And then: rồi

Between two actions, rồi means "and then": Em tắm rồi đi ngủ. I'll have a shower and then go to bed. The first action comes first, then rồi, then the next. The person doing both is named only once.

To stress that the first is finished before the second starts, add xong: Ăn xong rồi mình đi cà phê. Let's finish eating, then go for a coffee. Rồi can also start a new sentence, the way you move a story along: Rồi sao nữa? And then what?

English uses "and" for this, but và only puts things side by side. For one thing after another, rồi is the word.

Rồi sẽ links a step to where it leads, often as encouragement: Từ từ rồi sẽ quen. Take it slowly and you'll get used to it.

You also know rồi at the end of a sentence, meaning "already": Tôi ăn rồi. Its place tells you which: at the end it's "already", between two actions it's "and then".