Vietnamese phrase

How to say “Hello, what are you looking for?” in Vietnamese

Hello, what are you looking for?” in Vietnamese is

Chào bạn, bạn tìm gì ạ?

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 Saigon Book Street situation pack in XinChao (Survival) — the moments you actually run into in Việt Nam, not textbook drills.

See the survival packs

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