Shadowing Practice: Green tourism: Danang's new competitive edge | Vietnam Today - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Danang is looking to make sustainability part of how it competes for tourists.
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As more travelers prioritize sustainability, the city is making green practices a bigger part of its tourism strategy.
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This Friday, the city has introduced the green state criteria for accommodation businesses.
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This is expected to help attract more international travelers as their expectations change.
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Our reporter Truong Nam has the details.
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almost nine in ten travelers say traveling sustainably is important or very important
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that is according to booking.com's 2026 survey of 35 500 travelers across 35 markets
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showing that sustainable tourism is becoming an important factor for tourists
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now danan is trying to turn that shift into an advantage Its new green state criteria covers many aspects,
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from saving energy to cutting waste, reducing single-use plastics, and buying more locally.
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Businesses can join at three different levels.
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Going green is everyone's responsibility, but it's also an opportunity for businesses to cut cuts, improve operational efficiency and service quality.
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Going green is no longer just about image.
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The pressure is increasingly coming from the market itself.
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For example, Agoda and Booking.com now give some preference to properties that have received independent third-party sustainability certification.
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They also provide filters that allow travelers to identify accommodation
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that is greener
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or more environmentally friendly danas framework was developed with support from
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the swiss-backed st4sd project it draws on switzerland's sustainable model and references global standards the same shift is happening across the region
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In Singapore, more than 70% of hotel room stock now holds internationally recognised sustainability certification.
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Thailand's Green Hotel Plus standard has also been aligned with global criteria.
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In Da Nang, some hotels are already putting green practices into daily operations.
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We have created our own water bottle factory inside the hotel
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because we don't believe that you should only replace the plastic bottles but you also should reduce the transport.
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What's the point if we buy water bottles and we refill them
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if they have to drive 50 kilometres every day and use petrol?
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So we simply decided to have our own water factory here reducing carbon dioxide.
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From September, Lanang will begin training and guiding accommodation businesses on how to apply the new standards.
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Lanang already has the beaches
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and the hotels now the city wants to turn sustainability into
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part of its tourism edge the question is how quickly
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that can turn from new standards on paper to real changes on the ground
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so now Vietnam today reporting from Danone City
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Green tourism: Danang's new competitive edge”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: green, sustainability, travelers, hotel, businesses. This video has 33 sentences and 416 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:03. The speaker talks at a steady 136 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| sustainability noun | /səˌsteɪnəˈbɪlɪti/ | A means of configuring civilization and human activity so that society, its members and its economies are able to meet their needs and express their greatest… |
| criterion noun | /kɹaɪˈtɪɹ.i.ən/ | A standard, test, or requirement by which individual things or people may be compared and judged; a gauge. |
| accommodation noun | /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/ | Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or students, etc. |
| certification noun | /ˌsɜː.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ | The act of certifying. |
| sustainable adjective | /səˈsteɪnəbəl/ | Able to be sustained. |
| environmentally adverb | In a manner affecting the environment. | |
| kilometre noun | /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/ | An SI unit of length equal to 10³ metres. Symbol: km |
| prioritize verb | /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/ | To value, do, or choose something first, or before other things. |
| refill noun | /ˈɹiː.fɪl/ | An additional helping of food or drink at reduced cost. |
| sustainably adverb | /səˈsteɪ.nə.bli/ | In a sustainable manner. |
| align verb | /əˈlaɪn/ | To form a line; to fall into line. |
| petrol noun | /ˈpɛt.ɹəl/ | A fluid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, primarily consisting of octane, commonly used as a motor fuel. |
| dioxide noun | /daɪˈɑksaɪd/ | Any oxide containing two oxygen atoms in each molecule. |
| internationally adverb | In an international manner. | |
| expectation noun | /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/ | The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has introduced · have received · has also been aligned |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is expected · was developed · been aligned |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: accommodation /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/, certification /ˌsɜː.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: sustainability /səˌsteɪnəˈbɪlɪti/, criterion /kɹaɪˈtɪɹ.i.ən/, accommodation /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/, certification /ˌsɜː.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, sustainable /səˈsteɪnəbəl/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like sustainability, criterion, accommodation.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.