The Vietnamese Language in some newspaper issues

Abstract

This paper presents some random surveys done by the author on an issue of Tuoi Tre newspaper (March 8, 2010, 20 pages, ads excluded). Results: I collected over 100 sentences and passages (approximately eight A4 pages (font size 12, Times New Roman) which I considered bearing “errors” or “problems”. In general, there are three types of errors: (i) errors of logics or expression, (ii) lexical errors, and (iii) grammatical errors. As a result, we have to raise an alarming issue about the Vietnamese language used in mass media (by journalists), not the one used by teenagers for chatting or texting.