Em Dang Bao Anh - a candidate participating in the high school graduation exam at Yen Hoa High School (Hanoi) feels satisfied with the Literature exam.
The exam is manageable, making the male student confidently enter the Math exam. This is also a strength subject, used for university admission for male students. Therefore, this candidate places high hopes on the exam.
I expect the Math exam to easily reach about 7 points, from 7+ there will be good differentiation, so as not to have a rain of 10s, and to select good candidates for university admission" - Bao Anh said.
In Ho Chi Minh City, after completing the first subject of the 2026 high school graduation exam, many candidates at the Le Quy Don High School exam site (Xuan Hoa ward, Ho Chi Minh City) said that their psychology has stabilized significantly. Passing the opening exam helps them reduce pressure and confidently enter the Math subject in the afternoon.
Gia Minh, a student at Nguyen Thi Minh Khai High School, said that after completing the Literature exam, she felt quite comfortable and confident entering the Math subject in the afternoon.
According to Minh, this is the subject he has the strength in thanks to maintaining the habit of solving a problem every day and reviewing the wrong questions to draw experience.
Before the exam, Minh set a goal to pass the first wish at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and hoped to achieve good results in the remaining exam subjects.
Meanwhile, Nguyen Dang Quang said that the pressure after Literature has been somewhat relieved, helping him have a more stable mentality before the Math exam. Quang shared that in the last week before the exam, he prioritized maintaining a comfortable spirit instead of focusing on studying knowledge. For Math, the male student focused on systematizing the topics, key knowledge and practicing according to each level from basic to advanced.
Although assessing that this year's exam may have strong differentiation, Quang is still confident with his preparation process and hopes to achieve the desired score to be admitted to nguyện vọng 1 at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology.
According to the sample exam structure announced by the Ministry of Education and Training, the Math exam consists of three types of multiple-choice questions: Multiple choices; Right or wrong; Short answers.
Among them, multiple-choice testing is a form that has been applied for many years in Vietnam.
Correct/wrong multiple-choice format, each question consists of 4 points, candidates must determine correct or wrong for each point. The third format is a short answer multiple-choice format, requiring candidates to fill out the final result in the answer sheet, which is considered close to essay thinking.
For Mathematics, candidates are allowed to bring into the exam room tools such as pens, rulers, pencils, pencil removers, êke, graph rulers, drawing tools and calculators without text editing function, without memory cards.
Candidates also need to comply with some specific regulations for the multiple-choice exam format to ensure that the exam takes place seriously and in accordance with regulations.
