Once when I was in Thai Binh, someone asked me in Vietnamese about my "nương". I froze for a second. "Why's he asking me about barbecue (nướng)?" Seeing my confusion, he burst out laughing: "Ah, I ...

Martin Knöfel asked his wife Nguyen Thi Hoa “Where's the fish sauce?” in a perfect Nghe An accent, giving his wife a big laugh to begin their dinner together. Videos of daily life experience by the ...

I’m home and back to work after a two-week honeymoon through Vietnam via Ho Chi Minh City, Nha Trang, Hoi An and Hanoi. While this trip was all play, I got a valuable glimpse into one of our ...

“At first, I thought he didn’t speak Vietnamese fluently. It turned out he spoke with a central region accent; the one who didn’t speak Vietnamese fluently was me,” said an online commenter, laughing.