On the last day of the graduation exam, candidates 'complained' that the English test was difficult.

(PLVN) - On the morning of June 27, candidates following the new 2018 General Education program entered the final exam session of the 2025 High School Graduation Exam. Many candidates assessed that this year's English exam was difficult.

2025 is the first exam year in which candidates will take the exam according to the old (2006) and new (2018) programs.

With the new program, each candidate will choose to take 2 out of 9 elective subjects, including: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Geography, Economic and Legal Education, Information Technology, Technology, Foreign Language (can choose one of the following languages: English, French, German, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean).

The first subject lasts 50 minutes, starting at 7:35. The second subject also lasts 50 minutes, starting at 8:40.

The new point this year is that the number of exam codes for each subject has doubled, from 24 to 48. This not only helps to increase security but also diversifies the exam sets.

Also this morning, candidates taking the exam under the old program will take and complete the Natural Science or Social Science exam. In the afternoon, these candidates will continue to take the final exam, which is Foreign Language.

'Difficult' English test

As one of the subjects chosen by many candidates with more than 350,000 registrations, this year's English exam is considered difficult by many candidates.

According to statistics from the Ministry of Education and Training , this year, History is the elective subject with the largest number of registered candidates, with more than 499,300 students. Next is Geography with more than 494,000 registered students.

In the natural subjects group, Physics has more than 354,200 registered candidates, Chemistry has 246,700 candidates, Biology has more than 72,600 students.

English is also a subject chosen by many students with 358,870 candidates registering.

Candidate Nguyen Phuong Nga (Trung Van High School) chose to take the English and Physics exams and said: "For me, the English exam was relatively difficult, while the Physics exam had a lot of theory, requiring a solid grasp of knowledge, so I had to spend more time thinking and doing the test more carefully."

Also choosing Physics and English as two optional subjects, Nguyen Le Duc Minh (Tran Quoc Tuan High School) is confident of getting a score of 10 in Physics, while he is not sure about his score in English. "The English test has many new words and many difficult passages. Compared to the sample test where I got over 8 points, the official test is more difficult and it is impossible to predict how many points I will get," Minh shared. At the same time, he added that at the end of the exam, he will take time to "relax" after a long period of studying.

Candidate Nguyen Le Duc Minh confidently achieved a perfect score in Physics.

Taking the exam at My Dinh Secondary School (Nam Tu Liem District), Nguyen Thanh Hue (Marie Curie High School) chose to take two optional subjects: English, Economic Education and Law. Hue assessed that the official English test was more difficult than the sample test given by the Ministry of Education and Training, but this candidate still did well on his test. Hue also said that she felt extremely comfortable after completing this important exam. "I will spend time resting, hanging out with friends and family before going abroad to study," Hue confided.

Thanh Hue and her mother were happy after completing the graduation exam.

Parents feel relieved

After the final exam session of the new graduation exam program, not only the candidates but also many parents breathed a sigh of relief. As soon as the gate of the My Dinh Secondary School exam site opened, a series of parents with anxious eyes turned towards the school yard to find their children. Waves, relieved smiles, and questions: "Did you do the test?", "Are you tired?", "What should we eat?" echoed throughout the school gate.

Many parents breathed a sigh of relief after their children finished an important exam.

Ms. Le Thi Huong (residing in Trung Van, Ha Dong district) hugged her daughter gently when she just walked out of the exam room and emotionally shared: "Even though my daughter said the exam was a bit difficult, she tried her best. Seeing her leave the exam room, I felt like I had lifted a month's burden."

“Even though my child chose to study abroad, my family still had many worries when he took the graduation exam. This is an important milestone, marking his maturity, so we always try to accompany him and create a comfortable mindset for him. Now that he has finished the exam, I feel very 'relieved',” said the parent of candidate Nguyen Thanh Hue.

Talk and ask your child about today's test.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Thoa (residing in My Dinh, Nam Tu Liem district) confided: "Although my house is close, I still took my child to and from school, and waited for him in front of the gate to encourage him during the two days of the exam. The whole family has been 'tense as a bowstring' for each of his exams in the past few days. In the class, he is the only one taking the exam at this exam site, so I am a bit more worried. Now that he has finished the exam, I feel relieved and hope for good results for him."

Many parents could not hide their joy when their children reported doing well on their tests.

When will the graduation exam scores be announced?

According to the plan of the Ministry of Education and Training, the results of this year's high school graduation exam will be announced at 8:00 a.m. on July 16 on the official information portals of the Ministry and the Departments of Education and Training. Candidates can look up their exam scores online or at the school where they registered to take the exam.

Candidates who wish to have their exam results reviewed can submit their application from July 16 to July 25, 2025 at the place where they registered to take the exam.

From July 16 to 5:00 p.m. on July 28, 2025, candidates can register, adjust, and add admission wishes an unlimited number of times on the Ministry of Education and Training's System.

From July 29 to 5:00 p.m. on August 5, 2025, candidates must pay the admission fee according to the number of admission wishes online according to the Ministry's instructions.

Before 5:00 p.m. on August 30, 2025, all admitted candidates (including direct admitted candidates) must confirm their enrollment on the System (if they wish to study).

Minh Trang

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