Best Apps to Learn Vietnamese in 2026

For serious learners, Bubblegum is the best app to learn Vietnamese. You learn from Vietnamese you can mostly understand, which is called comprehensible input.

Learn Vietnamese with lessons about your own life. Tell Poppy, your AI tutor, what you want to learn. She writes lessons for your level and helps you understand the words and grammar. You can read and listen, and ask her about anything that is unclear. News and stories give you more Vietnamese to read about music, food, family, and other things you care about.

Choose Northern, Central, or Southern Vietnamese in Bubblegum. Poppy writes lessons for the one you choose. For practice with a person, try the apps in Learn With People. For lessons with recorded speakers, try Pimsleur or Glossika.

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Duolingo is a good way to meet your first Vietnamese words and sentences. Pair it with an audio course or a tutor so you can hear and practice the tones.

LingoDeer explains Vietnamese grammar one step at a time, with short lessons and timed quizzes. We have not verified a full course on Vietnamese letters and tone marks. Premium members can download the course to use offline.

Mango's Vietnamese course has 10 chapters and 70 lessons. Check your local library first, since many libraries include Mango.

Ling uses lessons written by native speakers and speaking games to practice Vietnamese words, phrases, and conversations.

Mondly groups short exercises around situations such as shopping, travel, and meeting people. You hear a conversation and practice speaking, reading, and listening.

Rosetta Stone directs new learners to Sapphire, its current app and web course. Its lessons use pictures and recorded speakers to teach reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

50LANGUAGES teaches short phrases for situations such as a hotel, a restaurant, and the doctor. You can follow the lessons online or use its mobile apps.

Pimsleur suits learners who want to start speaking before they read much. You hear a prompt, answer aloud, and then hear the answer. The lessons play in the app, in the car with CarPlay, and on Alexa.

Glossika trains your ears and your mouth with Vietnamese sentences that get harder as you improve. Listen, then repeat each sentence out loud.

VietnamesePod101 lets you study through short recordings and lesson notes. Its Pronunciation pathway starts with consonants, vowels, and tones, with explanations in English. Choose a lesson pathway and work through it at your own pace.

Drops teaches Vietnamese words through quick word games. You can use it on your phone or on the web, and your progress syncs between them.

Clozemaster shows a Vietnamese sentence with one word missing, and you pick or type the missing word. Seeing each word in a sentence shows you how it is used.

LingQ turns Vietnamese you find online into lessons you can read and listen to. Open a lesson, click an unknown word to see what it means, and review the words you saved.

italki tutors offer trial lessons, conversation practice, and pronunciation lessons for beginners through advanced learners.

Preply lists Vietnamese tutors. Read profiles and watch intro videos to find a tutor who fits your level and goals.

HelloTalk matches you with Vietnamese speakers by region, interests, and level. You teach your partner English, and they help you with Vietnamese.

Tandem is a language exchange where you and your partner teach each other your native languages. Agree with your partner on how to split time between Vietnamese and English.