Like most other languages, learning the alphabet is one of the first steps to reading so this is where I'll start. Here's a vietnamese alphabet list I found online to study:
| Vowels | Pronunciation Example |
| a | 'ah' as in father |
| â | 'uh' as in sofa |
| ă | 'a' as in hat |
| e | 'e' as in get |
| ê | 'eh' as in prey |
| i | 'i' as in machine (north), 'i' as in bit (south) |
| o | 'aw' as in hot or saw |
| ô | 'oa' as in boat |
| ơ | 'uh' as in fur or mug |
| u | 'oo' as in boot |
| ư | 'ue' as in hurry |
| y | 'ee' as in bee |
| Consonants | Pronunciation Example |
| b | 'b' as in big |
| c | 'c' as in cat |
| ch | 'ch' as in church |
| d | 'z' as in zoo (north), 'y' as in yes (south) |
| đ | 'd' as in done |
| g | 'g' as in good |
| gh | 'g' as in good |
| gi | 'z' as in zoo (north), 'y' as in yes (south) |
| h | 'h' as in house |
| k | 'c' as in cat |
| kh | 'ch' as in the German Bach |
| l | 'l' as in life |
| m | 'm' as in man |
| n | 'n' as in nice |
| ng | 'ng' as in singer |
| ngh | 'ng' as in singer |
| nh | 'ny' as in canyon |
| p | 'p' as in stop |
| ph | 'f' as in find |
| qu | 'qu' as in queue |
| r | 'z' as in zoo (north), 'r' as in ring (south) |
| s | 's' as in sore (north), 's' as in sure (south) |
| t | 't' as in stop |
| th | 't' as in top |
| tr | 'ch' as in church (north), 'tr' as in tree (south) |
| v | 'v' as in van (north), 'y' as in yes (south) |
| x | 's' as in sore |
* Grayed out items are equivalent to english
