Prosecution of the case of leaked high school graduation exam questions in Hanoi

On July 1, news from the Hanoi City Police said that the Internal Political Security Department of the City Police had issued a decision to prosecute the case of intentionally revealing State Secrets to investigate and clarify the case of leaking high school graduation exam questions that occurred in Hanoi on June 26, 2025.

Khởi tố vụ lộ đề thi tốt nghiệp THPT xảy ra tại Hà Nội- Ảnh 1. — Police work with candidates who violate the law. Photo: Hanoi City Police

Previously, the press and social networks reflected suspicions related to the leaking of the Math exam. Accordingly, a photo of a part of the exam was posted on an application that solves math problems using artificial intelligence (AI) before the end of the exam time (from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on June 26). This information caused candidates and parents to express concerns and worries about the security of the exam and the seriousness and seriousness of the exam.

During the investigation, the authorities initially determined that NVK had secretly brought a mobile phone into the exam room, took a photo of a part of the Math exam, and uploaded it to the StudyX app to solve the exam, but was only able to copy the answers to two exam questions. In addition, NVK also took photos and uploaded the Chemistry and Physics exam questions during the exam on June 27.

Expanding the investigation, another case was discovered that also used a phone to cheat on the exam. Similar to NVK, candidate LTMA secretly brought a phone into the exam room to take pictures of the Math, History, and English exam questions and then used the AI Gemini application on the phone to solve the exam questions. The exam board discovered the violation, made a record of the violation of exam regulations, and suspended the exam.

According to Hanoi City Police, the above incident shows that, in addition to the reason that candidates intentionally violated the exam regulations, although the Hanoi City Examination Steering Committee has organized many training conferences for exam supervisors and inspectors in preventing and detecting cheating in the exam. However, some exam supervisors have not properly performed their duties and tasks during the exam supervision process, leading to candidates still violating the regulations.

In the coming time, Hanoi City Police will continue to advise the education sector to organize propaganda and training activities to raise awareness and responsibility for exam supervisors, promote the use of technical solutions and information technology applications in exams to prevent similar incidents from happening.

Recommendations for parents and candidates

The Internal Political Security Department recommends that parents and candidates use their phones to take photos of exam questions and post them on AI applications, the Internet, or send them to outside parties to solve while the exam questions are still confidential, which is a violation of the law on State Secrets Protection.

Candidates who violate the rules will be suspended from the exam, have their exam results canceled, and will be considered for handling according to administrative and even criminal law, based on the nature, level, and consequences of the violation.

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