Petrus Ky
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Pétrus Ky in Vĩnh Long Province, Vietnam, also called Trương Vĩnh Ký and Jean-Baptiste Pétrus, was a Vietnamese
Vietnamese people
The Vietnamese people are an ethnic group originating from present-day northern Vietnam and southern China. They are the majority ethnic group of Vietnam, comprising 86% of the population as of the 1999 census, and are officially known as Kinh to distinguish them from other ethnic groups in Vietnam...

 scholar whose publications helped improve understanding between colonial Vietnam
French Indochina
French Indochina was part of the French colonial empire in southeast Asia. A federation of the three Vietnamese regions, Tonkin , Annam , and Cochinchina , as well as Cambodia, was formed in 1887....

 and Europe. His works helped popularize the romanized script of the Vietnamese language, Quốc Ngữ
Vietnamese alphabet
The Vietnamese alphabet, called Chữ Quốc Ngữ , usually shortened to Quốc Ngữ , is the modern writing system for the Vietnamese language...

, leading to its officialization in the early 20th century.

He served in the French colonial regime as a linguist and as such is a controversial figure in Vietnam.
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