Why don't many social science majors use the C00 combination for admission?

According to the leader of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, the school prioritizes using combinations with English instead of combination C00 with only 3 subjects: literature, history, and geography for admission.

As Thanh Nien reported, this year, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH), Vietnam National University, Hanoi, will not use the C00 combination (literature, history, geography) when recruiting for a series of majors that traditionally accept candidates from group C.

A series of fields that traditionally considered C00 as the original combination such as journalism, public relations, psychology, cultural studies, Vietnam studies, sociology, social work... no longer use this combination.

Students of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi at the final round of the 2025 English Speaking Contest

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Explaining the above, Associate Professor Dang Thi Thu Huong, Vice Principal of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, said that the school selected the combination to use in enrollment based on the requirements of the high school graduation exam, following the guidance of the Ministry of Education and Training in selecting the enrollment combination and the school's development strategy.

2025 is the first year of the high school graduation exam of the 2018 General Education Program. According to the regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training, candidates taking the high school graduation exam must take 2 compulsory subjects: math and literature; and 2 elective subjects from the remaining subjects taught at high school level, including: foreign languages, history, physics, chemistry, biology, geography, economic and legal education, information technology, and technology.

With the structure of the high school graduation exam according to the new general education program from 2025, in theory, it can be encoded into 36 graduation exam combinations (2+2) and 81 university admission combinations based on the combination of compulsory and optional subjects of candidates.

According to the admission regulations, in a compulsory admission combination, there must be literature or mathematics with a weighting of no less than 25% in the admission score calculation. The Ministry of Education and Training also guides schools to base their selection of combinations on the admission requirements of each major (according to published information, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, chooses literature as the compulsory subject of all combinations - PV).

The Ministry of Education and Training also sets out requirements for foreign language output standards for university graduates. Accordingly, the requirement for university graduates is foreign language proficiency level 3/6 according to the Vietnamese foreign language proficiency framework (equivalent to level B1 according to the European framework). That means university graduates must at least reach the B1 threshold according to the European reference framework, IELTS score from 4.5 - 6.5 or TOEIC from 450 - 550.

At the same time, to implement the strategy of internationalizing training programs, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities increases the selection of subject combinations with English such as: math, literature, English (D01), literature, history, English (D14), literature, geography, English (D15); literature, economic and legal education, English (D66) for admission.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/vi-sao-nhieu-nganh-khoa-hoc-xa-hoi-khong-dung-to-hop-c00-de-xet-tuyen-185250605165812389.htm