According to statistics from the Hanoi Department of Education and Training, the whole city has nearly 104,000 candidates registered to take the 10th grade entrance exam for the 2025-2026 school year.
One of the important contents that candidates must pay attention to is that at exactly 9:00 a.m. on June 6, all candidates were present at the exam room to complete the exam procedures.
During the exam preparation, candidates must present the 10th grade entrance exam form for the 2025-2026 school year (with a student photo and a stamp of an educational institution or an education and training department - for independent candidates), or an ID card/citizen identification card.
If the candidate loses the exam report form, there must be a commitment letter according to the regulations of the test score leader.
At this exam preparation session, the exam scores will organize the study of regulations for all candidates, in which candidates are reminded of Article 21 ( candidate responsibility) and Article 57 ( handling candidates who violate exam regulations).
Candidates will also hear about the exam schedule, regulations on drum command signs; instructions on exam room diagrams; hear about how to do foreign language tests, how to record information on multiple-choice answers; how to draw license plates, how to draw exam codes...
The public 10th grade exam in Hanoi is scheduled to take place on June 6-9. In which, on June 6, candidates complete the exam procedures, on June 7-8, for candidates taking the general exam and on June 9, for candidates taking the specialized exam.
Candidates must take 3 subjects: Math, Literature and Foreign Language. In addition to English, candidates can choose any foreign language from the subjects of French, Japanese, German, and Korean to take the entrance exam to all high schools in the city while still being able to study the main foreign language, English.
The total admission score this year has been reduced from 50 to 30 due to not doubling the Math and Literature scores. In addition, the exam scores and the benchmark scores will be announced at the same time.