Tôi nhận kết quả: giấy phép lái xe có ngày cấp.

Tôi means I.

nhận usually means to receive, to get, or sometimes to accept depending on context.

So Tôi nhận kết quả is literally I receive the result or I got the result.

Because Vietnamese does not mark tense the way English does, nhận by itself does not tell you whether it is present or past. The time is understood from context.

Vietnamese normally does not use articles like a, an, or the.

So:

• kết quả = result / the result
• giấy phép lái xe = a driver’s license / the driver’s license

English requires articles, but Vietnamese usually leaves that idea to context.

kết quả means result, outcome, or findings, depending on context.

In this sentence, it seems to introduce what the result was. Because there is a colon after it, the sentence reads a bit like:

• I received the result: ...
• Here is the result: ...

So kết quả is functioning as the thing being reported, and the colon introduces the content of that result.

It is a compound noun:

• giấy phép = permit / license
• lái xe = to drive / driving

Together, giấy phép lái xe means driver’s license or more literally driving permit.

A learner should notice that Vietnamese often stacks words together like this without needing extra prepositions:

• giấy phép lái xe = license for driving

có means to have or to contain.

ngày cấp means issue date or literally date of issuance:

• ngày = day / date
• cấp = issue, grant, provide officially

So giấy phép lái xe có ngày cấp literally means:

• the driver’s license has an issue date

Depending on context, it may also mean:

• the driver’s license includes the date of issue
• there is an issue date on the driver’s license

Vietnamese often uses short noun phrases where English uses longer structures.

• ngày cấp = issue date
• ngày được cấp = the date on which it was issued

Both can make sense, but ngày cấp is shorter and more label-like, similar to the kind of wording you see on forms and documents.

So this sentence uses a compact, document-style expression rather than a full descriptive clause.

Here có is best understood as has.

The structure is:

• giấy phép lái xe = subject
• có = has
• ngày cấp = issue date

So the whole part means:

• the driver’s license has an issue date

In other contexts, có can also mean there is/are, but in this sentence it is describing a feature of the license.

It is understandable, but it feels somewhat brief and note-like rather than fully natural conversational Vietnamese.

The part after the colon sounds like a short statement or checklist item. A more natural full sentence might be:

• Tôi nhận được kết quả: giấy phép lái xe có ghi ngày cấp.
• Tôi nhận được kết quả là giấy phép lái xe có ngày cấp.
• Kết quả tôi nhận được là trên giấy phép lái xe có ngày cấp.

Adding được after nhận often makes received/got sound more natural in everyday Vietnamese.

Also, có ghi ngày cấp can sound clearer if you specifically mean that the date is written on the license.

The colon introduces the content of the result.

So the sentence is structured like:

• I received the result: [the driver’s license has an issue date].

This is similar to English using a colon before an explanation, conclusion, or listed finding.

Without the colon, the sentence would feel less clearly divided.

Vietnamese usually does not change the verb form for tense.

So nhận can mean:

• receive
• received
• am receiving
• will receive

The exact time usually comes from context or from time words such as:

• đã = past/completed
• đang = ongoing
• sẽ = future

For example:

• Tôi đã nhận kết quả. = I received the result.
• Tôi sẽ nhận kết quả. = I will receive the result.

In your sentence, the tense must be inferred from context.

Word-for-word, yes:

• ngày = day/date
• cấp = issue/grant

But natural English would be:

• issue date
• date of issue
• sometimes date issued

This is a good example of why direct word-for-word translation from Vietnamese often sounds unnatural in English even when the meaning is clear.

A useful pattern here is:

[noun] + có + [noun phrase]

This often means:

• [noun] has [something]
• there is [something] on/in [noun]

In this sentence:

• giấy phép lái xe có ngày cấp = the driver’s license has an issue date

You can compare:

• Hộ chiếu có số. = The passport has a number.
• Mẫu đơn có chữ ký. = The form has a signature.

This is a very common and useful Vietnamese structure.