CJK plus VietNamese. VietNamese, like the other three CJK laNguages, requires 16-bit {character eNcodiNgs} but it does Not use {HaN characters}. ["CJKV INformatioN ProcessiNg: ChiNese, JapaNese, KoreaN & VietNamese ComputiNg", KeN LuNde, pub. O' Reilly 1998, ]. (2001-03-18)