# Nhân dịp / nhân tiện in Vietnamese (B1)

> Nhân dịp before an occasion means "on the occasion of" or "for": Nhân dịp năm mới …, for the New Year … It goes at the start, and the rest says what you…

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/nhan-occasion/ · Updated 2026-10-17

**on the occasion of; taking the chance**

Pattern: `Nhân dịp + [occasion], … · Nhân + [event or chance], … · nhân tiện (while at it)`

Level: B1 (our estimate) · Register: everyday

Typed without accents: nhan dip, nhan tien

Situations: [At work](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/?use=work)

Variants:

- nhân tiện (by the way, while at it)

*Nhân dịp* before an occasion means "on the occasion of" or "for": *Nhân dịp năm mới …*, for the New Year … It goes at the start, and the rest says what you do because of the occasion: a wish, a gift, a visit. That's what sets it apart from *vào* and *lúc*, which only say when. *Công ty nghỉ vào thứ hai* gives a date; *Nhân dịp Tết, công ty tặng quà* says the gifts are for Tết.

You'll see it in greeting cards, Tết messages and company notices: *Nhân dịp năm mới, chúc anh chị sức khỏe.* Wishing you good health in the New Year. It works in speech too, for a chance you made use of: *Nhân dịp về Sài Gòn, em ghé thăm cô.* Since I was back in Saigon, I dropped in on my teacher.

*Nhân* alone does the same job, a little more formally, and it often opens a news report: *nhân ngày Nhà giáo Việt Nam* (on Vietnamese Teachers' Day).

*Nhân tiện* means "while I'm at it" or "by the way", in speech and in writing: *Nhân tiện, cho em hỏi chút nha.* By the way, can I ask you something? Among friends, *Mà* at the start does the same: *Mà nè, …*

## Examples

- Nhân dịp năm mới, chúc anh chị sức khỏe. — Wishing you good health in the New Year.
- Nhân dịp Tết, công ty tặng mỗi người một giỏ quà. — For Tết, the company gave everyone a gift basket.
- Nhân dịp về Sài Gòn, em ghé thăm cô giáo cũ. — Since I was back in Saigon, I dropped in on my old teacher.
- Saigon: Nhân tiện, cho em hỏi chút nha. | Hà Nội: Nhân tiện, cho em hỏi chút nhé. — By the way, can I ask you something?

## Words in this pattern

- [nhân dịp](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/nhan-dip/#s_nhan_dip): marking an occasion

## Compare

- [At a time: lúc / vào lúc, vào + day](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/vao-luc-at-time/): at / on (time)
- [Setting the frame: trong bối cảnh, trong quá trình, trong khuôn khổ](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/trong-boi-canh-context/): in the context of / in the course of / within the framework of
- [Wishing someone well: chúc + person + wish](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/chuc-wish/): I wish you …; congratulations
- [Besides, by the way: Mà … at the start](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/ma-initial-besides/): besides / anyway

Previous in Time and when things happen: [On and on, at long last: mãi, mãi … mới](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/mai-on-and-on/)
Next in Time and when things happen: [Only (so few, so young): mới + number](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/moi-only-number/)

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