Learn Vietnamese · Tiếng Việt 🇻🇳

Learn Vietnamese by reading stories you can finish

Graded Vietnamese stories that start at A1 and grow with you. Tap any word for an instant translation without leaving the page.

Graded A1 → B1Tap-to-translateFirst book free
Một ngày ở Hà Nội 0 words met

This is the real Vietnamese reader — tap a word, hover a sentence, press play.

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The Vietnamese library

Một ngày ở Hà Nội

The Vietnamese library is live: a chapter-graded retelling of Luc Van Tien that starts at A1 and grows to B1. The first book is free — no card, no account needed to start reading.

Graded A1 → B1Tap-to-translateFirst book free

Free Vietnamese resources

Start right now — no download needed.

Read chapter 1 of Lục Vân Tiên online

How it works

Reading is the method.

No drills, no streak guilt, no cartoon owl. You read real stories, and the app quietly removes everything that used to make that hard.

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Tap any word

An instant gloss with romanization for every script — no dictionary detour, no losing your place in the story.

Ngày xưa, có một ngọn núi cao.có · có — there was
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Tap a sentence

See the full translation only when you want it. Understanding stays a choice, not a crutch.

Ngày xưa, có một ngọn núi cao.“Long ago, there was a tall mountain.”
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Watch your words add up

Every word you meet is counted. Once you've read it three times without tapping, it's yours — an honest “words known” number that grows chapter by chapter.

Ngày xưa, có một ngọn núi cao.✓ có — known after 3 encounters

Questions

Fair questions, straight answers.

Is the Vietnamese course suitable for complete beginners?

Yes. The first reader uses short A1 sentences, and every word translates with a tap.

Is Vietnamese available now?

Yes — the Vietnamese graded reader is live in the app, and the first book is free.

Is it free?

The first book in every language is completely free — no account, no card. A Pro subscription later unlocks the rest of each library.

How is this different from flashcards?

Flashcards teach words in isolation; stories teach them in context, with grammar and collocations attached. ReadNative tracks your vocabulary automatically while you read, so you get the measurable progress of an SRS without the grind. And if you love Anki, every book exports a ready-made deck.

Also on ReadNative

One subscription, every language.

Every language gets the same treatment: a graded ladder of real books, tap-to-translate, audio narration and vocabulary tracking.

Read your first Vietnamese book tonight.

The first Vietnamese book is free — no account, no card. Download the app and tap your first word in the next ten minutes.