How It Started
VietnameseLessons.com started as my personal side project while I was learning the language. I kept running into the same problem: resources were scattered everywhere, often unorganized, and it was hard to know which ones were actually useful. So I built this website. One place where all the best courses, apps, podcasts, movies, and so on, are neatly organized. Think of it as a map that points you straight to resources worth your time, whether you’re starting with the basics or looking to sharpen your skills.
Audience
Whatever your goal — passing a Vietnamese class, talking to family, getting around in Vietnam, or just enjoying the language — there is a path through the catalog that fits. Most readers land in one of three groups.
How Resources Get Added
Every resource in the library goes through the same four steps before it gets a page.
Find
New resources come from learner suggestions, teachers, communities like Reddit and Facebook groups, and ongoing personal study. Anything that looks promising goes on a shortlist.
Review
Every resource gets a proper look; sample lessons, free chapters, episode previews, screenshots, app store reviews, and feedback from other learners where I can find it. Anything that turns out to be thin, broken, or inaccurate is dropped here.
Write up
Honest pros and cons, dialect, level, skills, format, cost, and a short summary. No marketing language and no “best ever” superlatives — just what the resource is actually good for and where it falls short.
Publish and revisit
The resource goes live in the library and shows up in the relevant filters and guides. Pages are revisited when something changes — pricing, content quality, or a dead link from the publisher.
Support the Project
This website is made by a solo developer and it's free to use with no ads or paywalls. If it has helped your Vietnamese language learning journey, it would be greatly appreciated if you could contribute to the project. Donations are used to cover the costs of running and improving the website.
Timeline
VietnameseLessons.com did not arrive fully formed. Here is the rough path from a personal side project to what you see today.
- 12 Sep 2025
Project created
VietnameseLessons.com goes from a private bookmarks folder to an actual project. The first version of the library, resource pages, and dialect filters takes shape.
- 28 Sep 2025
Shared with the community
First public post on r/learnvietnamese. Feedback from other learners shapes a long list of fixes and additions, and the post goes on to become the most upvoted in the subreddit.
- 11 Feb 2026
100 daily users
The site crosses a hundred daily readers for the first time. Most arrive through search, looking for a specific resource or a beginner question; exactly the audience the catalog was built for.
- 31 Mar 2026
200 daily users
Daily traffic doubles in seven weeks. New guides on dialects and top picks start pulling in learners who would never have found this website otherwise.
- 12 Apr 2026
Resource Finder launched
A new Resource Finder goes live, turning a few quick questions about your level, goals, and dialect into a shortlist of resources picked from the library. It quickly becomes one of the most-used entry points on the site for new visitors.