From the 2025 high school graduation exam, English will be an optional subject, instead of the mandatory one as before. The whole country has more than 351,000 candidates taking this subject, spread across all provinces/cities.
According to the report of the Ministry of Education and Training, the average score for English is 5.38 points. The number of candidates with absolute scores in this subject is 141 students.

Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Quang Ninh are the 3 localities with the highest average English scores. Following that, in the top 10 are the localities: Dien Bien, Phu Tho, Hai Phong, Nghe An, Ninh Binh, Ha Tinh and Thanh Hoa.
According to Prof. Dr. Nguyen Dinh Duc - Chairman of the Council of the University of Technology, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, this score in English shows the positive differentiation of this year's graduation exam and is beneficial for the university admission of schools; helping to ensure rights and fairness for candidates.
He commented that this also reflects the practical study and testing and is the desire of the Education and Training sector.
"This year's English exam is a bit difficult, but because our output standards have changed," he said, adding that this year's score is very suitable.

This year's high school graduation exam takes place on June 26-27. In addition to the Literature exam in the form of an essay, other subjects are all tested. However, the structure and content of the exam for this year's subjects have changed compared to last year.
At 8:00 a.m. tomorrow, July 16, more than 1 million students nationwide will look up their high school graduation exam scores; at the same time, officially register and adjust their university admission wishes until July 28. On August 20, it is expected that universities will simultaneously announce the benchmark scores for 2025.
This year, universities must convert the benchmark scores and admission scores of admission methods to the same general scale according to the regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training.
Candidates can look up the exam scores on Lao Dong Newspaper at https://diemthi.laodong.vn/
This is a high school graduation exam score lookup page of Lao Dong Newspaper, updating data from the Ministry of Education and Training to help parents and students know high school graduation exam scores quickly and completely for free.
Step 1: Access the address http://diemthi.laodong.vn.
Step 2: Parents and students choose the exam cluster, press the registration number.
Then, press the search button to get your score.
