Seventeen out of the 20 high schools with the highest number of students admitted to Ho Chi Minh City University of Science this year are from Ho Chi Minh City.
Three of the 20 top-ranking students across various majors at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, are national top scorers for B00 block with a perfect exam score of 30/30.
Scoring 23,6 points, Le Thanh Hoan missed admission to the Political Officer School after a last-minute aspiration change, despite his challenging background and dream of military service.
Overcoming two thyroid cancer surgeries since her 10th grade year, Yen Trinh was directly admitted to Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry and Trade due to her strong academic record.
Many candidates who applied for admission using academic transcripts and IELTS for bonus points were surprised to 'fail' admission to Hue University of Foreign Languages despite having sufficient scores, with the university stating it is reviewing the cases.
Hanoi National University of Education's (HNUE) mathematics education program taught in English set the highest admission score at 29, with many other teacher training programs exceeding 28.
Hanoi Medical University (HMU) has released its 2026 admission cutoff scores, ranging from 17,75 to 28,5 for the three-subject high school graduation exam combination, with the medicine program recording the highest score.
