Sounds Some English sounds have no partner in Vietnamese, so two different words can sound the same to you: sheep and ship, rice and rise, thirty and thirteen. Train your ear on those pairs, then catch the endings that are easy to lose.
Minimal pairs Endings
US UK
Sound All sounds /iː/ vs /ɪ/ /æ/ vs /e/ /l/ vs /r/ /n/ vs /l/ /θ/ vs /t/ /ð/ vs /d/ /s/ vs /ʃ/ /ʃ/ vs /tʃ/ /z/ vs /s/ at the end Final consonant or none /t/ vs /d/ at the end /p/ vs /b/ at the end -ty vs -teen /v/ vs /w/ /ʒ/ vs /z/ Your sounds Sounds that Vietnamese speakers often hear as one. Answer a few of each and your weakest shows up here.
/iː/ vs /ɪ/ Not tried /æ/ vs /e/ Not tried /l/ vs /r/ Not tried /n/ vs /l/ Not tried /θ/ vs /t/ Not tried /ð/ vs /d/ Not tried /s/ vs /ʃ/ Not tried /ʃ/ vs /tʃ/ Not tried /z/ vs /s/ at the end Not tried Final consonant or none Not tried /t/ vs /d/ at the end Not tried /p/ vs /b/ at the end Not tried -ty vs -teen Not tried /v/ vs /w/ Not tried /ʒ/ vs /z/ Not tried