A pocket-sized language guide with useful phrases anda helpful pronunciation guide!

Survival Vietnamesecontains all the phrases needed for anysituation you will encounter when visiting Vietnam. Perfect for tourists,students and businesspeople, it features simple phonetic pronunciations for allVietnamese words as well as a guide to the tones of Vietnameseto ensure youcan make yourself understood!

A special chapter on smartphone and tech terms helps you stay connected whenyou are there and to set-up the local ride hailing and digital payment apps soyou can get around. It even has a handy pocket dictionary at the back!

This phrasebook will help you:

• Make connections Clearly communicate in-person and digitally with Vietnamese speakers

• Be social Talk about your favorite social media accounts and learn about new viral trends on the Vietnamese web

• Make a good impression Understand and follow Vietnamese customs, traditions, and social etiquette

• Look your best Take a seat in the barber’s chair for a cut and a shave, or get some new acrylics at the nail salon

• Stay healthy Fill a prescription, describe an ailment to a doctor, and communicate during a medical emergency

• And much more!

About the Author

Bac Hoai Tranhas taught Vietnamese at U.C.Berkeley for over three decades. He has served as the Vietnamese coordinatorfor the Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute at the University ofWisconsin-Madison since 2000, and has written many textbooks, phrasebooks anddictionaries for beginning learners of Vietnamese.