# Sau đây: the following in Vietnamese (B2)

> Sau đây (following, literally "after here") and dưới đây (below, literally "under here") point forward to what comes next in a text or a speech.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/sau-day/ · Updated 2026-10-17

**the following**

Pattern: `[noun] + sau đây / dưới đây · như sau:`

Level: B2 (our estimate) · Register: formal

Typed without accents: sau day, duoi day, nhu sau

*Sau đây* (following, literally "after here") and *dưới đây* (below, literally "under here") point forward to what comes next in a text or a speech. They go after a noun: *các bước sau đây* (the following steps), *bảng dưới đây* (the table below). Or they open a sentence with *là*: *Dưới đây là danh sách các trường …* Below is the list of schools …

*Sau đây* suits speech as well as writing. At a ceremony, the host says *Sau đây, xin mời …* Next, we invite … *Dưới đây* is for a page you can see, so it's the one in articles and online explainers.

*Như sau* means "as follows". It ends a sentence just before a colon and a list: *Lịch nghỉ Tết như sau:* The Tết holiday schedule is as follows. Laws that amend other laws use it in nearly every clause: *Sửa đổi khoản 2 Điều 7 như sau:* Clause 2 of Article 7 is amended as follows.

To point back to what was already said, writers use *trên đây* or *nêu trên*: *các nội dung trên đây* (the points above).

You meet all three in official texts, news explainers and notices. In conversation, people introduce a list or plan with *như vầy*: *Lịch như vầy nè:* Here's the schedule. In Hà Nội: *Lịch như thế này nhé:*

## Examples

- Dưới đây là danh sách các điểm tiêm chủng trên địa bàn thành phố. — Below is the list of vaccination sites in the city.
- Người dân cần chuẩn bị các giấy tờ sau đây khi làm thủ tục. — Residents need to have the following documents ready for the procedure.
- Sửa đổi, bổ sung khoản 2 Điều 7 như sau: — Clause 2 of Article 7 is amended and supplemented as follows:
- Sau đây, xin mời đại diện nhà trường lên phát biểu. — Next, we invite a representative of the school to say a few words.

## Compare

- [As stated above: như đã nêu, như đã trình bày](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/nhu-da-neu/): as mentioned above

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