Copy of Your chance to learn Vietnamese Level 3

Vietnam is a thriving, resilient country in Southeast Asia, home to more than 97 million people with close connections across the Pacific and beyond. Many New Zealanders first encounter Vietnam as a tourist destination and as a major exporter of coffee. While it is renowned for beaches and good coffee, Vietnam is also a culturally-rich society that counts its history in the thousands of years. Today, the country has a youthful population, a dynamic tech industry and plays an increasingly central role in global value chains in digital technologies and manufacturing.

The New Zealand Asia Institute is offering a level 3 Vietnamese language course for those who have taken our introductory classes or who have already gained some familiarity with the language. The course will run for eight weeks, with 1.5-hour evening classes held each Thursday, 6-7.30pm. The class times are flexible dependent on the attendees’ preferences.

The in-person course will concentrate on spoken Vietnamese, with an emphasis on extending participants’ ability to communicate in everyday settings. Topics include:

• Health matters
• At the bank
• Email and texting
• Colloquial language and slang

The course will be taught by a native Vietnamese speaker, educated in Vietnam and New Zealand. The core course book (Chapters 10-13) used will be Learning Vietnamese by Bac Hoai Tran, supplemented by other teaching materials (included in the course fee).

For further information please email Dinah Towle or call 09 923 1636.

Event details

Each course runs for eight weeks, with 1.5 hour evening classes held once a week.

Course duration: 1.5 hours

Date and times: 19 February to 9 April 2026, 6-7.30pm ( 8 x Thursday evenings)
Instructor: Thy Le

Course cost: $275 (including a textbook). $230 (excluding a textbook).

Venue: Room 315, Level 3, Sir Owen G Glenn Building, 12 Grafton Road, City Campus, Auckland (Parking is available beneath the building)

Refunds will not be given after the start of the course.

We wish to acknowledge the generous support of the Nicholas Tarling Charitable Trust.