▁because ▁of ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁pre mod ifiers ▁( as ▁in ▁English ) ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁the ▁native ▁post mod ifiers . ▁Long ▁S ino - V ietnam ese ▁words ▁include ▁ ▁(" ency c lopedia ") ▁and ▁ ▁(" h yd rod ynam ics "). ▁ ▁Lo an words ▁and ▁pron unci ation ▁resp ell ings ▁from ▁other ▁languages ▁can ▁also ▁result ▁in ▁long ▁words . ▁For ▁example , ▁" cons ort ium " ▁is ▁ ▁( 1 2 ▁letters ), ▁and ▁" Ind ones ia " ▁may ▁be ▁left ▁as - is ▁or ▁sp elled ▁ ▁( 1 3 ▁counting ▁hy ph ens ). ▁The ▁Encyclop edic ▁Dictionary ▁of ▁Vietnam ▁system atically ▁resp ells ▁foreign ▁names , ▁introdu cing ▁long ▁names ▁into ▁an ▁official ▁Vietnam ese ▁lex icon : ▁▁▁ ▁(" K om iss arz he v sk aya ", ▁ 1 5 ▁letters ) ▁▁ ▁(" R oz h dest vens ky ", ▁ 1 5 ▁letters ) ▁▁ ▁(" Met ropol itan ▁Opera ", ▁ 1 8 ▁letters ) ▁ ▁Long ▁initial isms ▁in ▁Vietnam ese ▁include : ▁▁▁ ▁( , ▁" So cial ist ▁Republic ▁of ▁Vietnam ", ▁ 8 ▁characters ) ▁▁ ▁( , ▁" V iet ▁Cong ", ▁ 1 0 ▁characters ) ▁ ▁In ▁modern ▁Vietnam ese , ▁comp ound ▁words ▁can ▁be ▁identified ▁fairly ▁easily ▁within ▁title ▁c ased ▁text : ▁a ▁morph eme ▁that ▁begins ▁with ▁a ▁capital ▁letter ▁followed ▁by ▁one ▁or ▁more ▁morph emes ▁that ▁begin ▁with ▁a ▁lower case ▁letter