI think it's more apt to compare between Korea / China / Japan where the written language is not Latin-based.
From my experience, most Vietnamese students catch up quickly with extra-curricular English class during their 4 years university.
I think it's more apt to compare between Korea / China / Japan where the written language is not Latin-based.
From my experience, most Vietnamese students catch up quickly with extra-curricular English class during their 4 years university.
Not really, there's little to almost no difference in English literacy between Viet, Korea & China. Yet there's a big gap compare to Japan, the reason is either culture and economic incentive rather than because of the native script.
In Japanese TV, you can even see that for influencers (idols, singers, comedians) being bad in English is considered a cute "feature", this is uniquely apply to Japan.