# Cũng như: as well as in Vietnamese (B2)

> Cũng như joins two things that are both true, like "as well as": Dự án giúp tạo việc làm cũng như cải thiện đời sống người dân (the project creates jobs…

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/cung-nhu/ · Updated 2026-10-17

**as well as**

Pattern: `[A] + cũng như + [B]`

Level: B2 (our estimate) · Register: formal

Typed without accents: cung nhu

*Cũng như* joins two things that are both true, like "as well as": *Dự án giúp tạo việc làm cũng như cải thiện đời sống người dân* (the project creates jobs as well as improving people's lives). It links two nouns or two verb phrases, and it's common in news, official texts and papers.

It's a step up from *và* (and). *Và* simply lists; *cũng như* puts the two on an equal footing. Writers also use it to avoid a second *và* in a long sentence: *nhà trường, phụ huynh cũng như học sinh* (the school and parents, as well as the pupils).

*Không chỉ … mà còn* (not only … but also) is stronger: it presents the second item as an extra, perhaps surprising point. *Cũng như* treats both as equally expected.

At the start of a sentence, *Cũng như* + a noun means "like, just as": *Cũng như nhiều địa phương khác, tỉnh đang thiếu giáo viên* (like many other places, the province is short of teachers).

Don't confuse it with *cũng … như* in a comparison, where an adjective sits between the two words: *Huế cũng đẹp như Hội An* (Huế is as beautiful as Hội An). In the "as well as" meaning, *cũng như* stays together.

In conversation, *với* or *và* is enough: *Em thích Đà Lạt với Nha Trang.*

## Examples

- Dự án góp phần tạo việc làm cũng như cải thiện đời sống người dân địa phương. — The project helps create jobs as well as improve the lives of local people.
- Nhà trường, phụ huynh cũng như học sinh đều hài lòng với kết quả kỳ thi. — The school, the parents and the pupils alike are pleased with the exam results.
- Cần nâng cao nhận thức cũng như kỹ năng phòng cháy cho người dân. — Public awareness as well as fire-prevention skills need to be improved.
- Cũng như nhiều địa phương khác, tỉnh đang thiếu giáo viên mầm non. — Like many other localities, the province is short of preschool teachers.

## Compare

- [Not only … but also: không những / không chỉ … mà còn](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/khong-nhung-ma-con/): not only … but also
- [And (listing): và](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/va-and/): and
- [As … as: bằng / như](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/bang-nhu-as-as/): as … as

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