How to type Vietnamese on Windows 7

Typing Vietnamese on Windows 7 does not require any third-party software. All we need is to enable the Vietnamese keyboard and learn how to type special characters.

Installation

Open Control Panel and click on Clock, Language and Region.

Click on Change keyboards or other input methods at the bottom of the right pane.

Click Change keyboards…

In the Text Services and Input Languages window, click Add…

Select Vietnamese from the list and click OK.

We will see the Vietnamese keyboard added. Click  OK and we are done with the installation.

 

How to Type Vietnamese Text

The first step is to switch the keyboard from English (or your current language) to Vietnamese.  Look at the bottom of right of the screen, we will see “EN” for English. Click on it and select “VI” for Vietnamese.

 

Next, we will learn how to type special Vietnamese characters:

Huyền = 5
Hỏi = 6
Ngã = 7
Sắc = 8
Nặng = 9

ă = 1
â = 2
ê = 3
ô = 4
đ = 0
ư = [
ơ = ]

Good luck.