Recently, the Hai Phong Department of Education and Training announced the third exam subject for grade 10 in the 2025-2026 school year. Specifically, the selected subject is Foreign Language, including one of the following subjects: English, French, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese. Candidates will take the test in the form of multiple choice questions within 60 minutes.

On January 23, the Department of Education and Training of Thai Binh also announced that English will be the third subject for public 10th grade entrance exams in the 2025-2026 school year. Thus, students in this province will take three subjects including Literature, Math and English.

Previously, on January 22, the Department of Education and Training of Quang Nam province agreed and chose English as the third subject for the 10th grade entrance exam.

So up to now, all provinces and cities are planning to hold 10th grade exams with three subjects: Literature, Math, and English. The list is as follows:

Province, city Third subject Grade 10 exam time
Quang Nam English Keep updated
Tien Giang English Keep updated
Khanh Hoa English Keep updated
HCMC English Keep updated
Nghe An English Keep updated
Hai Duong English Keep updated
Ba Ria - Vung Tau English Keep updated
Dong Nai English Keep updated
Hai Phong English Keep updated
Peace English Keep updated
Quang Nam English Keep updated

On January 8, the Ministry of Education and Training issued regulations on secondary and high school admissions. According to these regulations, provinces can choose to conduct entrance exams, select students for grade 10, or combine the above methods.

For the entrance exam, the exam includes Math, Literature and a third subject (or a combined exam). The third subject is selected by the Department of Education and Training from subjects assessed by scores, including: Foreign Language 1, Civic Education, Natural Sciences, History and Geography, Technology, and Information Technology.

It is worth noting that provinces and cities do not choose a third subject for more than three consecutive years.

The time for the Literature test is 120 minutes, Math 90, the third subject 60 or 90 minutes, the combined test 90 or 120 minutes.

Provinces and cities can announce the third exam subject after the end of semester I but no later than March 31 every year.

For high schools under the Ministry of Education and Training, universities, colleges, and research institutes that organize their own entrance exams, the third exam subject or a combination exam of a number of remaining subjects will be selected by the Ministry of Education and Training, universities, colleges, and research institutes directly managed by them.

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