How to write and say dates in Vietnamese

This page explains how to write and talk about dates in Vietnamese.

Days are a combination of the word "ngày" (day) followed by the ordinal number (first, second, etc).

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To ask what day/date it is today in Vietnamese, you say "Hôm nay là ngày mấy?" (lit. "Today is what day/date?").

How to say a full date

The 2nd of February, 2023 would be pronounced as “ngày hai tháng hai năm hai nghìn hai mươi ba” (literally “second day of second month year two thousand twenty three”).

Pronouncing the full date in Vietnamese in a mouthful. It takes two or three breaths to pronounce “ngày hai tháng hai năm hai nghìn hai mươi ba” (2-2-2023). Maybe for this reason, that’s why it’s only used for official purposes. You might hear it in the news broadcast, when they say the date of broadcast at the beginning, for example. Or on a court date, or your wedding day, or a date of death. Other than that, it is not used in everyday speech. People would rather use something like “tomorrow” (Ngày mai) or “the day after tomorrow” (ngày mốt) or “next month” (tháng tiếp theo) instead as it is much easier to say. This might also be why people in Vietnam are not punctual.

Hear how to talk about dates in Vietnamese:

Information provided by Constantine La, a Vietnamese-American who lives in Berlin, Germany. He runs the tourist visa processing company Visas for Future, which happens to process Vietnam e-Visas, for anyone wanting to visit the country. He speaks English, Vietnamese, and German (B1).

Information about days of the month in Vietnamese
https://howtovietnamese.com/telling-dates-in-vietnamese/
https://www.vietnamesepod101.com/blog/2019/12/20/dates-in-vietnamese/

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