How Can I Write Vietnamese on the Computer?

[A3] How Can I Write Vietnamese on the Computer?
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  Not everyone has workstation to display Vietnamese marks on top of the
  words. The following is a customary way of representing the marks in the
  text: VIQR - VIetnamese Quoted Readable Specifications.

        sa('c:        '      -+ la'                     single quote
        huye^`n:      `       | ma`                     backquote
        ho?i:         ?       | tu?                     question mark
        nga~:         ~       |--- na~                  tilde
        na(.ng:       .       | da.                     period
        da^'u mu~:    ^      -+ to^i
        da^'u a':     a(         a(n uo^'ng
        da^'u mo'c:   u+ o+      tu+ tu+o+?ng
        dde^:         dd         dda? dda?o
        DDe^:         DD         DDa` na(~ng

     diacritical marks always follow the vowels immediately:

          ta' tu'c    NOT   t'a t'uc
          ta^'n to+'i NOT   ta^n' to+i'     so on .....

     \ (back slash) is the escape character
          Ho\.  -  Ho. or Ho with a period, not Ho with da^'u na(.ng

  Originated and evolved over the year on Viet-net, there are software
  available that will convert these diacritical marks to other standards
  or fonts:
  * VISCII by Trichlor
  * VPS (Vietnamese Professional Society)
  * VNLab, VNI, Ventura, ... 
  for printing on laser and dot matrix, or display on screen correctly:

  For the convenience of converting from one font to another:
   - DOS and Windows 3.1: cn.exe (cn350.zip): chuye^?n ngu+~
   - Windows 3.1: wconvert.exe (VPS)

  Anonymous ftp for more software: ftp.media.mit.edu
  Directory    : /pub/Vietnet

  The latest and probably the easiest way to read-only Vietnamese on the Net:
  WVN7TO81 for Windows 3.1 / 95: Convert VIQR webpage into VISCII or VPS.

 Originally posted on soc.culture.vietnamese by: Hung P. Ho
 Updated by: Van D. Ho