Vietnam is a thriving, resilient country in Southeast Asia, home to more than 97 million people with close connections across 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 and 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 an introductory 2 Vietnamese language/refresher course for those with no, or very little, prior exposure to the language.
This course will run for eight consecutive weeks, with 1.5-hour evening classes held each Thursday, 6-7.30 pm. The class times are flexible dependent on the attendees’ preferences.
The Leve 1 course will introduce spoken Vietnamese, with an emphasis on communicating everyday needs and understanding Vietnamese culture. Topics covered include:
- Greetings and introductions
- Telling the time and numbers
- Travel and transport
- Shopping and eating
Further classes will be available according to demand.
The course will be taught by a native Vietnamese speaker, educated in Vietnam and New Zealand. The core course book used will be Learning Vietnamese by Bac Hoai Tran, supplemented by other teaching materials (which are 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 consecutively.
Date and times: Thursday, 5 June to Thursday, 24 July 2025 ( 8 x Thursday evenings)
6-7.30pm
Instructor: Thy Le
Course cost: $295 (including a textbook); $250 (excluding a textbook).
Venue: Room 349, Level 3, Sir Owen G Glenn Building, 12 Grafton Road, City Campus, Auckland (Paid parking is available beneath the building)
Refunds will not be given after the start of the course.
We look forward to welcoming you to this interactive corse.
We wish to acknowledge the generous support of the Nicholas Tarling Charitable Trust.
