Vietnamese stories for language learners : traditional folktales in Vietnamese and English / Tri C. Tran, Tram Le, University of California, Irvine.

Subtitle from front cover.

"Free audio disc included!"--Front cover.

The magic longbow -- The story of Chu Don Tu -- The beautiful woman in the painting -- A village of no return -- The woman from Nam Xuong -- The love story of Truong Chi -- The woman with a cursed life -- Princess Lieu Hanh -- Trang Bung goes on a mission -- Yet Kieu the water boy -- The bamboo tree with a hundred noodles -- The story of Buffalo Man and Chuc -- The man with a borrowed soul -- The legend of Ngu Hanh -- The forever indebted Lord Chom -- Teaching hour husband a lesson -- Paying back what is owed -- The magic bottle of water -- A parent's love -- Gratitude from an animal -- Indebted love -- The patriotic songstress -- The earthen phoenix -- The two stone dogs -- The ant that sued the yam -- The fair judge -- The entrapped con man -- The woman with two husbands -- The wise wife and her idiotic husband -- The story of the brooms -- A son was born before the father -- The three heroes -- A faithful love story -- The crab couple -- Brotherly love conquers all -- The river kingdom princess -- The quicksilver-filled scale -- The story of the narcissus -- The fable of the grasshopper -- The witnessing termite -- Vietnamese-English vocabulary -- Idiomatic expressions -- References -- Audio tracklist.

"Intended for Vietnamese language students or heritage learners, the stories in this volume present the everyday vocabulary and grammar in use in Vietnam today. Forty folk stories have been edited and simplified for learning purposes and are presented in parallel Vietnamese and English versions to facilitate language learning"--Back cover.

Text in English and Vietnamese.