Previously, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training (GDDT) announced the structure and sample exam questions for 3 subjects: Math, Literature and English.
The exam questions are built in the direction of assessing competence, enhancing practical application, requiring candidates not only to memorize knowledge but also to know how to analyze and solve problems.
Mathematics subject, assess students to know how to apply learned knowledge, solve practical problems. Encourage strengthening self-study, creativity, avoiding the situation of "study by ear", "study by ear".
Literature requires students to achieve reading comprehension and writing in the 2018 General Education Program - Secondary Literature, mainly grades 8 and 9.
The source of the citation will use materials outside textbooks, which are essays or information documents, the total length of materials in the exam questions is no more than 1,300 words.
The paragraph writing part (about 200 words) has one of two requirements to be achieved: Writing a paragraph recording the feelings of a poem or a section of poetry. Writing a paragraph analyzing the topical content, the unique features of the art form of the work and its aesthetic effects.
Writing essays requires meeting one of two requirements: Writing an essay essay on a problem of life, clearly presenting the problem and opinions (yes or no) of the writer on that issue; stating reasons and convincing evidence.
Write an essay essay on a problem that needs to be solved; present a feasible and persuasive solution.
In English, assessing language competence is not only based on students' memorized knowledge of grammar and vocabulary. It is required to assess the ability to understand and apply language knowledge to appropriate contexts, especially real-life situations.
According to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, the English subject will have 2 new questions about writing appropriate phrases according to available information, to test the ability to read annotations in dictionaries to find language information and apply knowledge.
In recent years, the public 10th grade entrance exam in Ho Chi Minh City has always had a high level of competition, putting pressure on students and parents because the number of junior high school graduates each year always far exceeds the enrollment targets of public high schools.
According to statistics, for many consecutive years, the rate of students admitted to 10th grade public schools in Ho Chi Minh City (before the merger) ranged from about 65-70% compared to the total number of secondary school graduates.
This means that every year tens of thousands of students cannot continue to study at the public school system, forced to choose other directions such as private schools, continuing education centers or vocational training...
In 2025 alone, the picture of 10th grade enrollment is somewhat "easy to breathe" when the rate of students admitted to public schools increased, reaching about 79%.
According to the custom of many years in Ho Chi Minh City, the public 10th grade enrollment process is usually implemented according to a fairly stable time frame.
Around the beginning of April, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training announced the enrollment targets for 10th grade of each public high school. Immediately after that, 9th grade students began to register their admission aspirations.
When the registration period ends, the education sector will announce the number of candidates registering for each school, thereby forming a competition ratio, helping parents and students have more basis to assess the level of competition.
The 10th grade entrance exam is usually held in early June, around the end of June to early July, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training will announce exam scores, benchmark scores and admission results.
After the merger, Ho Chi Minh City has the largest education sector in the country, with nearly 2.6 million students and more than 3,500 schools.
