# Như vậy / như thế: like that / so in Vietnamese (A2)

> Như vậy means "like that" or "that way". It goes after the verb and points back to something just said or done: Em đừng nói như vậy. Don't talk like that.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/nhu-vay-like-that/ · Updated 2026-10-17

**like that / so**

Pattern: `[verb] + như vậy / như thế · [adjective] + (đến) như vậy · nghĩ / nói + như vậy`

Level: A2 (our estimate) · Register: everyday

Typed without accents: nhu vay, nhu the

Saigon: như vậy | Hà Nội: như thế

*Như vậy* means "like that" or "that way". It goes after the verb and points back to something just said or done: *Em đừng nói như vậy.* Don't talk like that. *Làm như vậy là đúng rồi.* Doing it that way is right. In Hà Nội it's *như thế*.

After *nghĩ* (think) or *nói* (say), it means "so": *Em cũng nghĩ như vậy.* I think so too. *Ai nói như vậy?* Who said so?

After an adjective, it means "so" or "that much", often with surprise: *Sao hôm nay đông như vậy?* Why is it so crowded today? *Đến* in front makes it stronger: *xa đến như vậy*, that far.

In everyday Saigon speech *như* is often dropped, leaving just *vậy*: *Đừng nói vậy.* *Em cũng nghĩ vậy.* Both are normal.

At the start of a sentence, *như vậy* sums up, "so, that means": *Như vậy là mình trễ rồi.* So we're late, then.

You know *cũng vậy* for "me too". *Như vậy* is the full "like that", and *như thế nào?* (how?) is built from the same words.

## Examples

- Saigon: Em đừng nói như vậy. | Hà Nội: Em đừng nói như thế. — Don't talk like that.
- Saigon: Em cũng nghĩ như vậy. | Hà Nội: Em cũng nghĩ như thế. — I think so too.
- Saigon: Làm như vậy là đúng rồi. | Hà Nội: Làm như thế là đúng rồi. — Doing it that way is right.
- Saigon: Sao hôm nay đông như vậy? | Hà Nội: Sao hôm nay đông như thế? — Why is it so crowded today?
- Saigon: Như vậy là mình trễ rồi. | Hà Nội: Như thế là mình muộn rồi. — So we're late, then.

## Compare

- [As, the way: như + sentence](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/nhu-as/): as / as if
- [Me too, so do I: cũng vậy / cũng thế](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/cung-vay-me-too/): me too
- [So …! (surprise): adjective + vậy / thế](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/the-vay-so-adj/): so (surprised)

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