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TikTok, a short-form video application has been popular among young generation for communication and entertainment. While many educators believe that TikTok spoils the future and mindset of youngsters with toxic content, this study describes a different perspective of utilizing TikTok to improve students’ speaking skills under Projectbased Learning approach. 36 third-year students from Foreign Languages Department, Vinh University created TikTok videos with various speaking topics. Classroom Action Research technique was used to conduct the study with 4 main steps: planning, implementing, observation and reflection. The data was collected by using qualitative and quantitative methodologies, including Likert-scale questionnaire, pre-test and post-test. The research findings revealed that the students’ scores rapidly increased in the post-test and were better than their pre-test. While there was an increase in the posttest session 1 with 24 students getting a score above 70, the post-test session 2 witnessed a very significant rise with the achievement of the highest student scores of 95 and the lowest of 65. Therefore, the implementation of TikTok with project-based learning approach helped students to develop their confidence in speaking as well as added new experiences for them in expressing ideas freely. Hence, this application eventually inspired the students to enjoy the learning especially in motivating them to speak