Ho Chi Minh City trains national excellent student competition team in 'special' way

For the first time, Ho Chi Minh City has trained a team of national excellent students for the 2025-2026 school year in a 'special' way.

Students of the national excellent student competition team for the 2025-2026 school year in literature - Photo: HH

On October 13, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training launched a program to train national excellent student teams for the 2025-2026 school year.

Students in dormitories

According to the plan, 480 students will receive direct training for 10 weeks, from October 13 to December 19, with 30-40 lessons per subject per week.

Of which, 9 weeks of study take place at Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted (area 1, old Ho Chi Minh City) and 1 week at Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted (area 3, old Ba Ria - Vung Tau ) according to the timetable for each subject.

Students from schools in area 2 (old Binh Duong ) and area 3 will stay at the dormitory of the Ho Chi Minh City School of Education Management during their time studying at Le Hong Phong.

Students from area 1 and area 2 will stay at Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted's dormitory while studying here.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training also arranges funding for transportation, accommodation and lunch for team members according to the study plan of each subject.

The team's launch ceremony is scheduled to be held at Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted on December 20. This year, for the first time, Ho Chi Minh City proposed increasing the number of members per team to 40 students per subject - double the previous number - to suit the situation after the merger.

Students from Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted (Area 3) passed the national excellent student competition for the 2025-2026 school year. These students will stay at the dormitory of the Ho Chi Minh City School of Education Management while studying in Area 1 - Photo: HH

National excellent student competition with 12 subjects

In the 2025-2026 school year, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training has selected 480 students in grades 10, 11, and 12 to participate in the national excellent student exam in 12 subjects: literature, history, geography, math, physics, chemistry, biology, information technology, English, French, Chinese, and Japanese. This is the result of the selection exam that took place in September 2025 with more than 3,300 candidates participating.

Of these, area 1 (formerly Ho Chi Minh City) has 384 students, while area 2 (formerly Binh Duong) and area 3 (formerly Ba Ria - Vung Tau) have 96 students.

In addition to students from specialized schools such as Le Hong Phong, Tran Dai Nghia, Le Quy Don (formerly Ba Ria - Vung Tau) and Hung Vuong (formerly Binh Duong), this year many non-specialized high schools also have students participating in the team.

Notably, besides famous schools such as Nguyen Thuong Hien, Phu Nhuan, Le Quy Don, Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, Gia Dinh, Mac Dinh Chi… there are also students from Chau Thanh High School (area 3), Binh Tan, Hung Vuong, Tran Van Giau, Ngo Quyen, Tran Khai Nguyen and Nam Ky Khoi Nghia (area 1).

In the national excellent student exam for the 2024-2025 school year, the Ho Chi Minh City delegation (before the merger) won 166 prizes and maintained the second place nationwide. The number of first prizes increased in many subjects, including one student who achieved valedictorian in literature.

The Ba Ria - Vung Tau student delegation (before the merger) won 56 prizes, ranking 27th out of 63 provinces and cities. The Binh Duong delegation won 46 prizes, an increase of 2 second prizes and 2 consolation prizes compared to the 2023 - 2024 school year.

HOANG HUONG

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/tp-hcm-boi-duong-doi-tuyen-thi-hoc-sinh-gioi-quoc-gia-theo-cach-dac-biet-20251013183510349.htm