In 2026, the public 10th grade entrance exam in Ho Chi Minh City includes 3 subjects: Math, Literature and Foreign Language (foreign language 1 is being studied at a secondary school).
According to the Department of Education and Training (DET), in each entrance exam subject, the basic exam is expected to have 60% knowledge at the recognition and understanding level and 40% knowledge at the high level of application and application.
The subjects are still oriented to test students' ability to apply knowledge, apply subject knowledge to solve practical problems in life around them, meeting the requirements of the 2018 General Education Program.
Literature, the source of citation will use materials other than textbooks, which are luan documents or information documents, the total length of the materials in the exam is not more than 1,300 words.
The 1-2-word section (about 200 words) has one of two requirements: Eat a 1-2-word section to record your feelings about a poem or a poem. Writing a doan to analyze the content of the theme, the unique features of the art form of the work and its aesthetic effects.
Writing a thesis requires meeting one of two requirements: Writing an luan on an issue in life, clearly presenting the problem and the opinion (agreeing or opposing) of the writer on that issue; presenting convincing arguments and evidence.
Writ a paper on an issue that needs to be solved; present feasible and convincing solutions.
Mathematics, the scope of assessment is in the 2018 General Education program, Mathematics at the secondary school level, including knowledge fields: Geography and Measurement; digits and big numbers; Statistics and Probability.
The test content aims to assess academic abilities: Mathematical thinking and reasoning; Solving Mathematical problems; Mathematical modeling.
In English, language proficiency assessment is not only based on students' knowledge of grammar and terminology; it requires assessing their ability to understand and apply language knowledge in appropriate context, especially in real-life situations.
Change the assessment method in sync with the use of appropriate teaching materials, change the teaching and learning method of English from using mainly traditional methods to combining with communication methods, taking students and learning as the center, and applying language to practical situations.
It is expected that the English exam will have 2 new questions about writing appropriate phrases according to the given information. This question tests the ability to read quotations in the dictionary to find language information and apply knowledge.
After the merger, Ho Chi Minh City has the largest education sector in the country, with nearly 2.6 million students, more than 3,500 schools and 110,000 teachers at all levels.
In the 2025-2026 school year, Ho Chi Minh City has about 150,000 grade 9 students studying at Secondary Schools.
