Vietnamese communication: indirectness and saving face
How Vietnamese people express disagreement and refusal, why a smile is not always agreement, and what visitors most often misread.
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Everyday situations to prepare for in Vietnamese
The situations you will certainly encounter in Vietnam, what to prepare for each one, and the everyday ones that textbooks leave out entirely.
Vietnamese vocabulary by topic: what to learn first
Which topic areas to learn first in Vietnamese, why pronouns and food come before everything else, and what to leave until later.