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-VIQR<->VISCII (RFC 1456) conversion and VISCII ctype-like routines
+This port offers VIQR<->VISCII (RFC 1456) conversion and VISCII ctype-like
+routines for Vietnamese text processing. Of prime interest is the finite
+state machine that reads 7-bit Viet-Net style Vietnamese and produces 8-bit
+output. Developers are encouraged to take advantage of these routines for
+these reasons:
+
+ - Parsing task is greatly simplified
+ - Makes one's code easier to port from one character encoding to another
+ - Ensures a consistent user interface across many software packages