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Vietnamese for life in Ho Chi Minh City — Southern pronunciation. Lessons, life guides, restaurants and tools that work offline.

Life guides

• 📍 My Neighborhood: An Khánh
• 🛵 How to Use Grab
• 🚇 Metro · Taxi · Bus
• 🛒 Shopping · Groceries
• 🏡 District 2 Restaurants
• 🛵 Ordering with Delivery Apps
• 🍜 Vietnamese Food & Eating Out
• 🏦 Banking · Money
• 🏥 Hospitals · Pharmacies
• 📱 Everyday Services
• 🏠 Finding a Home · Renting
• ⭐ Saigon Eats Collection
• 🎶 Clubs · Nightlife
• 🗓️ Who's Coming? Evening Plans
• 🎱 Pubs · Pool · Darts · Screen Golf
• 💆 Massage · Spa
• ⚠️ Staying safe in Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City district guides

• District 1 (Quận 1)
• District 3 (Quận 3)
• District 4 (Quận 4)
• District 5 (Quận 5)
• District 6 (Quận 6)
• District 7 (Quận 7)
• District 8 (Quận 8)
• District 10 (Quận 10)
• District 11 (Quận 11)
• District 12 (Quận 12)
• Gò Vấp
• Tân Bình
• Bình Thạnh
• Phú Nhuận
• Thủ Đức (old Districts 2 & 9)

Lessons

• 0-1. Vowels — the building blocks of Vietnamese sounds
• 0-2. Consonants — focusing on the tricky sounds
• 0-3. The 6 tones — the heart of Vietnamese
• 0-4. Final consonants and Southern pronunciation — the sounds of Ho Chi Minh City
• 0-5. Numbers and money — understanding prices
• 0-6. Greetings and forms of address — first meetings
• 1-1. More about yourself — age, job and where you live
• 1-2. Spending money — notes, payment, change and receipts
• 1-3. Shopping 1: convenience stores and supermarkets — finding things and paying
• 1-4. Asking directions and addresses — finding your way in D2
• 1-5. Ordering food — at restaurants and street stalls
• 1-6. Time and dates — making plans
• 1-7. Grab 1 — booking a bike or car
• 1-8. Emergencies — asking for help
• 2-1. Shopping 2: haggling at the wet market — buying fruit and vegetables
• 2-2. Shopping 3: clothes shops · exchanges/refunds · online shopping
• 2-3. Grab 2 — GrabFood and delivery orders
• 2-4. Banking 1 — using ATMs and cards
• 2-5. Banking 2 — opening an account at the counter
• 2-6. Transfers, QR and e-wallets — sending money by bank transfer
• 2-7. Phones and Zalo — getting a SIM and staying in touch
• 2-8. Hospitals and pharmacies — explaining when you're sick
• 3-1. Housing ① Finding a Home — Choosing an Area and Saying What You Want
• 3-2. Housing ② Viewing a Home — What to Ask
• 3-3. Housing ③ Rental Contracts — Reading and Negotiating
• 3-4. Housing ④ Temporary Residence Registration — The Landlord's Duty and Visiting the Police
• 3-5. Utilities and Repair Requests — Electricity, Water, Breakdowns
• 3-6. Apartment Life — Management Office, Security and Neighbors
• 3-7. Visas and Paperwork — Extensions, Residence Cards and the Immigration Counter
• 3-8. Culture and Holidays — Tết, Weddings and Funerals, Housewarmings
• 4-1. Reading Notices — Water Cuts, Power Cuts and Pest Spraying
• 4-2. Calling Customer Service ① — Banks and Cards
• 4-3. Calling Customer Service ② — Mobile Carriers, Delivery and Online Shopping Disputes
• 4-4. Complaining and Giving Opinions — Solving Problems Without Getting Angry
• 4-5. Negotiating — Rent, Deposit and Renewal with Your Landlord
• 4-6. Understanding Northern (Hanoi) Pronunciation and Vocabulary
• 4-7. Loanwords — Vietnamese words you already know
• 4-8. Work Vietnamese Basics — Messages, Meetings and Asking for Help

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