Instructions for candidates to fill out the registration form for the 2025 high school graduation exam

According to the instructions of the Ministry of Education and Training , candidates need to fill in 16 items on the registration form for the 2025 high school graduation exam.

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Candidates filling out the registration form for the 2025 high school graduation exam follow the instructions below:

Section DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING… DEPARTMENT CODE: Candidates registering at the exam registration unit under which Department of Education and Training, write the name of the Department of Education and Training in the blank space, then fill in the 2 digits representing the Department of Education and Training code in the next 2 blank boxes. The Department of Education and Training code is regulated by the Ministry of Education and Training .

Number of tickets: The place where the exam registration is received must be filled in. Candidates must not fill in this section.

Section 1, 2: Fill in according to the instructions on the High School Graduation Exam Registration Form (hereinafter referred to as the Registration Form).

Section 3:

a) Place of birth: The candidate's place of birth only needs to clearly state the name of the province or centrally-run city (province/city). If born abroad, the candidate only needs to clearly state the name of the country (in Vietnamese).

b) Ethnicity: Record exactly as on birth certificate.

c) For foreign nationality, mark (X) in the box next to it.

Section 4: The ID card number, Citizen ID card number, personal identification number and Passport number are written together as the ID card number/Citizen ID card number in this section.

Section 5: Province/city code, district/county code and commune/ward code - only for communes/wards in Area 1 will be regulated by the Ministry of Education and Training. Candidates need to look up at the place of registration to correctly enter the province/city code, district/county code, commune/ward code where the candidate has current permanent residence in the corresponding boxes on the right. Candidates who do not have permanent residence in a commune in Area 1 should leave the commune code box blank.

After filling in all the administrative unit codes in the boxes, candidates must clearly write the name of the commune/ward, district/county, province/city in the blank line. For candidates who are in the priority category or area related to their permanent residence, they must confirm that they have had a permanent residence of over 18 months in area 1, or over 18 months in a particularly difficult commune, a commune with a particularly difficult village during their high school years by checking the corresponding box.

Section 6: Write the school name and address to the district/county, province/city of the school on the dotted line. Write the province code where the school is located in the first 2 boxes, write the school code in the next 3 boxes (school code is written according to the regulations of the Department of Education and Training, if the school code has 1 digit, write the number 0 in the first 2 boxes, if the school code has 2 digits, write the number 0 in the first box).

For candidates who are police officers or soldiers sent to take the exam for university and college admission, write the province/city code corresponding to the province where they are stationed and the high school code is 900.

For candidates who have studied abroad, the years of study abroad must be recorded in the province/city code corresponding to the province/city of their permanent residence in Vietnam and the high school code is 800.

Class name: clearly state the name of the 12th grade where the student is studying (for example 12A1, 12A2,...), for independent candidates write "TDO".

Section 7: Clearly state your phone number and email. For candidates who request to adjust their online admission registration, they need to register their mobile phone number to receive a one-time password (OTP) via text message, ensuring security when registering online.

Section 8: Candidates must clearly state the contact information: full name; phone number; hamlet address (house number), village (street, alley), commune/ward, district/county, province/city. This address is also the address to receive the Admission Notice if the candidate is admitted.

Section 9: Candidates must mark (X) in one of the two boxes to clearly indicate whether they are studying under the General Education Program or the High School Continuing Education Program.

Section 10: For independent candidates, mark (X) in one of the two boxes to clearly distinguish whether the independent candidate has not graduated from high school or has graduated from high school (at the time of the exam).

Section 11: Candidates registering to take the exam at which examination council must write the name of the examination council and the examination council code prescribed by the Ministry of Education and Training in the corresponding position.

Section 12: Students studying in grade 12 of high school must submit their registration at that school. Other subjects must submit their registration at locations specified by the Department of Education and Training. The registration unit code is recorded according to the instructions of the place receiving the registration.

Section 13: For candidates who are currently grade 12 students (not graduated from high school), they must take the Math, Literature and 2 subjects studied in grade 12 from the following subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Geography, Economic and Legal Education, Information Technology, Industrial Technology, Agricultural Technology, Foreign Languages.

In case the independent candidate has not graduated from high school and has subjects (for consideration of high school graduation recognition) from the previous year that are eligible for retention, if he/she wants to retain any subject, he/she must record the score of that subject in Section 15. However, the candidate can still choose to take the subject (for which he/she requested retention) to get the results for university and college admission.

Section 14: For candidates wishing to be exempted from the Foreign Language exam, it is necessary to clearly state the type of certificate that qualifies for exemption or clearly state that they are a member of the national team participating in the International Olympic in Foreign Language according to the regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training. For the type of certificate that includes the exam score (total exam score), candidates must write the score in the "Exam score" box.

Section 15: For foreign candidates who wish to be exempted from the Literature exam, it is necessary to clearly state the level of the Vietnamese language certificate achieved in the box next to it.

Section 16: Candidates who have taken the high school exam last year, if there are subjects that are eligible for retention according to regulations, candidates who want to retain the score of a subject, write the score of that subject in the corresponding box. For subjects that are retained, candidates can still register to take that subject in Section 13 in case they wish to use the exam results for university or college admission.

Registration form for exam number 1 and number 2 is as follows: