Vietnamese Art

What is its effectiveness in real combat? Is there any other benefits (as in, it is used for meditation or health)?

If you can not think of everything, do you know any martial art that may have been practiced in ancient Vietnam and roots in place?

To start Ray, Kung Fu is not a style, this martial art literally means in English. There are words Chinese martial art said. So, we say that art does train you in what they say Kung Fu you train in. If you say that you train in Kung Fu that makes no sense .... You do not train in a real Chinese art like Shaolin Quan or Praying Mantis
Kung Fu where foo is a term used Americanized my many dojos misleading because they think it sounds better than karate.

Ok now the link below lists the arts who are from Vietnam and provides information and history about them. Scroll down to click on each to see the Vietnam Art Info

Vietnamese martial arts (Vo Thuat Việt Nam)
Cuong Nhu
Tu as
Viet Vo Dao / Vo Viet Đạo (越 武 �")
Qwan Ki Do (Quan Khi Dao)
Vovinam
Vo Dao Vietnam

Complementary: Anpadh, Kung Fu Gongfu is correctly pronounced Manderin and wushu is Cantanese both mean exactly the same, but different dialects.

NOUN:
Any of various Chinese martial arts, especially the forms in which sharp blows and kicks are applied to pressure points on the body of an opponent.
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Etymology:
Chinese (Mandarin) kungfu, skill, art: gong-worker + fu working man, workman

probably, but not as we know, most of them have something

no. there isn't.

Yes Vietnam has a martial art. Its actually a derivative style of kung fu. There may be other arts as well.

Judoka, actually, Kung Fu (also spelled kungfu) is a word that simply means "the formation of the body and / or mind" not necessarily in the martial arts. You're right to say, however, that the term Kung Fu refers to all Chinese martial arts (Wushu as the term). Initially, however, the term referred specifically Kung Fu for the type of physical and mental training given to students of the famous Xiaolin (Shaolin ) temple. This training included martial arts, martial arts, but was not the main objective of the training, although many famous warriors may have formed there over the years.

All countries where Buddhism is an important part of culture has its own form of martial arts and / or Kung Fu to both the origin and taught by Buddhist monks in China, India and other locations Asia.

For a partial list of Vietnamese martial arts styles, see this link: http://www.google.com/search?q=vietnames ...