--- title: Vietnamese description: This course covers the pronunciation, tonal system, grammar, and vocabulary of the Vietnamese language. Learners will acquire foundational skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking, enabling them to handle common daily interactions. category: languages subcategory: asian-languages difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced url: /subject/vietnamese --- # Vietnamese This course covers the pronunciation, tonal system, grammar, and vocabulary of the Vietnamese language. Learners will acquire foundational skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking, enabling them to handle common daily interactions. ## Available Resources 2 Books • 2 Courses • 3 Websites ## Websites ### 1. Loecsen Vietnamese Learn basic Vietnamese phrases quickly and easily! This website offers free lessons to help you start speaking Vietnamese today. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.loecsen.com/en/learn-vietnamese **Tags:** vietnamese, phrasebook, pronunciation, beginner-vocabulary, free-lessons ### 2. HowToVietnamese Free courses, ebooks, podcast episodes, and videos teaching the Southern Vietnamese dialect. Covers pronunciation, tones, everyday vocabulary, and grammar patterns, so a self-studying learner can build listening comprehension and hold basic conversations with southern speakers. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://howtovietnamese.com/ **Tags:** vietnamese, southern-dialect, pronunciation, self-study, free-lessons ### 3. LingQ **Author:** Steve Kaufmann Reading and listening platform where learners import or choose texts with audio, look up unknown words inline and track vocabulary as it moves from new to known. It supports daily comprehensible-input practice and steady vocabulary growth across dozens of languages. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.lingq.com/ **Tags:** comprehensible-input, extensive-reading, vocabulary-acquisition, listening-practice ## Courses ### 1. Pimsleur Vietnamese Learn to speak Vietnamese conversationally with Pimsleur! Our proven method gets you speaking quickly and confidently. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.pimsleur.com/learn-vietnamese **Tags:** vietnamese, audio-lessons, spoken-vietnamese, conversation, pronunciation ### 2. Duolingo Vietnamese Learn Vietnamese for free with Duolingo! This engaging course makes mastering Vietnamese vocabulary and grammar fun and effective. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.duolingo.com/course/vi/en/Learn-Vietnamese **Tags:** vietnamese, vocabulary, gamified-learning, free-lessons, beginner-course ## Podcasts ### 1. VietnamesePod101 **Author:** VietnamesePod101.com VietnamesePod101.com is an innovative and fun way of learning the Vietnamese language and culture at your own convenience and pace. Our language training system consists of free daily podcast audio lessons, video lessons, Vietnamese Word of the Day, a premium learning center, and vibrant user community. Stop by VietnamesePod101.com today for a Premium 7-Day Free Trial and Lifetime Account! **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** en-us | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.vietnamesepod101.com **Tags:** vietnamese, audio-lessons, listening-practice, vocabulary, podcast ### 2. Learn Vietnamese with Annie **Author:** Learn Vietnamese With Annie I produce material for learners of Vietnamese, including subscription-only lessons, books and Youtube videos. For more please visit: https://learnvietnamesewithannie.com **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** vi | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://learnvietnamesewithannie.com/ **Tags:** vietnamese, listening-practice, spoken-vietnamese, podcast ## Books ### 1. Colloquial Vietnamese **Author:** Bac Hoai Tran, Ha Minh Nguyen, Tuan Duc Vuong, Que Vuong Routledge self-study course for absolute beginners, pairing dialogues with grammar explanations and audio. Working through its units gives a learner the pronunciation, tones, and everyday sentence patterns needed to handle basic conversations and read simple written Vietnamese. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1138950238?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, languages, asian-language ### 2. Elementary Vietnamese **Author:** Binh Nhu Ngo University-level first-year textbook by Harvard's Vietnamese program director, with lessons on tones, pronunciation, and core grammar plus native-speaker audio. Completing it gives a learner listening, speaking, reading, and writing ability at roughly a first-year college standard. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0804855153?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, languages, asian-language --- *This content is part of Dantes.io - Your Treasure Map to Knowledge* *Curated by humans at Dantes.io. Personal study use welcome; republishing this curation requires permission (team@dantes.io).* View this page online: https://dantes.io/subject/vietnamese