To An Ky, a 9th-grade student, secured the only perfect 10 in the specialized math exam administered by the Hanoi Department of Education and Training, attributing his success to a last-minute breakthrough in a complex combinatorics problem.

A 9th-grade student attended her 10th-grade entrance exam in an ambulance following an appendectomy.

The specialized mathematics exam for 10th grade entrance in Hai Phong consists of 5 questions and is to be completed in 150 minutes.

Over 57,000 candidates in Phu Tho completed the general math exam, a 120-minute test with two parts and 18 questions, concluding the non-specialized subject examinations.

Hanoi's 10th grade English exam features several new question types, including reading comprehension of message content, selecting a concluding sentence for the first half of a text, and rearranging the latter half, making it challenging for candidates to score 8 or higher.

The specialized math entrance exam for 10th grade at Quoc Hoc Hue High School for the Gifted comprised 6 problems, with the geometry problem carrying the most weight at 3 points.

Over 43,500 candidates began the 10th grade entrance examination with a public school admission rate exceeding 88% – one of the highest nationwide.