Sydney, Aug. 8 -- In Australia, home to over 320,000 Vietnamese, fewer than 14% of Vietnamese-origin children have a strong command of their mother tongue. Only 36% of families create a Vietnamese-speaking environment at home, a challenge for preserving both language and culture.

To address this, backed by funding from the ASIF Foundation - a charity operating in both Australia and Vietnam, the Vietnam-Australia Scholars and Experts Association (VASEA) has partnered with VietSchool, a Vietnamese language school in Sydney, to launch VietNEST.

VietNEST (Vietnamese Nurturing Education for Science & Traditions) is a mobile app and digital platform for Vietnamese language learning among overseas children.

Launched in Sydney on August 7, Vie...