Vietnamese phrase
How to say “Train ticket” in Vietnamese
“Train ticket” in Vietnamese is
Vé tàu
Hear it in both accents
Vietnamese sounds noticeably different north to south. Both are recorded so you can match wherever you are.
Northern
Hanoi and the north
Southern
Saigon and the south
Used in a sentence
Cho tôi mua một vé tàu đi Suối Tiên.
I would like to buy one train ticket to Suoi Tien.
Northern
Hanoi and the north
Southern
Saigon and the south
Worth knowing
Word by word: vé (ticket) + tàu (train)
North vs south: In the South, 'tàu lửa' is often used for trains, while 'tàu hỏa' is more common in the North.
When you would use it
This line comes from the HCM Metro situation pack in XinChao (Survival) — the moments you actually run into in Việt Nam, not textbook drills.
See the survival packs