The national high school exam for the 2024-2025 school year will be held on December 25 and 26, 2024. There are 6,482 candidates nationwide taking the exam, an increase of 663 compared to last year.
Candidates took the exam at 68 examination councils with 13 subjects: Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Information Technology, Literature, History, Geography, English, Russian, French, Chinese, and Japanese. This year, for the first time, Japanese was included in the exam.
According to statistics, Bac Ninh High School for the Gifted (Bac Ninh) and Hanoi National University of Education High School for the Gifted have the most valedictorians in the national excellent student exam. Each school has 3 valedictorians.
According to the current regulations for selecting excellent students at the national level, the total number of consolation prizes and above must not exceed 60% of the number of contestants; the total number of first, second, and third prizes must not exceed 60% of the total number of prizes; the number of first prizes must not exceed 5% of the total number of prizes.
If the Hanoi area has a total of 371 national excellent students, of which, high schools under the Hanoi Department of Education and Training have 200 prizes and 137 prizes belong to candidates from specialized high schools under the Hanoi National University and Hanoi Pedagogical University.
Similarly, Ho Chi Minh City has 235 national excellent students in all subjects, of which 166 are studying at high schools under the management of the Department of Education and Training.
Besides Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the top 10 localities with many excellent national students this school year are Hai Phong, Bac Giang, Hai Duong, Nghe An, Thai Nguyen, Quang Ninh, Vinh Phuc, and Ha Tinh.
