This year, Ho Chi Minh City has 37 high schools in Area 1 recruiting additional 2,340 10th grade quotas.
Trung Lap High School has the largest additional enrollment with 262 students, followed by Phong Phu High School for 207 students, Nguyen Van Tang High School for 181 students, Da Phuoc High School for 169 students, Ngo Gia Tu High School for 150 students. The remaining schools recruited from 15-100 quotas.
Notably, among the 37 additional schools, there are also some schools with high admission scores, such as: Tran Dai Nghia Secondary and High School admitted 68 more students, Nguyen Thuong Hien High School admitted 80 more students, Phu Nhuan High School admitted 20 more students...
To participate in additional admission, students must meet the following conditions: have passed the entrance exam for grade 10 in the 2025-2026 school year in Area 1 of Ho Chi Minh City and have not passed any entrance exam for public high schools, with a total entrance exam score of 3 subjects: Math, Literature, Foreign Language and priority and encouragement scores (if any) greater than or equal to the 1 standard wish point of the public high school that wishes to register for admission.
This is the third consecutive year that Ho Chi Minh City has organized additional admissions for grade 10. In 2024, Ho Chi Minh City will have 36 high schools recruiting more than 2,200 additional quotas. Some schools lack many targets such as Phong Phu High School (300), Nguyen Van Linh High School (191), An Nhon Tay High School (140), Nguyen Van Tang High School (134), Trung Lap High School (123), Vinh Loc B High School (115), Long Truong High School (102)...
At the end of the application period, high schools that were lacking targets had recruited 1,400/2,203 candidates, reaching a rate of 63.54%. Correspondingly, there is a shortage of more than 800 targets.
Some schools are enrolling students who meet the quota such as Le Thi Hong Gam High School, Dao Son Tay High School...
In particular, the group of top schools was almost left empty-handed in the additional admission round.
