Tuttle Compact Vietnamese Dictionary

Tuttle Compact Vietnamese Dictionary is a bidirectional Vietnamese-English and English-Vietnamese paperback dictionary for learners who want a reliable desk reference for study, work, or travel.

You get about 25,000 entries, with parts of speech, idioms, and sample sentences to show how words are used. The English-to-Vietnamese section also includes English pronunciations, and the book includes a pronunciation guide. The print layout uses colored headwords to make scanning faster.

It works best when you want quick offline lookup and you do not need audio or interactive practice. It is also fairly thick for something labeled “compact” at 642 pages, and since the current edition is dated May 10, 2016, it may miss newer internet slang and very recent terms. You can check the full specs on Tuttle’s product page.