Quote Originally Posted by Jama View Post
Does anyone have some suggestions on how to pronounce the Vietnamese "Đ"? It it the same as the English "D?" It sounds different to me, but I can't figure out how. Thanks.
One difference is the level of aspiration - English /d/ is much more heavily aspirated than Vietnamese /d/. Put your hand (or a sheet of paper) in front of your mouth when you say English "do" and Vietnamese "đu"

This distinction is even more important when it comes to the voiceless counterpart "t" - initial English "t" is very heavily aspirated while Vietnamese "t" is not - compare English "tea" to Vietnamese "ty". In fact, if you aspirate the Vietnamese initial "t" it sounds like "the" (thi instead of ty).