On a dating app: what to text in Vietnamese

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Each with its moment and its meaning. The Vietnamese, the audio and what she answers are in the pack.

• What's your dog's name? He looks so cute.Two of her five photos have her dog in them.
• You're a nurse? The shifts must be exhausting.Her bio says only "điều dưỡng", and one photo shows her in scrubs.
• That coffee looks amazing. Where's that place?She posted a photo of her cà phê sữa đá with none of herself in it.
• I've never been to Phú Quốc. Is it worth it?Her cover photo is a beach and the caption says Phú Quốc.
• Your bio is funny, I laughed out loud on my own reading it.Her bio is a single joke in Vietnamese, and you understood it.
• Let's keep chatting tomorrow, okay?It is late, she has answered twice in a row, and you want to end it cleanly.
• Sleep well.She is from Hanoi and it is past midnight where she is.
• Thank you.She has just said she is 34 and you are 29.
• I've been asking a lot of questions, hihi. Your turn, tell me something :))You have just asked three questions in a row, and you noticed.
• Sorry for the late reply, I was busy earlier.You open Zalo and her message is six hours old.
• It's fine, no rush.She is apologising for taking two days to reply.
• Sounds good, tonight should be fun.She suggests coming to a street concert with her friends tonight.
• You reply fast, is your phone glued to your hand? :))She answered your last three messages in under a minute each.
• My Vietnamese is bad, so laugh gently please.You have just written your first full message in Vietnamese and you are not sure about it.
• You text with real charm. You must be fun to talk to in person.You have been messaging for half an hour and she has made you laugh twice.
• You put hoisin sauce in your phở? I'll keep talking to you, but it's hard :))She said she puts hoisin sauce in her phở.
• I'm French. Where are you from?Her second message is "bạn người nước nào?".
• I've been in Vietnam for three years now, in Saigon.She asks "bạn ở Việt Nam lâu chưa?".
• I only speak a little, please talk slowly for me.She asks "bạn biết tiếng Việt không?" after two messages in Vietnamese.
• I came for work at first, stayed long enough to get used to it, now it's hard to go back.She asks "sao bạn qua Việt Nam?", the question you get every week.
• I'm guessing you're busy or it's not a fit. That's completely fine. All the best to you.She has not answered for four days, and the conversation had been going well.
• I understand, thanks for being straight with me. Take care.She has just written that she has a boyfriend, or that she is not looking for anything.
• Saw your story, I go to that place all the time. Their yogurt coffee is great.The conversation died a week ago, and this morning she posts a story from a café you genuinely know.