Translate your church service into Vietnamese
Tiếng Việt
Vietnamese is spoken by over 90 million people, with diaspora communities across the US, Australia, UK, and Europe. Vietnamese Christians — particularly Catholic, Baptist, and evangelical communities — include many first-generation immigrants for whom Vietnamese is the language of faith. Voco enables live Vietnamese translation with no app or hardware required.
Latency
~500ms
from spoken word to text
Attendee setup
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Starting from
£8/week
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The Vietnamese-speaking diaspora
The Vietnamese diaspora in the US (over 2 million people) is concentrated in California (especially Orange County, San Jose, Houston, and the DMV area. Vietnamese Christian communities in the US tend to be tightly-knit, multigenerational, and often hold separate Vietnamese-language services. Second and third-generation Vietnamese Americans who attend English-language services often have parents and grandparents who need Vietnamese translation. In the UK and Australia, significant Vietnamese communities in cities like London, Sydney, and Melbourne include active church communities.
Bible availability in Vietnamese
The Vietnamese Bible (Kinh Thánh) has multiple translations including the widely-used 1926 Revised Version and more recent translations including the New Vietnamese Translation (Bản Dịch Mới). Vietnamese has a rich Catholic Bible tradition as well.
Script and display notes
Vietnamese uses the Latin alphabet with extensive diacritic marks (tone marks and vowel modifications). Voco renders Vietnamese text with full Unicode diacritic support.
Using Voco for Vietnamese church translation
Vietnamese diaspora churches span denominations — Catholic, Southern Baptist, Assembly of God, and independent evangelical — with a common pastoral challenge of ministering to multiple generations with different language preferences. Voco enables the English-language sermon to be simultaneously accessible to Vietnamese-speaking first-generation members.
Frequently asked questions
Is Vietnamese available in Voco?
Yes — Vietnamese is a fully supported language. Vietnamese-background churches are among Voco's use cases in the US and Australia.
Does Voco handle Vietnamese tone marks correctly?
Yes. Voco outputs standard Unicode Vietnamese with full diacritic and tone mark support, which displays correctly in the attendee reader.
We have a mix of first-generation (Vietnamese-dominant) and second-generation (English-dominant) attendees — how does Voco help?
Each attendee chooses their own language. First-generation members scan the QR code and select Vietnamese; second-generation members follow in English. Voco serves the whole congregation simultaneously.
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