Lonely Planet Vietnamese Phrasebook & Dictionary

Your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Vietnamese phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Order your iced coffee with ease, bargain like a pro at markets, and order smoothly from street food stalls – all with your trusted travel companion.

Get more from your trip with easy-to-find phrases for every travel situation. Feel at ease with essential tips on culture, manners, idioms and multiple meanings. Order with confidence, explain food allergies, and try new foods with the menu decoder. Save time and hassles with vital phrases at your fingertips and never get stuck for words with the 3500-word two-way, quick-reference dictionary. Be prepared for both common and emergency travel situations with practical phrases and terminology, meet friends with conversation starter phrases, and get your message across with easy-to-use pronunciation guides.

This pocket-sized comprehensive language guide features full-colour pages throughout with a user-friendly layout organized by travel scenario categories. You'll find survival phrases inside the front cover for at-a-glance help, plus convenient features like 5 Phrases to Learn Before You Go, 10 Ways to Start a Sentence, 10 Phrases to Sound like a Local, Listen For and Look For tips, shortcuts, and suggested Q&A answers. Coverage includes all the basics – time, dates, numbers, pronunciation and grammar – plus practical topics like sightseeing, accommodation, transport and border crossing, social situations from meeting people to romance, safe travel essentials for emergencies and medical needs, and comprehensive food vocabulary for ordering at restaurants, markets and bars.