According to the official announcement of Thanh Hoa province, the third subject of the 10th grade entrance exam for ethnic minority boarding high schools and public high schools in the 2026-2027 school year in Thanh Hoa province is English. The two fixed subjects are Math and Literature.
Regarding the enrollment into 10th grade of Lam Son Specialized High School, students will take an additional specialized subject.
In Nghe An, Foreign Language is also chosen as an exam subject along with Math and Literature.
In which, Math and Literature subjects are tested in essay form, the exam time is 120 minutes for each subject.
For Foreign Languages, candidates choose English or French, taking the exam in the form of objective multiple-choice tests, with a test time of 60 minutes.
The determination of exam subjects, exam formats and exam time is implemented according to the Regulations on enrollment in secondary and high schools in Circular 30/2024/TT-BGDDT of the Ministry of Education and Training.
Thus, this is the 2nd year Thanh Hoa and Nghe An have chosen the 3rd exam subject as Foreign Language.
Previously, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang announced Foreign Language as the 3rd exam subject in the 10th grade entrance exam.
In Hue, the Department of Education and Training of Hue City announced the 3rd exam subject in the 10th grade public high school entrance exam for the 2026-2027 school year. The 3rd exam subject is Foreign Language, in addition to the 2 compulsory subjects Mathematics and Literature.
Meanwhile, Tuyen Quang province has officially selected Natural Sciences for this year's exam in addition to 2 subjects, Math and Literature.
The form of the Natural Sciences exam is multiple-choice, the exam time is 90 minutes. Each exam room has many exam codes, ensuring the principle that the two adjacent candidates do not overlap codes. Candidates take the exam on multiple-choice answer sheets and the exam results are graded by software.
Similarly, Son La province has also announced the plan to choose a combination of 3 subjects: History and Geography, Natural Sciences and English. The exam is 90 minutes, including 80 multiple-choice questions.
According to the regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training, in addition to the 2 traditional subjects, Mathematics and Literature, the 3rd exam subject must change after 3 years and be announced no later than March 31 every year.
The selection of admission methods is under the authority of the locality with 3 methods including: Exam, admission consideration or combination of exam and admission consideration.
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