On April 20, Ms. Vu Thu Ha - Vice Chairwoman of Hanoi People's Committee, Head of the City's Steering Committee for Exams and Enrollment for the 2026-2027 school year, Head of the Steering Committee for the 2026 high school graduation exam chaired a meeting with members of the two Steering Committees.
Reporting at the meeting, Deputy Director of Hanoi Department of Education and Training Nguyen Quang Tuan said that the 10th grade high school entrance exam for the 2026-2027 school year in the city will take place on May 30 and 31, 2026.
For enrollment in grade 10 non-specialized public schools, Hanoi implements the entrance exam method with three independent exams including mathematics, literature, and foreign languages. It is estimated that nearly 130,000 candidates registered to take the exam. The Hanoi Department of Education and Training plans to arrange about 250 exam sites with more than 5,400 exam rooms.
On June 22, the Department announced exam scores and admission benchmark scores. Students confirm enrollment from 1:30 PM on June 25 to June 27, 2026.
For private schools, Hanoi applies the admission method. Students register for online admission on the school's information portal from April 20, 2026; confirm enrollment and submit enrollment documents before July 12, 2026.
This year's public 10th grade entrance exam has a noteworthy new point: removing the condition on permanent residence, removing regulations on enrollment areas; students are allowed to register for a maximum of 3 aspirations at any time to 3 non-specialized public schools; reducing 50% of the score difference when considering admission for aspiration 2, aspiration 3 reduced to 0.5 points and 1 point.
Preparing for the 2026-2027 school year enrollment, the city has 3 more public high schools including Hoang Quan Chi (Yen Hoa ward); Viet Hung (Viet Hung commune) and Minh Chau Primary - Secondary - High School (Minh Chau commune).
Regarding preschool enrollment, grade 1, grade 6, in the new school year, Hanoi is expected to enroll about 94,000 new nurseries and 51,500 kindergarten children; enroll 147,000 students in grade 1 and 161,000 students in grade 6.
This is the first year Hanoi has implemented the method of admission based on the residence of students in communes/wards; continuing to use online admission support software with artificial intelligence applications and GIS digital maps.
Online enrollment time is from July 1 to the end of July 9; direct enrollment is from July 12 to the end of July 18, 2026.
At the meeting, Vice Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Vu Thu Ha requested members of the Steering Committee and localities to carefully study the city's plan to organize the exam and enrollment.
Ms. Vu Thu Ha requested the Hanoi Department of Education and Training to remind schools to organize for students to re-check all personal information, registered aspirations... on the exam registration form downloaded and printed from the system, completing it no later than April 24; carefully review the locations expected to organize the 10th grade entrance exam, completing it before April 30; pay special attention to training in exam supervision skills, in which pay attention to detecting and preventing the use of high-tech devices for fraud.
