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Vietnamese Keyboard: key facts

• Script: Latin + diacritics, used across Vietnam.
• Writing direction: left to right.
• Layout: 45 keys, 45 base characters, 45 on Shift, 7 on AltGr.
• Transliteration: 40 conversion rules built in.
• Variants: 3 (Telex, VNI, Direct).
• Native name: Bàn phím tiếng Việt; speech synthesis locale: vi-VN.

Vietnamese Keyboard in detail

Type Vietnamese with Telex, VNI and plain modes: “xin chào” is produced from “xin chao” + s as you type. The Vietnamese Keyboard (Bàn phím tiếng Việt) covers the Latin + diacritics script as used across Vietnam. Text flows left to right in the editor, and every character below belongs to the authentic Latin + diacritics repertoire — no transliterated approximations once you use the virtual keys.

The smart transliteration engine converts Latin keystrokes into Latin + diacritics in real time using 40 hand-tuned rules: type the phonetic transcription and watch each syllable transform as you type.

The page ships 3 built-in variants — Telex ('xin chao` → 'xin chào' standard Telex input method.); VNI (Numeric tones: 'xin chao6' → 'xin chào' (digits typed with keyboard).); Direct (Click the accented letters directly (â, ê, ô, ư, ơ, đ).) — switchable without reloading. Your text never leaves the browser: copy it to any app, export it, listen to it with the vi-VN speech voice, or send it to Google, YouTube, Wikipedia, Translate, DuckDuckGo.

Every key on the Vietnamese Keyboard

The layout holds 45 character keys: 45 distinct base characters, 45 Shift variants and 7 AltGr variants. The table below maps each physical position to the characters it produces, so you can learn the layout or verify coverage of a rare letter before you start typing.

Complete transliteration table

The quick table higher up this page shows an excerpt. Below is the complete engine: all 40 mappings, longest match wins, applied left to right. Try « as » → á, « es » → é, « is » → í to feel how whole words collapse into script in a single gesture. Multi-character sequences always win over single letters, so digraphs and common words convert before their parts do.

Getting the most out of this keyboard

Start with the Telex variant if you are unsure: 'xin chao` → 'xin chào' standard Telex input method. You can switch variants mid-text without losing what you typed.

Latin + diacritics runs left to right, so mixing it with in-line Latin terms, brand names or URLs just works: the editor keeps each run in its own direction without manual markers.

For pronunciation, press the speaker button: the vi-VN voice reads exactly what is in the editor, which makes this page a practical dictation and shadowing tool. Export the text first if you want to rehearse offline.

Preferred typefaces here are Noto Sans, Be Vietnam Pro, Arial (fallback Noto Sans). If a character shows as a box on your device, switch fonts in the toolbar — complex-script shaping varies between systems, especially on older phones.

Dictionaries and resources for Vietnamese Keyboard

Below the keyboard, the resource hub gathers 9 hand-picked links for Vietnamese Keyboard: 3 monolingual dictionaries (including Lexilogos — dictionnaire, VdicT — từ điển tiếng Việt, Wiktionary (vi)), 2 bilingual translators, 0 grammar and conjugation reference, 1 vocabulary and phrase guide, and 3 encyclopedias, newspapers and general resources. Type a word in the editor first and the links marked with an arrow receive it automatically — look up a definition, a conjugation or a translation without retyping.

Keep exploring

If this is not quite your language, the closest alternatives each have their own virtual keyboard, transliteration engine and dictionary hub, so switching costs one click. The method guides embed the same keyboard, so you can practise while you learn.

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