The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training (GDĐT) has announced the benchmark scores for grade 10 in the 2026-2027 school year.
According to Lao Dong's statistics, among more than 170 schools, 10 high schools took the benchmark score for nguyện vọng 1 at 9 points - the lowest in this year's entrance exam.
With this benchmark score, candidates only need to achieve an average of about 3 points/subject in three subjects: Math, Literature and Foreign Language to have the opportunity to be admitted to public schools.
10 schools with a nguyện vọng 1 benchmark score of 9 points include: Can Thanh High School (Can Gio commune), Nguyen Hue High School (Phuoc Thanh commune), Duong Bach Mai High School (Phuoc Hai commune), Tran Phu High School (Kim Long commune), Nguyen Van Cu High School (Xuan Son commune), Hac Dich High School (Tan Thanh ward), Phuoc Buu High School (Ho Tram commune), Hoa Binh High School (Hoa Hoi commune), Bung Rieng High School (Xuyen Moc commune) and Vo Nguyen Giap High School (Phu My ward).
Among these, Vo Nguyen Giap High School is a newly established school and enrolls 10th grade for the first time in the 2026-2027 school year.
In addition to the group of schools taking 9 points, some other schools also have low benchmark scores such as Binh Khanh High School, An Nghia High School (Binh Khanh commune), Nguyen Trai High School (Ngai Giao commune) and Ngo Quyen High School (Nghia Thanh commune) taking 10 points each. Thus, just needing to achieve an average of about 3-3.3 points/subject, candidates can be admitted to many public high schools.
According to the plan of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, after announcing the benchmark scores, admitted candidates will confirm enrollment according to the prescribed time. Based on the actual number of enrolled students, the Department will consider organizing additional enrollment for schools that still lack quotas.
The supplementary admission consideration area applies to students who have participated in the 10th grade public school entrance exam for the 2026-2027 school year but have not been admitted to the registered aspirations.
This year, the 10th grade entrance exam in Ho Chi Minh City takes place in two days, June 1 and 2, with more than 151,000 candidates participating. This is the first year the exam has been organized after Ho Chi Minh City expanded its administrative boundaries on the basis of merging with Binh Duong and Ba Ria - Vung Tau.
The 10th grade admission score is usually calculated by the total score of three subjects Literature, Mathematics and English along with priority points (if any). Candidates must take all three subjects, not violate exam regulations and have no exam papers with a score of 0.
