Book
Instant Vietnamese
Dictionary Phrasebook
Compact phrasebook for beginners that teaches 100 core Vietnamese words and patterns to build useful travel phrases, with MP3 audio and both major dialects.
Vietnamese Learning Resources
Here you’ll find Vietnamese language learning resources. Great for beginners and intermediates who want structured practice. Not sure where to start? Try our Resource Finder.
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Book
Vietnamese Picture Dictionary
Dictionary
Photo dictionary with 1,500 Vietnamese words by topic, example sentences, and free online audio for beginner-friendly vocabulary study.
Book
Vietnamese Visual Dictionary
Dictionary Phrasebook
Pocket visual dictionary with 3,000 Vietnamese words and phrases by topic, plus transliteration, indexes, photos, and free native-speaker audio.
Book
Tuttle Pocket Vietnamese Dictionary
Dictionary
Pocket Vietnamese-English and English-Vietnamese dictionary with romanization and quốc ngữ entries for quick offline word lookup and basic study.
Book
Tuttle English-Vietnamese Dictionary
Dictionary
Paperback English to Vietnamese dictionary with 18,000 entries, idioms, and sample sentences for everyday word lookup and basic study.
Book
Periplus Pocket Vietnamese Dictionary
Dictionary
Pocket paperback Vietnamese-English and English-Vietnamese dictionary with 15,000+ entries, plus short grammar and pronunciation notes for travel.
Book
Vietnamese Essential Dictionary
Dictionary
Pocket Vietnamese-English and English-Vietnamese dictionary with 30,000 translations, short grammar notes, and a compact format for daily study.
Book
Mini Vietnamese Dictionary
Dictionary
Pocket Vietnamese-English and English-Vietnamese dictionary with 15,000 entries, romanized Vietnamese, and a small format for travel or study.
Book
Tuttle Concise Vietnamese Dictionary
Dictionary
Compact paperback Vietnamese-English and English-Vietnamese dictionary with 25,000 entries, sample phrases, and a short guide to spelling and pronunciation.
Book
Tuttle Vietnamese-English Dictionary
Dictionary
A paperback Vietnamese to English dictionary with over 19,000 entries, plus idioms and sample sentences to help you choose the right meaning.
Book
Essential Vietnamese
Dictionary Phrasebook
Compact Vietnamese phrasebook and mini dictionary for travel and daily basics, with quick lookup terms, sample sentences, and brief grammar help.
Book
Survival Vietnamese
Dictionary Phrasebook
Pocket Vietnamese phrasebook for travelers with phonetic spellings, tone help, themed survival phrases, a mini dictionary, and online audio.
Book
Tuttle Compact Vietnamese Dictionary
Dictionary
Compact Vietnamese-English and English-Vietnamese dictionary with 25,000 entries, parts of speech, idioms, sample sentences, and a pronunciation guide.
Book
Essential Vietnamese Phrasebook & Dictionary
Dictionary Phrasebook
Pocket Vietnamese book with everyday phrases, a mini dictionary, and short grammar and pronunciation notes for travel and basic conversation.
About the Library
The Library is the structured side of this website. Apps, textbooks, Anki and flash card decks, online courses, language schools, and dictionaries — the resources actually built to teach you Vietnamese in an organised way. Each resource has a short summary, pros and cons, and a note on who it fits best.
No resource is great at everything. Some are strong for reading and weak for listening. Some have great content trapped behind a clunky app. Some only cover one dialect well. The pros and cons on each page call these things out, so you find out before you've spent a weekend on something that wasn't going to work for you anyway.
Everything here is tagged by dialect, format, cost, and the skills it trains. The filters cut a long list down fast: pick Northern or Southern, free or paid, mobile or desktop, listening-focused or grammar-focused, and most of the noise disappears.
FAQ
The Library lists structured learning resources designed to teach you Vietnamese: apps, textbooks, courses, decks, and dictionaries. The Media section covers native input for practice, such as YouTube channels, podcasts, news sites, and dubbed shows. Most learners use both. Start with the Library to build foundations, then add Media once you can recognize basic words and want to train your ear on natural speech.
We look at whether a resource teaches Vietnamese in a useful way, whether the audio quality is acceptable, and whether it is still available and maintained. Each entry has a short review with pros and cons and a note on who it suits best. We do not include resources that are abandoned, broken, or that have not enough valueable content.
Nothing beats a good teacher. Classes — online or face-to-face — give you live feedback on pronunciation, real conversation practice, and someone who can answer the questions a textbook cannot. If classes are not an option, the next best setup is one main course or app to give you structure, a vocabulary review tool such as an Anki deck, and a dictionary you keep open while studying. Our beginner's guide walks through this in detail, with specific picks for both Northern and Southern learners.
No, the Library is a mix. Some are completely free, like Anki decks and many online dictionaries. Some are paid, like most textbooks and language schools. And some are freemium, like apps that give you a beginner course for free but charge for the full content. Use the cost filter to narrow the catalog down to free, freemium, or paid resources only.
Yes. Each resource is tagged with the dialect or dialects it covers. Use the dialect filter to see only Northern, Central or Southern resources. Some entries are dialect-neutral, like dictionaries and grammar references, because written Vietnamese is the same nationwide. If you are unsure which dialect to learn, our Northern and Southern dialect guides explain the differences and how to choose.