AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 COCKTAILS AND SKETCHES – NUMBER 31 – ALEXANDRE DE RHODES, HCMC, VIETNAM.
PERSON – 1591 -1660 Jesuit missionary Alexandre De Rhodes, who worked in Vietnam between 1642 – 1644, and was the most notable missionary of this period. Among other achievements, he made a significant and lasting contribution Vietnamese culture by working with others to develop a written system of the Vietnamese language. The use of the system, which […]