Vietnamese phrase

How to say “Hello” in Vietnamese

Hello” in Vietnamese is

Xin chào

Hear it in both accents

Vietnamese sounds noticeably different north to south. Both are recorded so you can match wherever you are.

Northern

Hanoi and the north

Southern

Saigon and the south

When you would use it

This line comes from the Polite Street Greetings situation pack in XinChao (Beginner) — the moments you actually run into in Việt Nam, not textbook drills.

See the survival packs

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