NTC's Vietnamese-English Dictionary

My girlfriend, who is from Vietnam, found the book very helpful with her english studies.

To August 29, 2001 reviewer:
Well, the title does say that it's a Vietnamese-English dictionary and NOT a Vietnamese-English/English-Vietnamese dictionary.

To everyone else:
This is very good dictionary if you have an understanding of the Vietnamese language. Compared to other Viet dictionaries I've seen, the printed words in this book are larger and clearer (there are a few cases where the accents and/or the words are blurred).

If you're just learning the language, this book won't be for you. You would be better off if you bought an Engish-Vietnamese dictionary or a dual language dictionary.

In any foreign language dictionary we have ever purchased in the US, it is possible to look up words in either language to get their synonym in the other language. The cover doesn't have to state that it is a Vietnamese-English AND English-Vietnamese dictionary. That is usually a given.
This book is only helpful to those trying to find a synonym from Vietnamese to English. Evidently the lucky writer of the last review knows every word in the Vietnamese language and, therefore, never has a need to translate from English to Vietnamese.

Ok. It boggles my mind why this dictionary has yet to be reviewed, and is overlooked when students of vietnamese purchase reference material. This is the best Vietnamese Dictionary I have ever encountered. It includes all essential words for conversing even slang, though marked vulgar. DU MA MAY! Seriously this book got my through my trip to the Nam and continues unrivaled as my tool for translating Vietnamese text. I own three other Vietnamese-English dictionaries and Nguyen-Dinh-Hoa's book is unrivalled as the most definitive. YOU PEOPLE WHO BUY THE LE-BA-KHONG DICTIONARY ARE FOOLISHLY SQUANDERING YOUR MONEY! While that dictionary might have been suitable for the time during which it was published(During the war-or maybe earlier), language is living and this applies to Vietnamese. The NTC Dictionary is fairly modern(1995) and at least includes SIDA(HIV) as an entry. The only flaw with this dictionary is that the new word appendix is just that an appendix. To think of the time it would save me if the appendix was incorporated into the book instead of being thrown in the back. But nonetheless this book is an essential tool to learning Vietnamese, if you are a white fool like me. -----peace