At the exam site of Binh An Secondary School (District 8), from 6am, many candidates were present, ready to take the exam.
Sharing with Lao Dong, many contestants said they were quite worried, mixed with a bit of a nervousness. Some candidates seemed comfortable and excited before the exam.
Huynh Anh Thu, a student at Binh An Secondary School, said that she is in a quite comfortable mood. Mr. Thu registered his first wish to enter Le Quy Don High School - a school with a high benchmark score in 2024.
The female student shared that she had prepared very carefully for today's exam. "I don't study much outside, but mainly self-study online and in class. I study by synthesizing knowledge, referring to documents on the internet and focusing on studying at school," Anh Thu said.
When asked which subject is her strength, Anh Thu confidently said that she studied all three subjects, especially English, which was more outstanding.
With the Literature exam, the female student believes that the new exam structure with the changes as announced is appropriate, limiting the situation of studying and guessing the exam.
"I have always been interested in not studying, so I am not too worried about this change, I believe I will do well," said Anh Thu.
Nguyen Cong Thinh said that he was very nervous and worried because he didn't know what the exam would be like even though Literature was the best subject he studied among the 3 subjects in the exam.
Thinh placed his first wish at Luong Van Can High School.
"The materials for the Literature exam will not be used in textbooks, so I will not study any of the exam cabinets, however, I predict that the exam will have materials related to prominent topics in recent times such as National Day on April 30, Artificial Intelligence (AI), ...", Thinh shared.
At the Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted exam site (District 5), candidates taking the exam here also arrived quite early to prepare for the first exam.
Nguyen Ngoc Phuong Thu said that she is in Binh Duong so she has been in Ho Chi Minh City since yesterday morning, June 5, to prepare for this year's exam. "I'm quite nervous right now but I'm trying my best," Phuong Thu shared
The 2025 10th grade entrance exam in Ho Chi Minh City will take place over 2 days, June 6-7, with 76,435 students taking the exam. The total enrollment target of public high schools is 70,070 students. This year's 10th grade exam is the first exam according to the 2018 general education program.
Candidates will take 3 subjects: Math, Literature (120 minutes/subject) and Foreign Language (90 minutes, according to foreign language 1 being studied at school). Candidates who register for a specialized school or integrated class will take an additional exam in a specialized subject or equivalent integrated (150 minutes).
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training said it has planned 142 exam locations (including 132 regular exam locations and 10 specialized exam locations) with 3,558 exam rooms; mobilized more than 10,000 teachers to be exam officers and 2,070 service staff.
At each exam location, 3 more reserve rooms are arranged to handle special cases that arise.
