diff --git a/phsource/ph_vietnam b/phsource/ph_vietnam
index 9797122d..158438f3 100644
--- a/phsource/ph_vietnam
+++ b/phsource/ph_vietnam
@@ -172,12 +172,9 @@ endphoneme
 
 phoneme e-
    vwl starttype #e endtype #a
-   IF nextPhW(c) THEN
-	length 70
-   ELIF nextPhW(n^) THEN
-	length 100
-	ENDIF
-   FMT(vietnam/e_short_1)
+   length 140
+   //FMT(vietnam/e_short_2)
+   FMT(vdiph/aai_3)
 endphoneme
 
 phoneme i
diff --git a/phsource/vietnam/e_e b/phsource/vietnam/e_e
index 5622ff32..4b5efa0c 100644
Binary files a/phsource/vietnam/e_e and b/phsource/vietnam/e_e differ