Looking up...
the world; the global community
Thế giới ngày càng trở nên liên kết hơn.
The world is becoming increasingly interconnected.
Tôi muốn du lịch khắp thế giới.
I want to travel around the world.
This term refers to the entire planet Earth and its inhabitants, or the global community in a broader sense.
While 'thế giới' can refer to the entire planet, it is often used to describe the global community or the human world in general. For the physical planet, 'địa cầu' (Earth) is sometimes preferred.
In Vietnamese, 'thế giới' is always written in lowercase unless it starts a sentence or is part of a proper noun.
From Chinese '世界' (shìjiè), meaning 'world' or 'global'. The term is composed of 'thế' (world) and 'giới' (boundary or sphere).
This is a neutral term that can refer to the physical planet, the global community, or the human world in general. It is commonly used in both formal and informal contexts.