In 2025, at Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted, the benchmark score ranges from 37.15 - 42.75 points. The Chemistry specialized class has the highest benchmark score and the Chinese specialized class has the lowest benchmark score.
Similarly, at Nguyen Hue Specialized High School, Chu Van An Specialized High School, the Chemistry specialized class has the highest benchmark scores, 38.25 points and 40 points respectively.
And at Son Tay High School for the Gifted, the Literature specialized class has the highest benchmark score with 34.25 points. The History specialized class has the lowest benchmark score with 24 points.
Detailed benchmark scores for 10th grade of 4 specialized high schools are as follows:
In 2024, the highest benchmark score for entering Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted is the Math class, 42.25 points. Followed by the Physics class 41.75 points.
At Nguyen Hue Specialized High School, the Math specialized class also has the highest benchmark score with 39 points.
At Chu Van An High School, the benchmark score ranges from 32.5 - 42.5 points. Among them, the benchmark score for the French bilingual class is the highest, with 42.5 points. The benchmark score for the Literature class is 37.25 points; the Math class is 40 points.
Son Tay High School takes the benchmark score from 27.75 - 33.5 points. This is the lowest benchmark score among 4 schools.
This year, the 10th grade public high school entrance exam in Hanoi takes place on two days, May 30 and 31. 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).
This year's exam takes place almost two weeks earlier than every year, and one month earlier than expected at the beginning of the school year.
