Download free Vietnamese beginner courses from FSI Language Institute. The lessons are in MP3 format which will enable you to add them to your portable music player for learning on the go. There is also a student text available at the bottom of the page. These files are all free and can help you learn enough phrases for your upcoming vacation.
Click any "Lesson" link on the Northern Illinois University Vietnamese Seasite. The lesson will include audio clips that can be clicked on to hear the pronunciation as well as translations. These lessons will teach you basic conversational phrases and are all available free of charge. A link is also provided in the menu to current Vietnamese news to enable you to practice the skills you have learned and pick up new words.
Learn Vietnamese using lessons with accompanying songs by visiting the Learning Vietnamese Through Songs website and clicking any song. Each song page includes lessons, exercises and questions to help you understand what you are learning. Follow through the exercises in the menu to learn. These song lessons are free and will help you learn several conversational topics..
Read online newspapers such as Thanh Nien News Vietnamese edition or But Viet News Online to increase your understanding of the Vietnamese language and grammar structure if you are an intermediate learner. You can use Google's "Translate this page" option to see the page in your native language and compare that to the Vietnamese version to increase your understanding of grammer and learn new words.
Vietnamese TV online and radio stations online are also a valuable teaching tool, especially if they have captions available. Listening to the programs can help you identify tones and improve your pronunciation as well as pick up new words that are used in everyday conversation. Vietnam Live has many popular channels and programs available and premium access will allow you to watch in demand. LyngSat has a listing of TV channels available online free, click any link to be taken to that channel.