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When using Google Maps the web often displayed in Vietnamese. (I live in Vietnam.)

I want it default to be English. How can I do that?

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Which browser are you using? Do webpages usually display in English, and using Google Maps causes them to change to Vietnamese? Which language does Google Maps display in? Need some more info to provide an answer. – nitrl Jan 11 at 6:11
@nitrl Hi there, this may help us. When I add hl=en, I got what I want but that won't remain as default and I'm not very interested in adding that all the time. So my answer is Chorme browser, and yes using Google Maps causes the change. English is the language of my browser as all other software I use here. – Nam G. VU Jan 11 at 6:50
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Sounds like Google Maps is auto-detecting your location and then applying your current location to Chrome. Since there's no way to disable auto-detection of location, I can't think of any way to resolve the issue. – nitrl Jan 11 at 7:34
@nitrl Yeah. And this is so annoying – Nam G. VU Jan 12 at 9:09

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The only way you can change the language of Google Maps is through your Google Account settings. Click on your email address on the top right hand corner and select Account. In the destination page, there is an option under Language and choose English (US) from the drop down.

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I did this already and long ago. But the Google's sites are always automatically switch back to Vietnamese – Nam G. VU Jan 12 at 9:09
That is weird, because I am also using a different language than the default and it works perfectly. Did you check your cookies settings? – Hydra Jan 12 at 10:50
How can I check the cookies? – Nam G. VU Jan 13 at 16:39
Like for example, is your browser blocking cookies from google.com, or is cookies disabled? Afaik Google uses cookies to store your language preferences. – Hydra Jan 14 at 13:21

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