In 2025, the benchmark score for admission to 10th grade public high schools in Hanoi ranges from 10 to 25.5 points. The calculation method of admission scores has been adjusted compared to previous years. Accordingly, instead of multiplying by a coefficient of 2 for Math and Literature, the admission score will be calculated by the total score of three subjects Math, Literature and Foreign Language, each subject on a scale of 10 and without multiplying by a coefficient.
Among public schools, Kim Lien and Le Quy Don High Schools - Ha Dong took the highest benchmark scores with 25.5 points; followed by Viet Duc High School and Phan Dinh Phung High School with 25.25 points each. Yen Hoa High School took 25 points.
Conversely, 6 schools took the lowest benchmark score of 10, including Tho Xuan High School, Bac Luong Son, Minh Quang, Ung Hoa B, Luu Hoang and Dai Cuong.
In 2024, the benchmark score for admission to 10th grade public high schools in Hanoi is highest at 42.5 points. This score is calculated according to the formula of total scores of three exam subjects, in which Math and Literature multiplied by a coefficient of 2, plus foreign language scores, a maximum of 50 points.
With 42.5 points, the three schools with the highest benchmark scores are Chu Van An High School, Yen Hoa High School and Le Quy Don High School (Ha Dong).
In second place is Thang Long High School with a benchmark score of 42.25, only 0.25 points behind Chu Van An. In third place with a score of 41.75 are 3 schools: Kim Lien, Phan Dinh Phung and Nguyen Gia Thieu.
In 2026, the entrance exam to 10th grade of Hanoi public high schools takes place on two days, the 30th and 31st. Candidates taking the exam take three subjects: Math, Literature and Foreign Language (mainly English).
Students taking exams at one of the four specialized schools Hanoi - Amsterdam, Nguyen Hue, Chu Van An, Son Tay will take additional specialized subjects on June 1.
The admission score for the general system is a total of three subjects, not multiplied by a coefficient (maximum 30); while specialized schools consider a total score of four subjects, in which specialized subjects are multiplied by a coefficient of two (50).
