Hồ sơ trực tuyến được tiếp nhận và phê duyệt.

Hồ sơ usually means a file, dossier, application, or set of documents. In this sentence, it most likely refers to an application or submitted paperwork/documents, especially in an administrative or official context.

It is more formal and specific than just giấy tờ.

In Vietnamese, modifiers often come after the noun. So:

• hồ sơ trực tuyến = online application / online dossier

This is a normal noun + modifier pattern. English often puts the modifier first, but Vietnamese commonly puts it after the noun.

Here, được marks a passive-like meaning. It shows that the subject, hồ sơ trực tuyến, is the thing receiving the action:

• được tiếp nhận = is received
• được phê duyệt = is approved

So the sentence means that the online application is on the receiving end of those actions.

Yes, it functions like a passive sentence in English, although Vietnamese passive structures do not always work exactly the same way as English ones.

A common pattern is:

• Noun + được + verb

So:

• Hồ sơ trực tuyến được tiếp nhận và phê duyệt
  = Online applications are received and approved

Vietnamese often uses passive-style wording in formal or bureaucratic language.

Because được can apply to both verbs together:

• được tiếp nhận và phê duyệt

This means:

• are received and approved

You do not need to repeat được before the second verb unless you want extra emphasis or a different structure.

Tiếp nhận is a more formal term meaning to receive, accept, take in for processing. It is very common in administrative, institutional, and official contexts.

Compared with nhận:

• nhận = receive, get
• tiếp nhận = formally receive/accept for handling or processing

So in this sentence, tiếp nhận sounds more natural than nhận because the context is official paperwork or applications.

Phê duyệt means to approve in a formal, official, or bureaucratic sense. It is used for things like:

• applications
• proposals
• budgets
• plans
• documents

It is more formal than everyday ways of saying someone agrees with something.

The sentence does not say. Vietnamese often leaves the agent unstated when it is obvious, unimportant, or intentionally general.

So the implied meaning is something like:

• the relevant office
• the system
• the authorities
• the responsible department

This is very common in signs, notices, and official instructions.

Because Vietnamese often omits information that can be understood from context. In formal notices especially, the focus is often on the process, not on the people performing the action.

That makes the sentence sound neutral and official.

Yes, very much so. Words like hồ sơ, tiếp nhận, and phê duyệt are typical of formal administrative Vietnamese.

This sounds like something you might see on:

• a government website
• an application portal
• an office notice
• official instructions

It would be less natural in casual conversation.

Yes. For example:

• Chúng tôi tiếp nhận và phê duyệt hồ sơ trực tuyến.

This means:

• We receive and approve online applications.

The original sentence is more impersonal and formal, while this version is more direct because it names the actor.

Yes. Và means and. It joins the two actions:

• tiếp nhận = received
• phê duyệt = approved

So the structure is:

• are received and approved

Vietnamese nouns usually do not show singular or plural by themselves. So hồ sơ trực tuyến could mean:

• an online application
• online applications

The correct English choice depends on context. In notices and general statements, English often uses the plural:

• Online applications are received and approved.

Yes, được can have other meanings in different contexts, such as:

• ability
• permission
• favorable result

But in this sentence, because it comes before action verbs in a formal structure with hồ sơ as the thing affected, it is clearly the passive marker.

So here it means is/are ...ed, not can or get to.