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Encyclopaedia Britannica now in Vietnamese

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Jan 13, 2015 / 04:08 PM

The Vietnam Education Publishing House recently published a two volume 3,000 page Vietnamese language version of Encyclopaedia Britannica, which includes in excess of 25,000 word categories in 51 classifications.

Notably, the book set has been highly accredited by Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. and introduced at its global online store. It includes more than 2,500 illustrative images and maps printed in four colours on high quality paper.

The encyclopaedia was first published in 1768-1771 in Edinburgh, Scotland. It has become the most prestigious encyclopaedia in the English language and the most used by schools, families, libraries and organisations throughout the world.  

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