As, the way: như + sentence

Như means "like" or "as". Before a whole sentence, it says something happens in the same way as something else: Em làm đúng như chị chỉ. I did it just the way you showed me. Mọi chuyện đúng như anh nói. Everything was exactly as you said. Đúng (exactly) often comes in front.

Some short phrases with như are everyday at work and in emails: như anh biết (as you know), như đã hứa (as promised), như mọi khi (as usual): Như anh biết, tháng sau công ty chuyển văn phòng. As you know, the company's moving offices next month.

After làm (do, act), như means "as if": Anh ấy làm như không biết gì hết. He's acting as if he knows nothing.

You know như in comparisons after an adjective: đẹp như hoa, as pretty as a flower. Here a whole sentence follows it instead. And như vậy (like that) points back to something already said, rather than spelling it out again.