From March 05, 2020: The capitalization rules in administrative documents in Vietnam have undergone many changes

From March 05, 2020: The capitalization rules in administrative documents in Vietnam have undergone many changes​ (Illustrative image)

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1. Capitalization due to sentence formation

Capitalize the first letter of the first syllable of a complete sentence: After a period (.); after a question mark (?); after an exclamation mark (!) and when starting a new line.

Previously, Circular 01/2011/TT-BNV also regulated the capitalization of the first letter of the first syllable of a complete sentence after an ellipsis (…); after a colon (:); after a colon in quotation marks (: “…"); capitalize the first letter of the first syllable of a clause following a semicolon (;) and a comma (,) when starting a new line.

2. Special cases for capitalization: Hanoi Capital, Ho Chi Minh City.

Previously, according to Circular 01/2011/TT-BNV , only Hanoi Capital was specified

3. Special cases for nouns: The People, The State.

Previously Circular 01/2011/TT-BNV did not specify capitalization for this case.

4. Names of holidays: Capitalize the first letter of the first syllable forming the name. For example: Tet Nguyen Dan, Tet Doan Ngo, Tet Trung Thu. Capitalize the letter "Tet" in the case of replacing Tet Nguyen Dan.

Previously, Circular 01/2011/TT-BNV also regulated capitalization for the names of seasonal holidays such as: Lap Xuan; Dai Han.

5. Removal of capitalization regulations for the names of religions, sects; names of religious holidays.

For other capitalization cases, Decree 30 continues to inherit the regulations in Circular 01/2011/TT-BNV, for example:

* Capitalizing proper nouns indicating names

- Names of Vietnamese people

+ Common names: Capitalize the first letter of all syllables of the proper noun indicating a person's name.

For example: Nguyen Ai Quoc, Tran Phu,...

+ Nicknames, historical figures' names: Capitalize the first letter of all syllables.

For example: King Hung, Ba Trieu, Ong Giong, Bac Ho, Cu Ho,...

- Names of foreigners transliterated into Vietnamese

+ If transliterated into Sino-Vietnamese sounds: Follow the rules for writing Vietnamese names.

For example: Kim Nhat Thanh, Mao Trach Dong, Thanh Cat Tu Han,...

+ If transliterated without Sino-Vietnamese sounds (transliterated directly close to the original pronunciation): Capitalize the first letter of the first syllable of each component.

For example: Vladimir Ilich Lenin, Friedrich Engels,...

* Capitalizing names of agencies and organizations

- Names of Vietnamese agencies and organizations

+ Capitalize the first letter of words, phrases indicating the type of agency, organization; functions, fields of activity of the agency, organization.

For example: Central Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption, Office of the President, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Vietnam Electricity Group, People's Council of Son La Province, Department of Finance,..

+ Special capitalization cases: Central Executive Committee Communist Party of Vietnam, Central Office of the Communist Party, ...

- Names of foreign agencies and organizations

+ Names of foreign agencies and organizations translated: Capitalize following the rules for writing Vietnamese names of agencies and organizations.

For example: United Nations (UN), World Health Organization (WHO),...

+ Names of foreign agencies and organizations used in documents in abbreviation form: Write in uppercase as in the original language or transliterate into Latin if the original language is not Latin.

For example: WTO, UNDP, UNESCO, ASEAN,...

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Nguyen Trinh

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