Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training announced the structure of 3 exam subjects for grade 10 in 2026

On October 22, the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City announced the structure, assessment requirements, and competency table, thinking level of the 10th grade exam for the 2026-2027 school year in the subjects of literature, math and English to all secondary schools to prepare 9th grade students to take the 10th grade entrance exam.

Accordingly, the 10th grade entrance exam for the 2026-2027 school year taking place in June 2026 is the first entrance exam in Ho Chi Minh City after merging with Binh Duong and the old Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

The announcement of the structure, assessment requirements and competency table, thinking level of the 10th grade exam of 3 subjects aims to help schools have a basis to prepare review and knowledge for 9th grade students appropriately.

Accordingly, the structure and assessment requirements of each exam are as follows:

Literature: The test is designed to integrate reading comprehension and writing skills assessment, with the content in the writing section related to the text in the reading comprehension section.

The structure of the 10th grade literature exam includes 2 parts:

Part 1 (5 points): Reading and writing literary texts

Question 1 (3 points): Reading comprehension

Sentence 2 (2 points): Write a paragraph

Part 2 (5 points): Read and understand argumentative or informational texts and write social argumentative essays

Question 1 (1 point): Reading comprehension

Question 2 (4 points): Write a social argumentative essay

The basis for assessment is the reading and writing requirements in the 2018 General Education Program (GEP) for literature at secondary school level, mainly grades 8 and 9.

Mathematics: The required content of the exam is in the 2018 General Education Program for secondary school mathematics, including the following knowledge streams: Geometry and measurement; numbers and algebra; Statistics and probability. The test content aims to assess mathematical abilities such as mathematical thinking and reasoning, mathematical problem solving, and mathematical modeling.

The structure of the 10th grade math exam includes 7 questions:

Lesson 1. (1.5 points) Given the function y = ax2

a) Draw the graph (P) of the above function.

b) Find the points belonging to (P) that satisfy the given conditions.

Lesson 2. (1 point) Given the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0

a) Find the condition for the equation to have a solution.

b) Applying Viete's formula, calculate the value of the expression related to the solutions.

Lesson 3. (1.5 points) Practical math problems related to probability and statistics.

Lesson 4. (1 point)

a) Write expression A representing a certain quantity x in a real-life problem.

b) Find the value of x so that A satisfies a certain condition.

Lesson 5. (1 point) Practical math problems related to geometry:

Perimeter, area of triangle, quadrilateral, length of circular arc, circumference of circle, area of circle, circular sector, circular segment, circular ring... Lateral area, total area, volume of solids in reality...

Lesson 6. (1 point) Practical problems related to equations, inequalities, and systems of first-degree equations with two variables.

Lesson 7. (3 points) Plane geometry problem includes 3 questions

a) Prove that 4 points lie on a circle, the elements are parallel, perpendicular, equal...

b) Prove that the formulas, elements are equal, collinear, concurrent...

c) Calculate length, perimeter, area, angle measurement...

English: Assessment focuses on specific language skills, with specific goals for each knowledge stream.

The structure of the 10th grade English exam has 4 parts including 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, from sentence 29 to sentence 34; Write appropriate phrases according to the given information, sentences 35, 36; Write sentences, from sentence 37 to sentence 40.

Part 4 (3 points): Reading comprehension: Read and fill in the blanks from questions 17 to 22; Read comprehension and answer the questions from questions 23 to 28.

Note that there are two new questions about writing appropriate phrases based on the information given. This question tests your ability to read dictionary notes to find linguistic information and apply knowledge.

See reference questions here

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