'Vietnamese English teacher' or 'English Vietnamese teacher'

[Sunflower.baby]

Hi guys, i want to build a compound noun for the Vietnamese teacher who teaches English subject. How can i say?
I think it should be [Vietnamese English teacher], am i correct? Please advice me.
As well as i'm also confused about order of the complex compound noun with several adjective... If you know some hints about this article, please advice too.

[Alan]

Hi,

There is a very general 'rule' or if you like a preferred order whereby the adjectives go from the general to the particular. For example you would say: A big red wooden door. In your phrase as the teacher is teaching English, you would say: A Vietnamese English teacher. In the same way, An English Vietnamese teacher would mean that the teacher is teaching Vietnamese.

Alan
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[Diverhank]

Vietnamese English teacher is right for what you are trying to say -- except that it's not that clear, as you have found out. What's wrong with "a Vietnamese teacher who teaches English"? :)

[Anna.ha]

No, I dont think I agree with you on that, Alan. If I were him, I would say `a vietnamese teacher of English` instead of `a vietnamese english teacher` since `english teacher` in the latter should make a confusion that he is a teacher who is english, whose profession will probably not be teaching English.