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Letter From Ho Chi Minh City

Born in Vietnam but Chinese at heart, young content creators promote dialects, customs

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Ms Tran Ai Nhi (left) and Ms Tieu Nhou are part of a small group of young digital content creators on a mission to preserve their ancestral heritage, with help from social media.

Ms Tran Ai Nhi (left) and Ms Tieu Nhou are part of a small group of young digital content creators on a mission to preserve their ancestral heritage, with help from social media.

PHOTO: NGA PHAM

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- Five young people are avidly livestreaming on Facebook, showing viewers how to say common phrases in Mandarin and various Chinese dialects like Cantonese, Teochew, Hokkien, and Hakka – and giggling at the different ways to say a familiar word.

- Three, two, one, rolling!

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