Life & fun · September 1, 2026
XinChao - You’re not bad at Vietnamese.
The survival kit for speaking Vietnamese in Vietnam
What it does
XinChao is a practical survival kit for foreigners in Vietnam—not another traditional language course. Learn the right Vietnamese line for the next real-life moment: taking a Grab, ordering coffee or food, bargaining at markets, talking to landlords, or reading signs and menus. Hear Hanoi or Saigon accents, practise speaking, save useful phrases, and build confidence with a 3-day free trial.
From “no idea what to say” to “I got this.” Real Vietnamese lines for landlords, Grab, markets and coffee orders—plus voice practice and a 3-day free trial.
Stop relying on Google Translate, gestures, and memorized phrases. XinChao gives you the Vietnamese line for the moment you're standing in, in the accent people around you actually speak. Expats who stopped rehearsing in their head before every Grab ride. You’re stuck because translation apps don’t help in the three seconds when someone is waiting for your answer. The driver asks which way to turn. You know the answer, but no Vietnamese comes out. You write another message and send it to your Vietnamese friend. Again. You don't know how to ask the price, so you pay the first number you hear. Months in Vietnam, and you're still outside the conversation. Not fluency. Not grammar. The one line…from xinchao.app
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