cao đẳng

Etymology
.

Adjective

 * 1) related to
 * 2)  advanced or complex
 * 1)  advanced or complex
 * 1)  advanced or complex
 * 1)  advanced or complex

Usage notes
In Vietnam, there is an arbitrary distinction between the English words and  in the English names of Vietnamese institutions. is used of four-year bachelor's institutions, and these include both collective ones and members of them. For example, Đại học Quốc gia Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh is called the "Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City," but one of its members, Đại học Công nghệ Thông tin, is equally called "University of Information Technology"; compare this to the use of and  in English, as in the  and. On the other hand, in Vietnamese contexts is used only of two-year associate's institutions, despite its near synonymy to  in proper English, especially American English. This contrived distinction often gives Vietnamese learners of English a false impression of how the English words are to be used, as respective direct translations of the Vietnamese words and.