Graduation Exam: The whole country has more than 15,000 10s, Hanoi returns to the top, Ninh Binh and Ha Tinh cause surprises

The 2025 high school graduation exam saw many changes in the exam score rankings between provinces and cities. Hanoi surprisingly took the lead in English, and entered the top 3 in Math, Biology, and Literature, marking its return after many years of being "out of place". Ninh Binh and Ha Tinh also attracted attention when they were both in the top 10 of most exam subjects.

Báo Tiền Phong•15/07/2025

On the afternoon of July 15, the Ministry of Education and Training announced the 2025 high school graduation exam scores of more than 1.16 million candidates.

Accordingly, in 2025, the whole country will have a total of 15,331 points of 10, an increase of nearly 4,500 points compared to 2024.

10 points for specific subjects are as follows:

Subject	2024	2025
Maths	0	513
Literature	2	0
English	565	141
Physics	55	3,929
Chemistry	1,278	625
Biology	34	82
History	2.108	1,518
Geography	3.175	6,907
Civic Education/Legal Economics	3,661	1,451
Information technology		60
Industrial technology		4
Agricultural technology		101
Total	10,878	15,331

According to representatives of the Ministry of Education and Training as well as experts attending the conference, the rankings of provinces and cities in the 2025 high school graduation exam have fluctuated strongly.

Accordingly, Ninh Binh and Ha Tinh are the two provinces that appear in most of the top 10 rankings of the 12 subjects. At the same time, each province leads 3 rankings.

In particular, Hanoi is present in most rankings, which is the opposite of recent years. Hanoi leads the English rankings, ranks top 2 in Math and Biology, and top 3 in Literature.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, from the score distribution of exam subjects, there were over 1.12 million candidates taking the math exam, of which 513 candidates scored 10.

The Literature subject's scores are relatively stable, but there are no 10s, while in 2024 there were 2 10s.

Ninh Binh, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Phong, and Hung Yen are the localities with the most 10 Math scores.

This year, although the number of candidates scoring 10 points in Math has increased significantly, the percentage of candidates scoring 4-4.5 points is the highest. The skewed distribution of Math scores was predicted earlier because the Math questions were assessed by teachers and students to have increased in difficulty significantly.

In English, the average score is 5.38. According to the 2025 high school graduation exam score distribution of the Ministry of Education and Training, the whole country has 141 candidates scoring 10 points in English, while in 2024 this number is up to 565 students. Unlike the previous worries of many people, the beautiful score distribution of English is a surprise to the entire score distribution analysis council.

The analysis of the distribution of scores in the 2025 national high school graduation exam in English shows that 351,848 candidates took the exam. The average score was 5.38 (last year it was 5.51). The highest score achieved by most candidates was 5.25.

The average score for Physics is 6.99 points. There are over 3,900 exams with a score of 10. Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Nghe An, Hai Phong... are the localities with many 10 points in Physics.

Chemistry, the average score is 6.06, including 610 scores of 10. Compared to 2024, the Chemistry score decreased slightly. Localities with many scores of 10 in Chemistry include: Ha Tinh, Hue, Hanoi, Ninh Binh...

In Biology, the score range is wider, the average score is 5.78 points, with 82 candidates achieving 10 points. Bac Ninh, Hanoi, Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City... have many students achieving 10 points in Biology.

The average score for Computer Science is 6.78. This is the first year that Computer Science has become a high school graduation exam subject, but the score is not too low. There are 60 candidates who scored 10. Hanoi, Ninh Binh, Ha Tinh, Phu Tho, Thanh Hoa... have many high scores in Computer Science.

According to the representative of the Ministry of Education and Training, the History subject has not changed much in terms of scores compared to 2025. The average score for History is 6.52. There are 1,510 points for 10 History subjects.

This year, 6,907 candidates scored 10 points in Geography (3,175 in 2024), with an average score of 6.63 points. The distribution of test scores spans the entire spectrum.

The average score for Industrial Technology is 5.79, with only 4 scores of 10. This is the first subject to appear in the high school graduation exam.

Agricultural Technology had an average score of 7.72, with 101 10s. This was the subject with the highest average score among the subjects.

The average score for Economics and Law is 7.69, with 1,451 10s.

According to the assessment of experts at the conference, this year's score distribution is balanced. With the Math and Chemistry exams, universities can completely rely on this differentiation for admission.