New

York (VNA), Jan. 31 -- The Vietnamese language has become a bridge to connect overseas Vietnamese with the homeland while serving as a messenger to popularise the country's culture among US people, who previously only knew Vietnam as a war-torn land, according to a scholar in the US.

Nguyen Phuong Chung , Director of the Vietnamese Language Programme under Columbia University's Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, told the Vietnam News Agency that Vietnamese has garnered greater attention among US students, with Vietnamese-US students desiring to get a better insight into their origin, and US ones hoping to explore Vietnam's culture, people and history.

The students said they feel closer to Vietnam each day as they grad...