Breaking News: Ho Chi Minh City to hold 10th grade exams on June 1-2, what will the exam questions be like?

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training has submitted a proposal to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee regarding the 10th grade entrance exam schedule for June 1-2 (one week earlier than in 2025), in 166/168 wards/communes and special zones. The exam questions will be oriented towards testing students' ability to apply knowledge, meeting the requirements of the 2018 General Education Program.

Literature teachers at Tran Van On Secondary School (Tan Dinh Ward, Ho Chi Minh City) are reviewing material with 9th-grade students preparing for the 10th-grade entrance exam.

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The 10th grade entrance exam will be held on June 1-2, with admissions based on selection criteria in two specific localities.

Regarding Ho Chi Minh City's first 10th grade entrance exam after the merger, the leaders of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training stated that the 2026-2027 10th grade admissions will combine both selection and examination methods to suit the current situation. The decision on whether to use selection or examination methods for each area and each school has been carefully considered.

Specifically, the admission process for 10th grade in public high schools will be implemented in two special zones: high schools in Thanh An island commune (formerly Can Gio district, Ho Chi Minh City) and Con Dao special zone (formerly Con Dao district, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province). Eligible applicants are students who have graduated from junior high school in these two locations.

Public high schools in the remaining 166 wards and communes will conduct entrance exams for 10th grade on June 1-2, covering three subjects: Vietnamese language and literature, mathematics, and a foreign language. This aims to maintain stability and facilitate the process for parents, students, and schools after the merger of the three localities.

According to the Department of Education and Training, for each subject in the 10th grade entrance exam, the basic 10th grade exam is expected to have 60% of the knowledge at the recognition and comprehension level and 40% at the application and higher-level application level.

The exams still focus on testing students' ability to apply their knowledge, using subject matter to solve real-life problems, meeting the requirements of the 2018 General Education Program.

This year, ninth-grade students will take their tenth-grade entrance exam one week earlier than last year.

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Structure and assessment requirements for each subject

Literature subject : The exam is designed with an integrated approach that assesses both reading comprehension and writing skills; the content in the writing section is related to the text in the reading comprehension section.

The structure of the 10th grade Vietnamese language exam consists of two parts :

• Part 1 (5 points): Reading comprehension of literary texts and writing a paragraph.

Question 1 (3 points): Reading Comprehension.

Question 2 (2 points): Write a paragraph.

• Part 2 (5 points): Reading comprehension of argumentative or informational texts and writing a social commentary essay.

Question 1 (1 point): Reading Comprehension.

Question 2 (4 points): Write a social commentary essay.

The assessment is based on the required reading comprehension and writing skills outlined in the 2018 General Education Program for Literature at the lower secondary level, primarily for grades 8 and 9.

Mathematics : The exam consists of 7 questions. The exam content is based on the 2018 General Education Program for Mathematics at the lower secondary level, covering the following areas: Geometry and measurement; numbers and algebra; statistics and probability. The test aims to assess mathematical abilities such as mathematical thinking and reasoning, mathematical problem-solving, and mathematical modeling.

English subject : The assessment focuses on specific language skills, with specific goals for each knowledge area.

The structure of the 10th grade English exam consists of 4 sections with 40 questions.

• Part 1 (1 point): Phonetics, from sentence 1 to sentence 4;
• Part 2 (3 points): Vocabulary, grammar, communication, from question 5 to question 16;
• Part 3 (4 points): Write the correct form of the word (questions 29 to 34); Write appropriate phrases based on the given information (questions 35, 36); Write sentences (questions 37 to 40);
• Part 4 (3 points): Reading Comprehension: Read and fill in the blanks (questions 17 to 22); Read and answer questions (questions 23 to 28).

Note that there are two new questions about writing appropriate phrases based on given information. These questions test your ability to read dictionary annotations to find linguistic information and apply your knowledge.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/nong-tphcm-thi-lop-10-ngay-1-26-de-thi-ra-sao-185260303112607467.htm