Present at the exam site of Dich Vong Hau Secondary School (Cau Giay District, Hanoi ), Ms. Tuyet Nhung, a parent whose child is taking the 10th grade entrance exam, said that the exam site is about 45 minutes away from her home in Hoang Mai District by car in the morning. Worried about traffic jams and her child being tired from having to wake up early and not getting enough sleep before the exam, her family decided to rent a hotel near the exam site for 3 nights, from June 5 to 8.

The hotel chosen by Ms. Nhung and her mother is located in Dich Vong Hau ward, Cau Giay district, only 4 minutes walk from the exam location.

This decision was enthusiastically supported by her daughter.

“I also likened taking the exam to a ‘short trip’ combined with a ‘food tour’ to explore the cuisine around Cau Giay area. Staying near the exam location helps me feel comfortable, get enough sleep, avoid the pressure of traveling and have more time to prepare better for the important exam,” said Ms. Nhung’s daughter.

Ms. Nhung said that her family agreed to spend more than 1 million VND/night for a hotel stay. The total cost was more than 3 million VND, not including food and health care expenses.

However, according to Ms. Tuyet Nhung, this is a worthy investment to reduce pressure and improve the quality of her child's exams.

“For food, we prioritize choosing restaurants near the hotel. The first two evenings, I took my daughter to eat at some famous places in Cau Giay district. Last night, we went to eat red bean sweet soup together in the hope that luck would come,” Nhung shared.

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Candidates before taking the Literature exam in the 2025 Hanoi 10th grade exam. Photo: Thach Thao.

Mr. NV's family (living in Cau Giay district) also chose a similar strategy to accompany the 10th grade student. Seeing that his daughter's 10th grade entrance exam lasted from June 6-9, and she was taking the exam at Chu Van An High School for the Gifted, Mr. NV accepted to "take action".

“The distance from home to the exam site is about 8km, but because we were afraid that the Thuy Khue - Hoang Hoa Tham route would often be congested and we would have to leave early, my family decided to rent a room at a hotel near the exam site.”

Mr. NV calculated that by renting a hotel in Phan Dinh Phung area for 3 days, he would have to spend 5 million VND for the trip with his daughter this year.

Each house has its own "strategy"

Outside the exam site gate of Tran Duy Hung Secondary School, Ms. Le Thi Hai Yen (Bac Tu Liem District, Hanoi) said that up to now, at 7:30 a.m., she has not received any calls from inside the exam site from students who need support or additional information, so she can be somewhat reassured. To have the best mental preparation, from 6:15 a.m., the mother and her three children took a car from home and arrived at the exam site at 6:30 a.m. Her twin daughters are Truong Gia Bao Linh (student of Doan Thi Diem Secondary School) and Truong Gia Khanh Linh (student of Cau Giay Secondary School).

Ms. Yen said that before her children's important exam, she could not help but feel nervous and worried, and could not sleep well at night. Her two daughters have good academic performance and applied to top schools such as Yen Hoa High School, in addition to the English major of Hanoi - Amsterdam High School. But what she feels more secure about this exam is that her children's mentality and confidence have improved after having gone through and gained experience from previous specialized exams in the area. The mother decided not to go home but stayed outside the exam site to watch and accompany her children for the entire 2 hours of the Literature exam.

Because her house is far from the exam location, Ms. Yen said that this afternoon, the three of them will not go home but will choose to eat and rest somewhere near the exam site. "The time between finishing the morning exam and starting the afternoon exam is not too long compared to the travel time from my house in Bac Tu Liem district to the exam location. My children and I will probably go eat together and go to the house of relatives or friends of the children to rest temporarily," Ms. Yen said.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/phu-huynh-chi-tien-thue-khach-san-cung-con-thi-lop-10-nam-2025-2409034.html