This morning, nearly 4,000 candidates entered the first 10th grade exam in Ho Chi Minh City.

On the morning of May 24, nearly 4,000 9th grade students took the first 10th grade exam in Ho Chi Minh City. This is the 10th grade entrance exam of the Gifted High School, Ho Chi Minh City National University, taking place at 3 testing locations.

Candidates taking the 10th grade entrance exam to the Gifted High School, Ho Chi Minh City National University at the Saigon Practical High School exam site on the morning of May 24 - Photo: NHU HUNG

According to the Gifted High School, Ho Chi Minh City National University, the 10th grade entrance exam for the 2025-2026 school year has 3,509 candidates in Ho Chi Minh City and many other provinces and cities taking the exam.

The 3 specific entrance exam scores for grade 10 are:

Exam site No. 1: Gifted High School (District 5 campus), located at 153 Nguyen Chi Thanh, Ward 9, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City ; exam will be held on May 24 and the morning of May 25 .

Exam site number 2: Saigon Practical High School, located at 220 Tran Binh Trong, Ward 4, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City ; exam will be held on May 24 and the afternoon of May 25 .

Exam site No. 3: Gifted High School (Thu Duc campus), located at Ho Chi Minh City National University Urban Area , Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City, exam will be held on May 24 and May 25 .

Candidates look at the exam room diagram at the exam session on the morning of May 24 - Photo: NHU HUNG

For exam score 3, Gifted High School would like to remind candidates that the exam room with the symbol "NĐH" on the exam notice will be held at the administration building of the University of Natural Sciences (only on May 24 and the morning of May 25).

Candidates can go directly to the main gate of the administration house, University of Natural Sciences or to the main gate of Gifted High School, Thu Duc campus and then move along the internal path for about 200m.

The Gifted High School's canteen serves lunch for candidates who need to rest between exams.

Specific exam schedule:

Day	Session	Exam subjects	Time to do the test	Time to distribute exam papers to candidates	Time to start doing the test
Saturday May 24, 2025	BRIGHT	Literature (non-professional)	100 minutes	7:30	7:40
		English (non-professional)	60 minutes	10am	10:10
	AFTERNOON	Maths (non-professional)	120 minutes	14:00	14:10
Sunday May 25, 2025	BRIGHT	Specialized subjects (English – Physics – Chemistry – Biology – Information Technology)	150 minutes	7:30	7:40
	AFTERNOON	Specialized subjects (Math - Literature)	150 minutes	14:00	14:10

In the 2025-2026 school year, the enrollment target for grade 10 of the Gifted High School is:

District 5 facility (study location: 153 Nguyen Chi Thanh, Ward 9, District 5, HCMC, organized in the form of one-session study), enrolling 7 grade 10 classes Specialized: math (1 class), computer science (1 class), physics (1 class), chemistry (1 class), biology (1 class), English (1 class) and literature (1 class).

Total quota: 245 students, each class no more than 35 students.

Specialized classes at District 5 campus will focus on training in-depth knowledge of specialized subjects, improving logical thinking skills, combined with STEM educational activities, experiential activities and career guidance in the orientation to become an expert in a specific field related to the subject.

This is the first 10th grade entrance exam in Ho Chi Minh City this year - Photo: NHU HUNG

Thu Duc Campus (study location: Ho Chi Minh City National University Urban Area, organized as a boarding school), enrolls 10 specialized classes: math (2 classes), IT (1 class), physics (1 class), chemistry (1 class), biology (1 class), English (2 classes) and literature (2 classes).

Total quota: 350 students, each class no more than 35 students.

Specialized classes at Thu Duc campus will focus on training interdisciplinary thinking skills with a foundation of specialized subjects in solving problems in the fields of natural sciences, technology and social sciences such as: natural sciences, life sciences, computers, business and management, technology, engineering, languages, culture, economics, politics, society... combined with experiential activities to orient related careers.

Meanwhile, the number of candidates registering for the 10th grade exam is:

Exam	Number of exam registrations
Literature (non-major)	3509
English (non-major)	3509
Math (non-major)	3509
Literature (specialized)	782
Math (specialized)	1018
English	1272
Information technology	205
Physics	244
Chemistry	364
Biology	266

Not counting the competition rate for grade 10

Board of Directors of Gifted High School l Note to candidates that: 10th grade admission method based on the wishes according to the corresponding admission combinations . Therefore, candidates cannot determine the exact "competition ratio" of each specialized class .

"The 10th grade admissions board of the Gifted High School hopes that candidates will not speculate on the "competition ratio" as it will create more pressure for the exam. We hope that candidates will complete the registered exams as best as possible" - a representative of the Gifted High School's board of directors expressed.

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HOANG HUONG

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/sang-nay-gan-4-000-thi-sinh-buoc-vao-ky-thi-lop-10-dau-tien-o-tp-hcm-20250524072244296.htm