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- Medical Vietnamese: hospital, pharmacy and emergency phrases
Body-part words, symptom phrases, the difference between doctor and clinic, and what to say at a Vietnamese pharmacy counter when you don't know the generic name.
language · Updated 2026-06-30 - The Vietnamese Alphabet and the Six Tones
Vietnamese uses a Latin-based alphabet with diacritics for the six tones. It's easier to read than you expect, and harder to speak than you hope.
language · Updated 2026-06-30 - Vietnamese Regional Dialects: North, Central, South
The same language, three very different accents. Hanoi, Huế, and Saigon don't all sound alike — and the central accent will surprise you.
language · Updated 2026-06-30 - Vietnamese Names: Order, Meaning and How to Address People
Vietnamese names run family-middle-given, and people are almost always addressed by the given name plus a kinship title — not by the family name.
culture · Updated 2026-06-11 - Learning Vietnamese: Tutors, Classes and Apps
Where to find good Vietnamese teachers, what classes actually cost, and the realistic timeline to functional Vietnamese.
living in vietnam · Updated 2026-05-21 - Kinship language in Vietnamese culture — the social structure behind the pronouns
Why Vietnamese has no neutral 'you' — the social structure behind anh / chị / em / chú / cô. The cultural framework, not just the words.
culture · Updated 2026-05-21 - Vietnamese bargaining phrases — and when not to use them
Bargaining is normal at markets, motorbike rentals, and some homestays — and disrespectful at restaurants, taxis on meter, and chain shops. The phrases plus the etiquette.
language · Updated 2026-05-21 - Business Vietnamese: meeting, email, and titles basics
How to address Vietnamese colleagues and clients, the email greetings and closes that actually work, and the meeting phrases that make you sound respectful — not robotic.
language · Updated 2026-05-21 - Vietnamese false cognates and loanwords: what sounds familiar but isn't
Vietnamese has hundreds of French and English loanwords — and a handful of words that sound like English but mean something else. The list that prevents the most common misunderstandings.
language · Updated 2026-05-21 - Vietnamese kinship and formality registers — how to address anyone
Vietnamese doesn't have neutral 'I' or 'you'. Pronouns shift with age and relationship. The system seems complex but reduces to six common patterns that cover 90% of life.
language · Updated 2026-05-21 - Vietnamese learning resources compared
Duolingo, Pimsleur, Vietnamese Pod 101, Italki, in-country tutors, university courses. What works for what level, what's worth paying for, and what to skip.
language · Updated 2026-05-21 - Vietnamese numbers and money phrases
Vietnamese numbers 0–10, the thousands shorthand vendors use, and the money phrases for paying, asking how much, and saying 'no change' politely.
language · Updated 2026-05-21 - Ordering food in Vietnamese: a phrasebook
The phrases that get you a plate of food, the right one, and the bill — at street stalls, casual restaurants, and bia hơi. Plus the dish-name pronunciations that matter.
language · Updated 2026-05-21 - How to pronounce Vietnamese place names
Hanoi, Hội An, Đà Nẵng, Huế, Hạ Long, Phú Quốc — how to say them properly. Plus the regional accent variations that change which version a local will recognise.
language · Updated 2026-05-21