The above information was announced by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training (GDĐT) on June 23.
According to the Department, today is the deadline for students admitted to 10th grade specialized classes, 10th grade integrated English classes, direct admission and students admitted to High School for the Gifted to confirm enrollment. Candidates who do not confirm enrollment will be included in the regular 10th grade admission consideration category.
After completing the enrollment confirmation, the Department of Education and Training will summarize data, eliminate cases of admission but not enrollment to determine the benchmark score for the general education 10th grade system. This process is expected to last about a week.
Announcing benchmark scores after completing enrollment confirmation aims to limit the situation of virtual admission, ensuring that enrollment quotas are allocated closely to actual needs.
Every year, Ho Chi Minh City records hundreds of students admitted to specialized and integrated classes but not enrolled.
This year, Ho Chi Minh City applies the method of simultaneously considering all 3 aspirations instead of considering each aspiration in turn as before. This method helps increase the chances of admission for students, avoiding the situation where some schools have enrolled enough quotas right from aspiration 1, causing candidates registering for aspiration 2 or 3 to no longer have the opportunity to be considered for admission.
The 10th grade entrance exam for the 2026-2027 school year in Ho Chi Minh City takes place on June 1st with more than 151,000 registered candidates. 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.
In the 2026-2027 school year, public high schools in Ho Chi Minh City will enroll about 118,500 students, equivalent to 78% of students taking the exam with a chance of passing.
