This contest is considered a challenging intellectual playground, gathering quite good students from districts in Da Nang city and some students from Quang Nam province, competing for 300 tickets to the most prestigious Le Quy Don Specialized School in the city.
At Phan Chau Trinh School (Hai Chau District), after 150 minutes of doing the test, the candidates left the exam room with bright smiles and an excited and confident mood about what they had shown throughout the exam.
According to some candidates, this year's specialized exam subjects are generally not too easy, with high classification, requiring candidates to have solid knowledge to achieve high scores. Some exams are quite long. The exam is considered to be closely following the program issued by the Department since the beginning of the second semester for candidates to review.
Candidate Nguyen Phuc Nguyen - a student of Luong The Vinh Secondary School taking the Math exam - felt excited because he had completed the exam well.
"I find this year's Math exam quite suitable for me. Despite challenging questions, I was still confident throughout the test. As for the final result, we still have to wait, because this is an exam that gathers many excellent students. I hope to be admitted to Le Quy Don Vocational School," Phuc Nguyen added.
According to Mr. Pham Tan Ngoc Thuy - Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Da Nang City, this year's 10th grade entrance exam of Le Quy Don Specialized School has 1,242 candidates registered to take the exam. Candidates participated in taking the exam at 2 exam locations, Phan Chau Trinh High School and Tran Phu High School.
"The enrollment quota for Le Quy Don Vocational School is 300 students. With majors including Math, Physics, Chemistry, IT, Biology, Literature, History, Geography, English, French and Japanese," said Mr. Thuy.