Vietnamese–English Travel Phrasebook
Essential Vietnamese travel phrases with English meanings and audio: greetings, directions, food, shopping, h…
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Travel and everyday phrases
Say what you need in restaurants, taxis, hotels, shops and emergencies.
Vietnamese Restaurant Phrases
How to order food in Vietnamese: ask for the menu, say what you can’t eat, call the server and pay the bill…
How to Order Coffee in Vietnamese
Order coffee in Vietnamese: cà phê sữa đá, bạc xỉu, egg coffee and salt coffee, plus how to ask for less suga…
Vietnamese Shopping and Bargaining Phrases
Vietnamese phrases for markets and shops: ask the price, bargain politely, try things on and pay, with Englis…
Vietnamese Taxi and Directions Phrases
Vietnamese phrases for taxis, ride-hailing and asking the way: turn left, go straight, stop here, how far is…
Vietnamese Hotel Phrases
Vietnamese hotel phrases for check-in, check-out, room requests and problems, with English meanings and audio.
Vietnamese Airport and Immigration Phrases
Vietnamese phrases and signs for airports: passport, boarding pass, baggage, gates and customs, with English…
Vietnamese Emergency Phrases and Phone Numbers
Vietnam emergency numbers 113, 114 and 115, and the Vietnamese phrases to call for help, report a loss or fin…
Vietnamese Pharmacy and Doctor Phrases
Vietnamese phrases for the pharmacy and the doctor: describe symptoms, allergies and pain, and ask for medici…
Vietnamese Greetings and Introductions
How to say hello in Vietnamese, introduce yourself and make small talk, and which pronoun to use with whom.
Vietnamese Polite Phrases: Thank You, Sorry, No
Say thank you, sorry, excuse me and no thanks in Vietnamese, with polite particles and audio.
Vietnamese Business Phrases
Basic Vietnamese for work: meetings, email openings and sign-offs, schedules and job titles, with English mea…
Numbers, dates and calendar tools
Convert numbers, money, dates and times to Vietnamese, and work with the lunar calendar.
Number to Vietnamese Words Converter
Convert any number to Vietnamese words. Handles decimals and very large numbers, with Northern and Southern w…
VND Amount in Words
Write a Vietnamese dong amount in words for invoices and receipts, such as Một triệu năm trăm nghìn đồng.
Vietnamese Ordinal Numbers Converter
Convert a number to its Vietnamese ordinal form: thứ nhất, thứ hai, thứ ba, thứ tư and so on, and learn the e…
Date to Vietnamese Converter
Convert any date to Vietnamese, written and spoken in full, with the day of the week and the correct month na…
Time to Vietnamese Converter
Convert a clock time to Vietnamese words: everyday and formal forms, rưỡi for half past and kém for minutes t…
Vietnamese Phone Number Reader
Read a phone number aloud in Vietnamese, digit by digit, with audio. Accepts local numbers and the +84 countr…
Vietnamese Lunar Calendar Converter
Convert solar dates to the Vietnamese lunar calendar (âm lịch) and back, with leap months and Can Chi names f…
Vietnamese Zodiac Calculator
Find your Vietnamese zodiac animal from your birth date, using the exact date of Tết. Vietnam has the Cat ins…
Vietnamese Traditional Age Calculator (Tuổi Mụ)
Work out your traditional Vietnamese age, tuổi mụ, from your date of birth using the lunar calendar.
Vietnamese Market Units Converter
Convert Vietnamese units to metric: lạng, cân, yến, tạ and tấn for weight, plus thước, tấc, sào and mẫu.
Vietnam Time Converter
Convert Vietnam time (UTC+7, no daylight saving) to your own time zone and to major cities around the world.
Vietnam Public Holidays by Year
Dates of Vietnam’s statutory public holidays for any year, including Tết, Hung Kings’ Day and the new Culture…
Typing and text tools
Type Vietnamese on any keyboard, fix old fonts, check tones and clean up text.
Type Vietnamese Online with Telex or VNI
Type Vietnamese with any keyboard. Converts Telex and VNI keystrokes to Vietnamese as you type, with a full k…
Vietnamese Diacritics Remover
Remove Vietnamese accents and tone marks from text: Tiếng Việt becomes Tieng Viet. Everything runs in your br…
VNI and TCVN3 to Unicode Converter
Fix old Vietnamese documents: convert text typed in VNI-Windows or TCVN3 (ABC) fonts to Unicode.
Vietnamese Slug Generator
Turn a Vietnamese title into a clean URL slug: accents removed, đ changed to d, spaces changed to hyphens.
Vietnamese Syllable and Word Counter
Count syllables, characters and sentences in Vietnamese text, and spot tokens that are not Vietnamese syllabl…
Vietnamese Alphabetical Sorter
Sort a list in correct Vietnamese alphabetical order, where ă and â follow a, and đ follows d.
Vietnamese Tone Checker and Syllable Splitter
Paste Vietnamese text to see the tone of each syllable and split it into its onset and rime.
Vietnamese Text to Speech
Hear Vietnamese text read aloud with the speech voices on your own device. Free, with no sign-up and no uploa…
Vietnamese Word Search Generator
Make a Vietnamese word search puzzle from your own list of words, ready to copy and print.
Grammar and pronunciation
The alphabet, the six tones, pronouns, classifiers and how sentences work.
The Vietnamese Alphabet and Its Letters
The 29 letters of the Vietnamese alphabet in order, with the extra letters ă, â, đ, ê, ô, ơ and ư, and the le…
The Six Vietnamese Tones
The six tones of Vietnamese, their names and marks, with the classic word set ma, mà, má, mả, mã and mạ, and…
Vietnamese Tone Minimal Pairs
Word pairs that differ only by tone, so you can hear why tones matter in Vietnamese: ma and má, ba and bà, an…
Vietnamese Pronouns and Kinship Terms
How Vietnamese pronouns work: anh, chị, em, cô, chú, bác, ông, bà and more, and how to choose the right one.
Vietnamese Classifiers
Vietnamese classifiers explained: con, cái, chiếc, cuốn, quả, tờ, người and more, with example phrases and au…
Vietnamese Tense Markers: đã, đang, sẽ
How Vietnamese shows time without changing the verb: đã, đang, sẽ, vừa, mới, sắp and rồi, with example senten…
Saying No in Vietnamese: không, chưa, chẳng
How to make negative sentences in Vietnamese with không, chưa, chẳng and đừng, with examples and audio.
Vietnamese Question Words
Vietnamese question words and where they go: ai, gì, đâu, khi nào, bao giờ, tại sao, thế nào and bao nhiêu.
Vietnamese Grammar Cheat Sheet
Vietnamese grammar on one page: word order, adjectives, possession, questions, negation, plurals and time wor…
Vietnamese Days, Months and Time Words
Days of the week, months of the year and everyday time words in Vietnamese, with the irregular tháng tư and t…
North vs South Vietnamese Vocabulary
Everyday words that differ between Northern and Southern Vietnamese: bát and chén, ô and dù, lợn and heo, and…
Vocabulary lists
Core words by topic, each with audio from your own browser.
Common Vietnamese Verbs
The most useful Vietnamese verbs for everyday life with English meanings and audio.
Common Vietnamese Adjectives
Everyday Vietnamese adjectives for people, things and places, with English meanings and audio.
Vietnamese Opposites
Pairs of opposite words in Vietnamese: big and small, hot and cold, cheap and expensive, with audio.
Colours in Vietnamese
The names of colours in Vietnamese with English meanings and audio, and how to use màu.
Family Words in Vietnamese
Vietnamese family vocabulary: parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, children and relatives, with audio.
Body Parts in Vietnamese
Parts of the body in Vietnamese with English meanings and audio, useful at the doctor and for beginners.
Animal Names in Vietnamese
Common animal names in Vietnamese with the classifier con, English meanings and audio.
Food and Drink Words in Vietnamese
Vietnamese words for food, drinks, ingredients, cooking methods and flavours, with English meanings and audio.
Fruit Names in Vietnamese
Tropical and everyday fruit names in Vietnamese with English meanings and audio, for the market and the menu.
Vietnamese Street Food Glossary
What is on the menu: phở, bún chả, bánh mì, bánh xèo, gỏi cuốn and more, explained in plain English.
Weather Words in Vietnamese
Talk about the weather in Vietnamese: rain, sun, wind, storms, seasons and how hot or cold it is.
Clothing Words in Vietnamese
Vietnamese words for clothes, shoes and accessories, including áo dài, with English meanings and audio.
Emotion Words in Vietnamese
Say how you feel in Vietnamese: happy, sad, tired, angry, worried and more, with audio.
French Loanwords in Vietnamese
Everyday Vietnamese words borrowed from French: cà phê, bia, xà phòng, va li and more, with the French origin…
Vietnam’s 34 Provinces and Cities
The 34 provinces and cities of Vietnam since the July 2025 merger, spelled with full tone marks, with audio a…
Proverbs, slang and wishes
Proverbs, idioms, riddles, texting abbreviations and what to say on special days.
Vietnamese Slang Words
Common Vietnamese slang explained in English: khum, toang, đỉnh, chém gió, thả thính, sống ảo and more.
Vietnamese Texting Abbreviations
What ko, đc, vk, ck, ny, trc, ntn and 50k mean in Vietnamese text messages, plus laughter and emoticons.
Vietnamese Proverbs and Their Meanings
Well-known Vietnamese proverbs (tục ngữ) with a literal English translation and what each one really means.
Vietnamese Idioms (Thành Ngữ)
Popular Vietnamese idioms explained: đàn gảy tai trâu, ếch ngồi đáy giếng, bắt cá hai tay and more.
Vietnamese Riddles with Answers
Traditional Vietnamese riddles (câu đố) with English translations. Try to guess, then reveal the answer.
Vietnamese Birthday Wishes
How to say happy birthday in Vietnamese to friends, family and elders, with ready-to-send wishes and audio.
Vietnamese New Year (Tết) Greetings
Traditional Tết wishes in Vietnamese with meanings: Chúc mừng năm mới, An khang thịnh vượng, Vạn sự như ý and…
Vietnamese Wedding Wishes
What to say to a Vietnamese couple on their wedding day, with meanings, audio and ready-to-write messages.
Vietnamese Condolence Messages
Respectful ways to offer condolences in Vietnamese, in spoken form and in writing, with English meanings.
Vietnamese Get-Well Messages
Short Vietnamese get-well messages for friends, colleagues and elders, with English meanings and audio.
Vietnamese Women’s Day and Teachers’ Day Wishes
What to write on Vietnamese Women’s Day (20/10), International Women’s Day (8/3) and Teachers’ Day (20/11).
Quizzes and games
Test yourself with quizzes, flashcards and a matching game.
Vietnamese Vocabulary Quiz
Test your Vietnamese with a free multiple-choice vocabulary quiz. New questions every round, no sign-up.
Vietnamese Numbers Quiz
Practise reading numbers in Vietnamese, including the tricky mốt, lăm and linh forms, with a free quiz.
Vietnamese Tone Marks Quiz
Name the tone of each Vietnamese word: ngang, huyền, sắc, hỏi, ngã or nặng. Free quiz with instant feedback.
Vietnamese Classifier Quiz
Choose the right classifier for each Vietnamese noun: con, cái, cuốn, quả, tờ and more.
Vietnamese Question Words Quiz
Fill in the missing question word in Vietnamese sentences: ai, gì, đâu, bao nhiêu, tại sao and more.
Finish the Vietnamese Proverb Quiz
Complete well-known Vietnamese proverbs and learn what they mean, with a free multiple-choice quiz.
Vietnamese Flashcards
Free Vietnamese flashcards with audio. Flip, shuffle and download the deck as a file you can import into Anki.
Vietnamese Word Matching Game
Match Vietnamese words with their English meanings as fast as you can. A free game with new words each round.
Vietnamese Typing Speed Test
Measure your Vietnamese typing speed and accuracy, with optional Telex conversion if your keyboard has no inp…
How this section was checked
Calculators such as the lunar calendar and the number converter were tested automatically against independent references. Vocabulary was checked against Vietnamese word lists and a bilingual dictionary, and facts such as provinces and public holidays link to their sources. Language is full of nuance, so please check anything important with a Vietnamese speaker.
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