How to Type Vietnamese Accents on Any Keyboard

Published September 18, 2026, 5 min read

Vietnamese stacks tone marks on top of vowel diacritics, giving letters such as ầ, ế and ữ, and adds đ. It has more precomposed accented letters than any other language. Here is how to type each of them on a computer or phone, whether you write Vietnamese every day or only need the odd name.

Shortcut chart

Option 1: add the Vietnamese keyboard

If you write Vietnamese often, add its keyboard layout. On Windows, open Settings → Time & language → Language & region, add Vietnamese or add its keyboard under your current language, and switch with Win+Space. On a Mac, open System Settings → Keyboard → Text Input → Edit and add the Vietnamese layout. On iPhone and Android, add the Vietnamese keyboard in keyboard settings and switch with the globe key.

A native layout moves some punctuation keys, so print or note where they sit before you switch.

Option 2: use shortcuts on your current keyboard

Keep your usual layout and use the codes in the chart. On Windows the US-International layout covers many Western European accents with dead keys. On a Mac, Option+E, Option+`, Option+I, Option+U and Option+N cover the acute, grave, circumflex, umlaut and tilde, and Unicode Hex Input covers everything else.

Option 3: copy and paste

For occasional use, copy letters from the Vietnamese letters page. Click a letter to copy it, or click several to build a word in the text box first.

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