Much of Vietnam 's vast , written history is , in effect , largely inaccessible to the 80 million speakers of the language , although a few Buddhist monks and the Jing , the Vietnamese living in China , can read '' nôm '' to some extent .
Much of Vietnam 's written history is inaccessible to the 80 million speakers of the language . 
 A few Buddhist monks and the Jing , the Vietnamese living in China , can read '' nôm '' to some extent .