nay thông báo

Notice Is Hereby Given

Level 6

Nay thông báo is a fixed legal and administrative phrase used to officially declare an announcement. It translates to "Notice is hereby given" or "This is to notify."

How It Works

This pattern belongs to the formal, institutional, or bureaucratic register as a communication tool, and is not used to establish binding legal rules. It is heavily used by any formal organization, including corporate businesses, educational institutions, religious organizations, NGOs, and community groups. It carries a highly authoritative and institutional tone.

The most complete and common fixed formulas are: Nay thông báo để [target audience] được biết (Notice is hereby given so that [audience] may know) for purely informational notices, and Nay thông báo để [target audience] biết và thực hiện (Notice is hereby given so that [audience] may know and implement/comply) for actionable directives. To soften the authoritative tone when addressing customers, partners, or parents, organizations frequently use polite variations like Nay xin thông báo... or Nay trân trọng thông báo... (Hereby respectfully announce...).

Important Distinctions:

  • While nay literally means "now," in this context it signals that the document itself is the instrument of the announcement.
  • Structural Placement: While heavily used as a concluding wrap-up right before the signature and the "Nơi nhận" (Distribution list), it is also frequently used at the beginning or middle of a notice to introduce core information.
  • Punctuation: When nay thông báo introduces a list of facts or directives, it is immediately followed by a colon (e.g., Nay thông báo:). When used as a concluding wrap-up sentence, it ends with a period.
  • It is purely informational or directive, unlike nay ban hành or nay quy định, which are used for binding legal actions.
  • Because of its bureaucratic weight, using nay thông báo in casual spoken Vietnamese to announce personal news sounds comically robotic or sarcastic.

Examples (4)

  1. Nay thông báo để toàn thể nhân viên được biết và thực hiện.

    Notice is hereby given so that all employees may be informed and comply.

    Word by Word: Hereby announce so that whole body employee get know and implement.

    The classic administrative formula used in corporate memos and government notices.

  2. Nhà trường tổ chức họp toàn thể hội đồng sư phạm. Nay thông báo để phụ huynh được rõ.

    The school is organizing a general meeting of the pedagogical council. Notice is hereby given so that parents are informed.

    Word by Word: School organize meet whole body council pedagogical. Hereby announce so that parent get clear.

    Notice how it acts as a pivot point, transitioning from the context (the meeting) to the official notification.

  3. Nay thông báo rằng Ủy ban Kế hoạch sẽ tiến hành một phiên điều trần công khai vào thứ Hai.

    Notice is hereby given that the Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on Monday.

    Word by Word: Hereby announce that committee planning will conduct one session hearing public on Monday.

    Using 'rằng' (that) to introduce the specific content of the announcement.

  4. Căn cứ vào tình hình thực tế, nay thông báo tạm dừng cấp phép xây dựng tại khu vực này.

    Based on the actual situation, notice is hereby given to temporarily suspend the issuance of construction permits in this area.

    Word by Word: Base into situation actual, hereby announce temporarily stop issue permit construction at area this.

    Often follows a preamble starting with "Căn cứ" (Pursuant to / Based on).

Common Mistakes

  • Using "nay thông báo" for casual, personal news in everyday speech.

    Nay thông báo mình sắp kết hôn nhé!
    Mình thông báo cho mọi người biết là mình sắp kết hôn nhé!

    "Nay thông báo" is strictly for formal, institutional documents. Using it with friends sounds comically bureaucratic.

  • Translating "nay" literally as "today" or "now" instead of "hereby".

    Hôm nay thông báo để sinh viên được biết.
    Nay thông báo để sinh viên được biết.

    While "hôm nay" means the calendar day, "nay" in this legal formula is a performative adverb meaning "by means of this document" (hereby).

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Learn This First

This pattern is a fixed administrative formula used in formal notices. To understand it, learners need to be familiar with Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary, the use of demonstratives to mark time, and the specific register requirements of written Vietnamese documents.

Words in This Pattern

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