Brier Sam. Instant Vietnamese

Periplus Editions, 2011. — 195 р.Instant Vietnamese is a simple and functional phrasebook that will help you say more than 1,000 useful phrases to get around, make friends, bargain, order food, go online, and generally express yourself in ways that will further your enjoyment of Vietnam.
Instant Vietnamese helps you learn both the Hanoi and Saigon dialects. The Hanoi dialect, otherwise called standard Vietnam­ ese, is the version taught in most language programs in Vietnam and abroad, and it is the main usage in this book. You can use the Hanoi dialect to speak to most people in Vietnam and they will understand—if you get your tones right.
When you travel to the South, or speak to many Vietnamese in the U.S., however, you’ll want to understand the Southern pro­ nunciation, which is very distinct from the Northern. To help you with this, we have included key Saigon (Southern) pronunciation differences in[brackets]for easy accessibility. No need to keep flipping to the transliteration guide.
For example, in the North, the letter d is pronounced “z,” but in the South it is pronounced [y]. Fortunately, though, most Vietnam­ ese consonants are pronounced the way we’re used to saying them.