18:35
Concluding the press conference, Deputy Minister Pham Ngoc Thuong highlighted the successes of the exam.
One is the direction, comprehensive monitoring, selection and mobilization of the best teachers to participate in the organization. Thanks to that, with the number of exam codes doubled compared to last year in elective subjects, the number of exam subjects increased, but the phenomenon of wrong exam codes did not occur.
The second success is that the exam is considered by public opinion to be suitable with the reformed program, ensuring that real learning leads to real exams, forming the ability to solve practical problems in life. Of course, this will cause some confusion for candidates.
Another notable success is the very rapid state transition corresponding to the process of province and city arrangement and merger and streamlining of the state apparatus.
Last October, the ministries and branches were still being arranged, and in May this year, the province-city merger was implemented, but thanks to the quick and smooth transition, the exam was successfully organized on a large scale.
Overview of the press conference to conclude the 2025 high school graduation exam (Photo: Tran Hiep).
18:25: Deputy Minister Pham Ngoc Thuong: "Students in any province are students of Vietnam"
Still related to the issue of grading exams at two levels, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Pham Ngoc Thuong affirmed that the general spirit of grading exams has not changed.
“As the spirit of the high school graduation exam in literature states, “any student in any province is a student of Vietnam”. We adhere to the principles of 3 guarantees, 6 clarity, and are open, transparent, and in accordance with regulations,” the Deputy Minister affirmed.
18:20:
Major General Tran Dinh Trung - Deputy Director of the Department of Internal Political Security - talked about the incidents of leaked exam questions:
The police have identified 3 violators. 2 subjects used AI technology, took a photo of part of the exam questions and transferred it to the AI application to solve the questions. 1 subject used a camera attached to his sleeve, sent the questions outside and asked someone else to solve them.
So far, the police have worked with these candidates and initially admitted their wrongdoings.
In the near future, the authorities will consolidate the records to clarify further, based on the nature and level of consequences that occurred to handle.
It is predicted that in the near future, fraud using AI technology will become more sophisticated, requiring a synchronous solution.
Major General Tran Dinh Trung - Deputy Director of the Department of Internal Political Security - talks about the incidents of leaked exam questions (Photo: Tran Hiep).
18:05: Pilot high school graduation exam on computer from 2027
Deputy Minister of Education and Training Pham Ngoc Thuong said that according to the roadmap, this year the Ministry will try to issue a pilot project for high school graduation exams on computers. It is expected that the pilot will be held in 2027.
Besides, regarding the issue of exam grading after the merger of provinces and cities, Deputy Minister Thuong affirmed that he will strictly control the entire process.
Each exam session and grading must be summarized immediately to promptly detect abnormalities, such as too many high scores or too many low scores.
Deputy Minister Pham Ngoc Thuong said the Ministry of Education and Training will pilot high school graduation exams on computers from 2027 (Photo: Nam Tran).
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Professor Nguyen Ngoc Ha said that this year is the first year that the high school graduation exam is not based on the question bank.
The test matrix is randomly generated during the test preparation process, so no one knows the matrix in advance. When making the test, the software will generate a completely random matrix. This ensures objectivity in the test question preparation process.
17:50
Dan Tri reporter raised the issue of IELTS conversion table of universities. If the English test is as difficult as IELTS as many teachers have said, is the current IELTS conversion table of universities still appropriate? Does the Ministry intend to discuss this conversion table with schools?
Responding to a question from Dan Tri reporter, Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Anh Dung - Deputy Director of the Department of HigherEducation , Ministry of Education and Training - said: Up to this point, all information and assessments are still initial assessments.
In principle, university admissions will have to follow regulations, including the conversion of IELTS scores. The Ministry will continue to coordinate with training institutions to implement this conversion to ensure fairness for candidates.
Professor Nguyen Ngoc Ha - Deputy Director of the Department of Quality Management, Ministry of Education and Training - said that he will consider the feedback on the difficulty of this year's math and English exams (Photo: Nam Tran).
17:40
Regarding the feedback on the math and English exam being too difficult, Professor Nguyen Ngoc Ha - Deputy Director of the Department of Quality Management, Ministry of Education and Training - said there were 2 bases for making the exam questions:
One is that the test puts the issue of assessing ability first. This is a new point and a change in many years. Perhaps the new features of the test make students confused.
Second, before the exam council started working, the Ministry of Education and Training organized a large-scale test trial in all three regions, essentially to assess students' abilities in order to adjust the difficulty of the exam.
All data on the test testing, especially the score distribution, has been thoroughly discussed among the test-making groups.
"Thus, when talking about difficulty, we must talk about the format structure and whether the exam closely follows the published reference exam," according to Professor Nguyen Ngoc Ha.
Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Ha added that he will consider feedback on the difficulty of this year's math and English exams.
Prof. Dr. Huynh Van Chuong, Director of the Department of Quality Management, Ministry of Education and Training, speaking at the press conference (Photo: Nam Tran).
17:15:
Prof. Dr. Huynh Van Chuong - Director of the Department of Quality Management, Ministry of Education and Training - assessed: The 2025 high school graduation exam is the first exam for students studying the 2018 program, with strong direction from the Government. 100% of candidates registering for the exam under the new program registered online.
The transfer of exam questions to the Government Cipher Committee is highly appreciated by society and the Government. This is one of the hallmarks of this exam. The exam questions are kept secure from the central to local levels.
At the same time, the Ministry of Education and Training has trained very carefully in preventing high-tech cheating in the high school graduation exam, to warn of high-tech cheating using AI.
The exam has ensured differentiation, serving many purposes of use, specifically, achieving 3 goals, assessing general learning outcomes, assessing skills and being able to consider university admission. In the exam of each subject, many practical questions have been integrated.
The Ministry of Education and Training is expected to announce the results of the high school graduation exam at 8:00 a.m. on July 16. The Ministry is currently ready to ensure the information technology infrastructure to prepare for the announcement of the results.
Deputy Minister of Education and Training Pham Ngoc Thuong chaired a press conference summarizing the 2025 high school graduation exam (Photo: Nam Tran).
17:10:
Deputy Minister of Education and Training Pham Ngoc Thuong chaired the press conference.
The Deputy Minister said: The high school graduation exam is a big exam, takes place quickly, has many candidates so mistakes are inevitable. The Ministry of Education and Training held a press conference to quickly inform society of the most accurate information about the exam.
By today, most of the candidates have completed the exam. They have been fully equipped with knowledge and skills to continue their new journey in life.
Candidates in the 2025 high school graduation exam room in Hanoi (Photo: Manh Quan).
The 2025 high school graduation exam will take place on June 26-27. This is a special exam of historical significance as it is the first year of taking the exam according to the 2018 general education program and ensures the exam for students according to the 2006 general education program.
For candidates taking the 2018 program, instead of taking 6 subjects as before, the number of subjects is reduced to 4, including compulsory math and literature. In addition, students choose 2 subjects they have studied at school (chemistry, physics, biology, geography, history, economic and legal education, information technology, technology and foreign languages).
The official exam in 2025 also brings many notable changes. The number of exam sessions is increased to 2, in particular, each exam room can have up to 5 different subjects.
In addition, the number of exam codes for each subject will double compared to previous years with 48 exam codes (each exam session has 24 exam codes). Previously, the subjects (except literature) only had 24 exam codes.
Candidates after the exam on the morning of June 27 in Hanoi (Photo: Hai Long).
This is also the largest exam ever, with the participation of more than 1.1 million candidates across 63 provinces and cities, held at 2,493 exam locations with more than 50,000 exam rooms.
It is expected that about 200,000 personnel will be mobilized to participate in the organization of the exam, such as officials, teachers in the education sector, police, military, medical, electricity forces, etc.
The Prime Minister has closely directed and promptly issued many telegrams and directives on the preparation and organization of the exam.
Not only that, organizing the exam poses different challenges and requirements when the exam takes place in the context of the whole country implementing a two-tier local government arrangement.
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