Press conference to conclude the 2025 high school graduation exam: Exam results announced on the morning of July 16

(Dan Tri) - On the afternoon of June 27, the Ministry of Education and Training held a press conference to conclude the 2025 high school graduation exam, a special exam of historical significance with many new features.

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Prof. Dr. Huynh Van Chuong - Director of the Department of Quality Management, Ministry of Education and Training - assessed: The 2025 High School Graduation Exam is the first exam for students studying the 2018 program, with strong direction from the Government. 100% of candidates registering for the exam under the new program registered online.

The transfer of exam questions to the Government Cipher Committee is highly appreciated by society and the Government. This is one of the hallmarks of this exam. The exam questions are kept secure from the central to local levels.

At the same time, the Ministry of Education and Training has thoroughly trained in preventing high-tech cheating in the high school graduation exam, to warn of high-tech cheating using AI.

The exam has ensured differentiation, serving many purposes of use, specifically, achieving 3 goals: assessing general learning outcomes, assessing skills and being able to consider university admission. In the exam of each subject, many practical questions have been integrated.

The Ministry of Education and Training is expected to announce the results of the high school graduation exam at 8am on July 16. The Ministry is currently ready to ensure the information technology infrastructure to prepare for the announcement of the results.

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Pham Ngoc Thuong chaired a press conference summarizing the 2025 high school graduation exam (Photo: Nam Tran).

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Deputy Minister of Education and Training Pham Ngoc Thuong chaired the press conference.

The Deputy Minister said: The high school graduation exam is a big exam, takes place quickly, has a large number of candidates so mistakes are inevitable. The Ministry of Education and Training held a press conference to quickly inform society of the most accurate information about the exam.

By today, most of the candidates have completed the exam. They have been fully equipped with the knowledge and skills to continue their new journey in life.

Candidates in the 2025 high school graduation exam room in Hanoi (Photo: Manh Quan).

The 2025 high school graduation exam will take place on June 26-27. This is a special and historic exam, as it is the first year to take the exam according to the 2018 general education program and ensures the exam for students according to the 2006 general education program.

For candidates taking the 2018 exam, instead of taking 6 subjects as before, the number of subjects is reduced to 4, including compulsory math and literature. In addition, students choose two subjects they have studied at school (chemistry, physics, biology, geography, history, economic and legal education, information technology, technology and foreign languages).

The official exam in 2025 also brings many notable changes. The number of exam sessions is increased to 2, in particular, each exam room can have up to 5 different subjects.

In addition, the number of exam codes for each subject will double compared to previous years with 48 exam codes (each exam session has 24 exam codes). Previously, exam subjects (except literature) only had 24 exam codes.

Candidates after the exam on the morning of June 27 in Hanoi (Photo: Hai Long).

This is also the largest exam ever, with the participation of more than 1.1 million candidates across 63 provinces and cities, held at 2,493 exam sites with more than 50,000 exam rooms.

It is expected that about 200,000 personnel will be mobilized to participate in the exam organization work, such as officials, teachers in the education sector, police, military, medical, electricity forces, etc.

The Prime Minister has closely directed and promptly issued many telegrams and directives on the preparation and organization of the exam.

Not only that, organizing the exam poses different challenges and requirements when the exam takes place in the context of the whole country implementing a two-level local government arrangement.

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