The Rough Guide to Vietnamese Dictionary Phrasebook

by Rough Guides and Lexus Ltd.

Book Overview

This Vietnamese phrasebook features comprehensive two-way word lists, dialogues for situations you are likely to encounter, tips on customs, etiquette and slang, detailed menu readers for food and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1858287502
• ISBN13: 9781858287508
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Rough Guides
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.1" x 5.7"

Customer Reviews

Great phrasebook, great price.

I compared this Vietnamese phrasebook to others. It has accurate pronunciations and is my first choice.

Could not travel in Viet Nam without it

This phrase and dictionary for Viet Nam has been invaluable to me during my 11 trips to Viet Nam. I lost it once and truly I was lost without it. The Lonely Planet version is more popular, but for me far less useful. It gave me the courage to try to conversion with the people when I first went and has helped me develop a fair size vocabulary. The cultural information is also unbelievable helpful especially for first trips to Viet Nam. The only down side is that most of the pronouciation guide is based on Vietnamese from the southern part of Viet Nam, but it does mention how to adapt. I would not go to Viet Nam without it.

Good, concise reference

I bought this book along with The Oxford Picture Dictionary: English-Vietnamese Editon by Norma Shapiro and Jayme Adelson-Goldstein to brush up on my Viet. From that perspective, I would recommend this book. I do not think that this book alone would be adequate though. But it would make a good companion to a lengthier reference.

Extremely useful for learners of Vietnamese too!

Extremely useful and probably the first dictionary-cum-phrasebook for all Vietnamese learners (or just travellers in Vietnam) who can read English. A comprehensive English-Vietnamese word list covers all common words used in daily conversation, in some words simple dialogues are provided. The Vietnamese-English section is rather weak. This book is not as popular as the Lonely Planet phrasebook which is really a ptiy because it's much better. Whenever I met some other travellers using the LP phrasebook (Vietnamese) I showed them this one of mine, all of them were impressed and hoped to buy this instead!

Very Helpful

I would definately recommend this book to anyone traveling to Vietnam and wanting to converse with the locals. I took this book on my first trip to Vietnam, knowing only basic Vietnamese. I was able to have conversations with the people I met. The book is very easy to read, and the dictionary is English/Vietnamese & Vietnamese/English. The English/Vietnamese dictionary gives helpful phrases for each of the words too. There's also a pronounciation guide to help you say the words correctly. A must have!