On the evening of June 19, the Hanoi Department of Education and Training announced exam scores and benchmark scores for 10th grade public high schools for the 2026 - 2027 school year.
Accordingly, the valedictorian of this year's Hanoi 10th grade exam is Tran Minh Ha, a 9G0 student of Newton Secondary and High School.
Minh Ha achieved 9.25 in Literature, 9.5 in Mathematics and 10 in English. The total score of 3 subjects is 28.75, in addition, she has 1 priority point, raising the total admission score to 29.75, becoming the valedictorian this year.

This candidate was admitted for Recommendation 1 to Phan Dinh Phung High School with a total score of 29.75 (of which, Literature score 9.25; Math 9.5; Foreign Language 10; priority score is 1).
Last year, Hanoi had 8 valedictorians in the 10th grade public school exam with the same total score of 28.75, including: Vu Khanh Chi (student of Ngoc Lam Secondary School), Le Dieu Linh (student of Tan Dinh Secondary School), Nguyen Quang Anh (Cau Giay Secondary School), Do Manh Hung (Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted), Nguyen Minh Huyen (Hanoi Star Inter-level School), Tran Minh Khue (Thanh Cong Secondary School), Duong Gia Linh (Chu Van An Secondary School), Nguyen Khanh Quynh (Be Tong Secondary School).
This year, Yen Hoa High School, Kim Lien High School, Le Quy Don High School - Ha Dong have the highest benchmark scores for 10th grade admission in Hanoi with 26 points.
With the admission score calculation method being a total of 3 exam subjects all calculated with a coefficient of 1, to be admitted to these schools, candidates need to achieve an average of more than 8.6 points/subject.
Behind are Phan Dinh Phung High School, Nguyen Thi Minh Khai High School, Viet Duc High School with 25.75 points.
Among the 122 non-specialized public high schools, there are 9 schools with benchmark scores from 25 or higher, meaning that candidates must achieve an average of more than 8.3 points/subject or higher to pass.
