Vietnamese Phrasebook & Dictionary

Lonely Planet's Vietnamese Phrasebook and Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Vietnamese phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Order your iced coffee with ease, bargain like a pro at markets, and order smoothly from street food stalls; all with your trusted travel companion.

Get More From Your Trip with Easy-to-Find Phrases for Every Travel Situation!

Feel at ease with essential tips on culture, manners, idioms and multiple meanings

Order with confidence, explain food allergies, and try new foods with the menu decode

Save time and hassles with vital phrases at your fingertips

Never get stuck for words with the 3500-word two-way, quick-reference dictionary

Be prepared for both common and emergency travel situations with practical phrases and terminology

Meet friends with conversation starter phrases

Get your message across with easy-to-use pronunciation guides

Inside Lonely Planet's Vietnamese Phrasebook and Dictionary

Full-colour throughout

User-friendly layout organised by travel scenario categories

Survival phrases inside front cover for at-a-glance, on-the-fly cues

Convenient features

5 Phrases to Learn Before You Go

10 Ways to Start a Sentence

10 Phrases to Sound like a Local

Listen For - phrases you may hear

Look For - phrases you may see on signs

Shortcuts - easy-to-remember alternatives to the full phrases

QandA - suggested answers to questions asked

Basics - time, dates, numbers, amounts, pronunciation, reading tips, grammar rules

Practical - travel with kids, disabled travellers, sightseeing, business, banking, post office, internet, phones, repairs, bargaining, accommodation, directions, border crossing, transport

Social - meeting people, interests, feelings, opinions, going out, romance, culture, activities, weather

Safe Travel - <emergencies, police, doctor, chemist, dentist, symptoms, conditions

Food - ordering, at the market, at the bar, dishes, ingredients

ISBN: 9781788680813

Edition: 9th

Publication Date: July 2023

Writers: Lonely Planet

256 pages | Dimensions: 93mm width × 140mm height

Next edition due: Not yet determined