An online Arabic tutor for Ho Chi Minh City

Learning Arabic from Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City is Vietnam’s business centre and home to several mosques, including the Saigon Central Mosque on Đông Du street, serving Cham families and Muslim visitors. Arabic learners here include exporters and halal-industry staff working with Gulf buyers, tourism workers, students, and Cham families who want Quran reading for their children.

Lisanova Academy is an online academy run from Morocco. It has no classroom, branch, agent or locally based tutor in Ho Chi Minh City: every lesson is a live one-to-one video lesson with a Moroccan teacher.

Arabic for trade, halal and tourism in Ho Chi Minh City

Professionals often want formal MSA for emails, product names, certificates and polite meetings with buyers from the Gulf or North Africa. Lessons can use vocabulary from your industry. Lisanova does not translate documents or provide halal certification advice; lessons teach the language.

Where to start

Exporters and professionals: business-focused MSA. Cham families: Quran reading and Tajweed. Students: MSA from the alphabet. Learners with Moroccan contacts: Darija conversation.

Lisanova teaches two kinds of Arabic: Modern Standard Arabic (MSA, Fusha) — the formal Arabic of books, news, documents and Islamic scholarship — and Moroccan Darija, the everyday spoken Arabic of Morocco. Quran lessons are a separate path. It does not teach Gulf, Levantine, Egyptian or other Arabic dialects.

Lesson times in Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City is on UTC+7 all year. For most of the year, 10:00 in Morocco is 16:00 in Ho Chi Minh City; during Ramadan the difference grows by one hour.

When you book the free trial or ask on WhatsApp, send your city and two or three preferred local times. The academy replies with a proposed time in your local time and in Morocco time; the lesson is fixed only once you both confirm. No timetable is published in advance and no hour is guaranteed.

Explanation language and teachers

Lisanova has teachers who explain lessons in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese, as well as in Arabic; not every teacher speaks every one of these languages. The Arabic you learn is a separate choice from the explanation language. English suits most learners in Ho Chi Minh City; lessons are not explained in Vietnamese. Tell us your preference when you enquire and we match you with a suitable teacher.

Prices and getting started

Private Arabic and Moroccan Darija: one 60-minute lesson $20; 8 hours $120; 12 hours $170; 16 hours $200. Prices are in US dollars; no local-currency price is offered. The first trial lesson is free.

Quran and Islamic Studies: single class $12 per hour; Monthly Package 1, 8 hours per month, $80; Monthly Package 2, 12 hours per month, $110. Families get 15% off for each additional sibling. Discover Islam sessions are free.

Book the free Arabic/Darija trial with your name, WhatsApp number and preferred package; the academy arranges the time with you on WhatsApp. You can pay by bank transfer, by card or through a money-transfer service such as Western Union; if one option is not available from your country, ask about the others before paying. Quran enquiries are arranged on WhatsApp. Cancellation and refund conditions are on the Terms page.