Step 1
Hear the sounds
Learn vowels, final consonants, and tones before memorizing long sentences.
Tiếng Việt
Learn Vietnamese with a 90-day path
Follow one clear daily route from survival phrases to B1-light conversation. Each day stays focused, practical, and short enough to finish.
Start the 90-day path90 days · 20-30 min/day · 90 guided days
Beginner strategy
How to learn Vietnamese language as a beginner
Start with Vietnamese language basics: sounds, tones, pronouns, and short phrases you can use today. If you searched for “vietnam language basic,” do pronunciation first, then learn survival phrases, then review a little every day.
Step 2
Use phrases fast
Practice greetings, food, taxis, directions, prices, and repair phrases with audio.
Step 3
Review daily
Save phrases you actually want and review them in flashcards instead of rereading lists.
Step 4
Check your level
Take a free online Vietnamese proficiency test and jump to the right day.
Guided route
What happens from start to finish
Days 1-14
Pronunciation, tones, numbers, and first basics
Letters, consonants, six tones, counting, money chunks, greetings, pronouns, yes/no answers, colors, weekdays, and dates.
Days 15-28
Daily words and practical sentences
Clock time, family, body parts, food and drinks, action verbs, description words, places, transport, and weather.
Days 29-42
Sentence patterns, shopping, food, and directions
Jobs, Phase 1 review, questions, present/past/future markers, negation, shopping, restaurant roleplay, and directions.
Days 43-56
Health, social life, work, tech, nature, and culture
Doctor and pharmacy phrases, emotions, hobbies, hotel, phone, politeness, midpoint review, school, office, apps, scenery, and cuisine.
Days 57-70
Grammar power, culture, slang, and review
Festivals, comparisons, conditions, storytelling, opinions, adverbs, cause and effect, suggestions, complaints, idioms, slang, and review.
Days 71-90
Advanced communication and final review
Emergency, banking, news, healthy lifestyle, arts, relative clauses, regional accents, email, interviews, free speaking, and final checkpoints.
Secondary tools
Need something specific?
Follow the 90-day path first. Use these shortcuts when you want to review, search, or focus on one skill.
Vietnamese proficiency test
Take a free A0-A2 self-test.
Vietnamese web app
A free app-style route for foreigners.
Office workers
Vietnamese for meetings, coworkers, deadlines, and office small talk.
Practice
Review saved phrases locally.
Search
Find lessons and phrases fast.
How to say
Quick English-to-Vietnamese phrase guides.
Name pronunciation
Break Vietnamese names into syllables and tones.
Pronunciation
10 focused sound lessons.
Tones
10 tone drills and guides.
Phrasebook
69 useful daily phrase topics.
Grammar
46 practical explainers.
Lessons
73 step-by-step lessons by level.
Stories
40 short stories and dialogues to read.
Compare Vietnamese
Difficulty guides for different learner backgrounds.