Take the sql/en_US-new.sq file and copy it as vn_VN.sql and make changes to it to suit Vietnamese Chart of accounts - if you use NotePad++ for editing, use Encoding => Encode in UTF-8 without BOM.

For your reference, the various CoA's are in my GitHub Repo and the language translations are also there.

The template for translations is in lang/new_language_template folder.

Copy the empty.po file as vn_VN.po and edit it using PoEdit or just NotePad++. Compile it with msgfmt:

msgfmt vn_VN.po -o vn_VN.mo

I have been reading about changing the language in FA, but i could not find the option to change the current language encoding to UTF-8. It doesn't show me any option to do so in setup->Maintenance->Install/Activate Extensions. My language is Vietnamese by the way.

Could somebody please advise on how to do it.

P/s: i'm in the process of translating FA to Vietnamese and it would be greatly appreciated if someone want to join the team to develop FA for Vietnamese. Currently there is no set of FA tax procedure for Vietnam and Vietnamese language pack.

Many thanks,

Long