Associate Professor, Doctor Nguyen Anh Dung, Deputy Director of the Department of Higher Education, announced this information on 5/7.

Specifically, nearly 271,000 candidates have registered for university admissions on the Ministry's portal with more than 1.7 million applications. Among these, nearly 126,000 students registered for majors related to STEM (science, technology, engineering, Mathematics) with more than 553,000 applications. This number is higher than last year.

"This is a positive sign, demonstrating candidates' adaptability to the country's requirements in the new context", said Mr. Dung.

Considering the 111 majors eligible for scholarships under Government Decree 179, more than 88,600 candidates have chosen these fields, submitting about 307,000 applications. This group has the opportunity to receive scholarships of 3.7-5.5 million dong per month if they are national outstanding students or rank within the top 30% of highest admission scores nationwide (from 22,5/30 or above) for each major group.

These figures were updated as of the evening of 4/7. Candidates still have 10 days to register and adjust their university applications.

Associate Professor, Doctor Nguyen Anh Dung, Deputy Director of the Department of Higher Education, advises on university admission applications, 4/7. Photo: *Le Nguyen*.

At the University and College Application Fair organized by Tuoi Tre newspaper yesterday, Mr. Dung advised candidates that they have a maximum of 15 applications and should arrange them strategically to ensure their chances of admission. If applying to defense and security majors, students must place these majors and schools as their first application. If interested in pedagogy majors, students must place them from the first to fifth application.

Monitoring the university admission process over the past two years, Mr. Dung noted three common errors candidates make. The first is registering applications but not completing the final steps: entering OTP codes, confirming.

Others also make this mistake when adjusting applications. Consequently, the system only records previously confirmed applications, meaning the adjustments are unsuccessful.

The third error is confusing schools and school codes because some training institutions have similar names. Students only discover this when admission results are released. At this point, the Ministry cannot resolve the issue as it would affect other schools and candidates.

Le Nguyen