Intended for use by tourists, students, and business people traveling to Vietnam, Tuttle Pocket Vietnamese Dictionary is an essential tool to learn Vietnamese and start communicating effectively. It features all the essential Vietnamese vocabulary appropriate for beginning to intermediate students. Its handy pocket format, and user-friendly, two-color layout will make any future trip to Vietnam much easier. All entries are written in a Romanized form as well as Vietnamese script (quoc ngu) so that, in the case of difficulties, the book can simply be shown to the person the user is trying to communicate with.

This dictionary includes the following key features:

• Over 18,000 words and expressions in the Vietnamese language.
• Vietnamese-English and English-Vietnamese sections
• Fully updated with recent vocabulary and commonly used Vietnamese slang.
• Clear, user-friendly layout with headwords in blue.
• Romanized and Vietnamese Script (Quoc Ngu) forms for every entry.