In Vietnam, 20th century, a unit of mass, approximately 60.450 kilograms (approximately 133.3 pounds).
Compare tael.
In the south, it had various values depending on the commodity measured: charcoal, manioc, potatoes and lime, 60 kilograms; live hogs or rice, 100 kilograms; paddy, 68 kilograms.
United Nations, 1966)
Technical Conversion Factors…, 1972, page 347.
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