This is a list of the Vietnamese content I've learned from. My focus is on southern Vietnamese. All of this content features southern speakers.
beginner content
- Lilian Vietnamese - comprehensible input
- Peppa Pig - brainrotting kid's cartoon
- Xin Chào Jadoo - dub of a Korean kid's cartoon
- Sea of Love - Thai cartoon with Viet dub on Netflix
low-budget romdroms
- BigCat Drama - insanely fast-paced soaps
- THVL1 - insanely slow-paced soaps
high-budget romdroms
- Vì Mẹ Anh Phán Chia Tay - as of 2026 th is the peak of the vdrama genre (VieOn required to finish)
subtitled shows
Most Netflix Vietnamese dubs don't have matching subtitles. But some do. In these cases there's usually two tracks: a northern sub track that doesn't match, and a hidden southern one that does. To get the southern track you can use subadub and select the second option in its drop-down, or you can
- Turn off subs.
- Set the audio to Vietnamese.
- Refresh.
- Re-enable Vietnamese subs.
The following shows have matching subtitles and are available in Canada:
- Alice in Borderland
- Squid Game (season 2 only)
- Extraordinary Attorney Woo
- Our Beloved Summer
- Hierarchy
- Business Proposal
- 3 Body Problem
- Glass Onion
- Celebrity
- Ready Set Love
- Analog Squad
- Pain Hustlers
- My Happy Marriage
- Genie Make a Wish
interview channels
YouTube channels with two to three speakers and clear audio.
- Vietcetera - Vietnam's titan podcast
- The Khang Show - celebrity interviews
- Ants Rich - celebrity interviews
- Sao Star - celebrity interviews and call-in radio show
- Plan B Podcast - deepcut interview channel
- The Tri Way - this guy calls Joe Rogan his father figure
- Spiderum - docuvids, interviews, etc (northern)
single speaker channels
YouTube channels with a single speaker and clear audio.
- PH Huy - quality psychology lectures
- CEO Lab - business/career self-help
- Chang Doran - gaming streamer
- Đảo Khảo Cổ - history and philosophy podcast
- Jolly Molly - self-help
- The Young Love - sketchy dating advice
- Thảo Ngô - voice acting career advice and social commentary
- Danny Tran - clickbaity video essays
- Đọc Sách & Thảo Luận - book reading and discussion
- Vui Lên - book reviews
- My Xuan Pham - guide to making a YouTube channel
- Hường Như Xuân - literature discussion
video essay channels
manga and anime
You can buy manga from most book stores in Vietnam. From the Americas you can order from Viet Bookstore (mostly manga) or VietCan Books (more of a grab bag).
Many of these animes will require a VPN to locate you in Vietnam in order to access them. For Netflix, I use a VPN to locate me in Canada.
- Yotsuba (No adaptations)
- Naruto - Pops dub on YouTube
- One Piece - Pops dub on YouTube, Netflix dub, subtitles don't match
- Alice in Borderland - Netfix dub, matching subtitles
- Attack on Titan - Muse Vietnam dub
- Dr. Stone - Ani-one dub
- Frieren - TV360 dub
- Spy x Family - TV360 dub
- Jujutsu Kaisen Ani-one dub (paid)
- Yugi-Oh TV360 dub
forums
The Vietnamese forum sphere is not for the faint of heart, but there's a lot of content.
- Voz - central Vietnamese forum
- Voz Subreddit - group therapy
novels
These really become useful at intermediate level. The best form is an audiobook + ebook with hover dictionary to follow along to. That way you don't have to subvocalize and can get labeled sound system input too. I demo that method here.
The next best method is consulting an English version of the text and rereading passages you don't understand after getting the hints.
Short of that, there's dictbox.
- Lòng Tôi Nhẹ Khi Mẹ Rời Xa (Originally English, title "I'm Glad My Mom Died") - Voiz Audiobook
- Cô Nàng Cửa Hàng Tiện Ích (Originally Japanese, English title "Convenience Store Woman")
- Người Truyền Ký Ức (Originally English, title "The Giver")
- Rừng Na Uy (Originally Japanese, English title "Norwegian Wood")
- Harry Potter - YouTube Readings, Books 1-3
- Có Mùa Hè Chưa Từng Lãng Quên (Originally Vietnamese, no translations)
- Dune - Partial YouTube Reading