The 10th grade entrance exam in Ho Chi Minh City for the 2026-2027 school year takes place in two days, June 1 and 2, with more than 151,000 candidates participating.
Today (May 31), candidates will go to exam sites to complete exam procedures, check personal information and listen to the dissemination of exam regulations before entering the official exam.
Candidates take 3 compulsory subjects including Literature, Mathematics and Foreign Language. Candidates registering for specialized or integrated classes will take additional specialized or integrated subjects according to regulations.
This year, the exam is organized at 242 exam sites, including 226 regular exam sites and 16 specialized exam sites, with a total of 6,443 exam rooms. The city's education sector mobilized more than 17,700 teachers, staff and officials to participate in exam supervision and service.
According to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, 151,269 students registered to take the 10th grade public school entrance exam. Meanwhile, the whole city has 169,602 9th grade students completing the lower secondary school program. Thus, more than 17,000 students did not participate in the 10th grade public school entrance exam and chose other directions such as studying at non-public educational institutions, vocational education or training programs suitable to personal needs.
In the 2026-2027 school year, public high schools in Ho Chi Minh City will enroll about 118,500 students in grade 10, equivalent to about 78% of candidates taking the exam with a chance of being admitted to public schools.
