# làm việc meaning in Vietnamese: to work (A1)

> làm việc means “to work” in Vietnamese. Examples with audio, in Northern and Southern wording.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/lam-viec/ · Updated 2026-10-18

**làm việc**: work

Level: A1 (our estimate)

Typed without accents: lam viec

## 1. work (verb)

In speech *làm* alone often does the job: *Anh làm ở đâu?*

- Chị làm việc ở ngân hàng. — I work at a bank.
- Saigon: Hôm nay anh làm việc tới tám giờ tối. | Hà Nội: Hôm nay anh làm việc đến tám giờ tối. — Today I'm working until eight in the evening.

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