Vietnamese

Phrases

1) Hello

How Are you doing?

Jhow Quel com?

2) What is your name?

 
Hah don YEE? (Or) Bah don Yee?  

3) Thank you

You are Welcome

Gum Mung Hum Gah Yee

4) Please

Excuse me

Lem MUNG Sin Loi

5) Goodbye

 
Jhow  

"Colorful Facts"

In 1802, Nguyen Anh united the country and called it Vietnam. Beliefs and the values of Taoism and Confucianism shape the Vietnamese view of universal order, the "cult of ancestors" and the "Mahayana" (Greater Vehicle) tradition of Buddhism is widespread.

Location: Vietnam is a tropical country in Southeast Asia. It extends from China in a long, narrow S-Curve. Lao and Cambodia lie west, the South China sea lies east.

Capital: Hanoi

Offical Language: Vietnamese (however, the people speak 3 dialects: Northern, Central, and Southern).

Geography: Tropical terrain, evergreen forest, and coastal plains.

Population: Estimated in 2006 - 84,402,966

Foods: Most Vietnamese eat chiefly fish, rice, and vegetables. Most meals include a fish sauce called nuoc mam.

(Primary Source) World Book Encylopedia, 2006.