More than 4,300 new students at Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics (UEH) possess foreign language certificates at IELTS 5,5 or higher, accounting for 48% of the total admitted cohort.

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.