Three important notes to avoid unfairly failing the 10th grade entrance exam in Hanoi 2025

Below are some notes on exam regulations that students and parents need to remember to avoid unfairly failing this important exam.

Late for more than 15 minutes will not be allowed to take the exam.

Candidates arriving more than 15 minutes late (from the start of the test) will not be allowed to enter the test room. During the multiple-choice test, candidates are not allowed to leave (except in special cases).

When taking the test, candidates must fill in their registration number, carefully check the number of pages, print quality and test code. If they discover any abnormalities in the test (torn, missing pages, damaged printing, blurred...), candidates must immediately report to the invigilator, no later than 5 minutes from the time the test is scheduled.

Five minutes before the end of the exam, the invigilator will also remind the candidate to check the registration number, other personal information on the exam paper, and the exam code on the multiple-choice answer sheet. Candidates can submit their test after 2/3 of the time has passed for essay questions and after the end of the time for multiple-choice questions.

Complete 3 exams

One of the principles of admission to public schools of the Hanoi Department of Education and Training is that candidates must complete all 3 exams (Math, Literature, Foreign Language). If they miss one exam, they will not have the opportunity to participate in the admission process.

Besides English, candidates can choose any foreign language among French, Japanese, German, Korean to take the entrance exam to all high schools in the city.

Entrance exam schedule for grade 10 of public high schools in Hanoi for the 2025-2026 school year.

Items not allowed in the exam room

According to regulations of the Hanoi Department of Education and Training, in the 2025 public 10th grade exam, the list of items candidates are allowed to bring into the exam room includes: Pens, rulers, pencils, erasers, set squares, graphing rulers, drawing tools, handheld calculators without text editing functions, and no memory cards.

Compared to 2024, this list adds drawing tools and graphing rulers but removes the Atlas.

Items not allowed in the examination room include: carbon paper, erasers, alcoholic beverages, weapons and explosives, flammable substances, documents, communication equipment (receiving, broadcasting information, recording audio, video) or containing information for cheating during the examination. In addition, candidates taking the Chemistry exam are not allowed to bring the Periodic Table and Solubility Table into the examination room.

Candidates who bring unauthorized items into the examination room will be suspended from the exam. Suspended candidates will lose the right to participate in the 10th grade entrance exam for the 2025-2026 school year.

The entrance exam for grade 10 of public high schools in Hanoi for the 2025-2026 school year will take place from June 6-9, with June 6 being the day for procedures, June 7-8 for general candidates, and June 9 for specialized candidates. The total number of candidates taking the exam is 115,951.
The whole city has 4,411 examination rooms, 201 examination sites, 15,173 cadres, teachers, employees, and police participating in the organization work, and more than 2,000 cadres and teachers participating in marking the exams.
It is expected that between July 4 and 6, the Hanoi Department of Education and Training will simultaneously announce the exam scores and grade 10 benchmark scores. Successful candidates will confirm their enrollment from July 10 to 12. According to the Department of Education and Training, at least 64% of students registered for the exam will be admitted to grade 10 public high schools.

Kim Anh

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