


Unicode ĭespite the growing popularity of Unicode in computing, the VNI Encoding (see below) is still in wide use by Vietnamese speakers both in Vietnam and abroad. Starting with Windows 10 version 1903, the VNI Input Method (as "Vietnamese Number Key-based"), along with the Telex input method, are now natively supported. It has, although virtually unknown, appeared in every Windows release since Windows 98. Microsoft settled the case out of court, withdrew the input method from their entire product line, and developed their own input method. Upon Microsoft's unauthorized use of these technologies, VNI took Microsoft to court over the matter. In the 1990s, Microsoft recognized the potential of VNI's products and incorporated VNI Input Method into Windows 95 Vietnamese Edition and MSDN, in use worldwide. The VNI Input Method has since grown to become the top two most popular input methods for Vietnamese, alongside TELEX which is more advantageous for phones and touchscreens whilst VNI has found more use on keyboard computer systems.

Among their products were the VNI Encoding and VNI Input Method. It was founded in 1987 by Hồ Thành Việt to develop software that eases Vietnamese language use on computers. The VNI company is a family-owned company and based in Westminster, California.
