Experts say there will be no 'rain of 10s' in the 2025 high school graduation exam. What is the reality?

This year, the number of candidates taking some elective subjects is less than last year, but the score of 10 is still very high. Statistics show that this year there are 15,331 exams with a score of 10, compared to 10,878 last year.

Candidates taking the 2025 high school graduation exam at Le Quy Don High School exam site, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City - Photo: THANH HIEP

* Candidates can look up their 2025 high school graduation exam scores HERE (from 8:00 a.m. on July 16)

At the information conference on the 2025 high school graduation exam score distribution held on the afternoon of July 15, experts and teachers invited by the Ministry of Education and Training to comment on the score distribution to discuss with the press all assessed that this year's score distribution was generally good, not shocking, even in difficult subjects. In particular, there was no "rain of 10s" as happened in previous high school exams.

However, when comparing the number of 10 points based on the total number of candidates taking each subject, we see that there are subjects with quite a lot of 10 points.

For example, geography. In 2024, there were over 704,000 candidates taking the geography exam (in the social science combination exam), with 3,175 scoring 10 points. In 2025, the number of candidates taking the exam was less, over 476,000, but there were 6,907 scoring 10 points.

Last year, there were over 345,600 candidates taking the physics exam, with 55 candidates scoring 10 points. In 2025, there were over 347,000 candidates and 3,929 scored 10 points.

Notably, the two subjects that are considered difficult by public opinion are math and English. This year, math - a compulsory subject for both years - had 513 scores of 10, while in 2024 there were no scores of 10. In 2024, English had over 906,000 candidates taking the exam, with 565 scores of 10. This year, there were only over 351,000 candidates taking the exam, but there were 141 scores of 10...

The above figures show that "raining 10s" still appears in some subjects, contrary to experts' assessments.

Number of 10 points in high school graduation exams in 2025 and 2024:

STT	Subject	10 points in 2025	10 points in 2024
1	Geography	6,907	3,175
2	Physics	3,929	55
3	History	1,518	2,108
4	Legal economics	1,451	3,661
5	Maths	513	0
6	Biology	82	34
7	Literature	0	2
8	English	141	565
9	Agricultural technology	101
10	Industrial technology	4
11	Information technology	60
12	Chemistry	625	1,278
13	Total	15,331	10,878

At 8am tomorrow, July 16, the Ministry of Education and Training will announce the exam scores. Candidates can look up their exam scores on the official website of the Ministry of Education and Training (at https://thisinh.thitotnghiepthpt.edu.vn/); on the Tuoi Tre Online exam score viewing page (at https://tuoitre.vn/diem-thi.htm) and the exam score viewing pages of 34 provinces and cities.

This year, the graduation recognition score includes the scores of the subjects the candidate took the exam (accounting for 50%); the average score (GPA) of the years of high school (accounting for 50%) and priority points and incentive points, if any.

The scoring formula is as follows:

University and college admission selection day 2025

Immediately after the Ministry of Education and Training announced the 2025 high school graduation exam scores, on July 19, Tuoi Tre newspaper coordinated with units to organize a Festival to choose university and college admission wishes in 2025 for interested candidates and parents.

The program takes place simultaneously at the campus of the University of Technology (268 Ly Thuong Kiet, Dien Hong Ward, Ho Chi Minh City) and Hanoi University of Technology (1 Dai Co Viet, Bach Mai Ward, Hanoi), free admission.

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