. observing, describing and analyzing 299 samples of PAs in English from the cited sources, we can find out a variety of kinds of PAs such as PAs as a word, a phrase, a sentence, and a series of. the mistake, suggesting, soothing, warning, reminding an experience, begging, making conditions, persuading and advising. PAs are pragmatically represented by explaining and notifying in high. Vietnamese. The findings of the study can be the potential source for the teaching and learning of speech acts in general and PAs in English and Vietnamese in particular as foreign languages....