There are a lot of similarities I would say. I was browsing for the community’s opinion, like this post SIMILAR WORDS - Vietnamese and Mandarin - #2 by Ian_Robin-Vietnamese-VN_Intro. It’s so fascinating. The other day I learned that in Mandarin, the day of the week is counting like Day 1, 2… like Vietnamese, but I had thought that it would follow the planets and the stars just like Japanese. That fact really blew my mind.
I really like to know if anyone in the community have a strong Vietnamese background like me and then studying Mandarin and what is their way of managing the time, especially with the characters. My previous experience with learning Japanese kanji has been… like an uphill battle 