Doan Nguyen Thang, the top scorer in the A00 exam group in Dong Nai province, is not only academically gifted but also a first-degree black belt Taekwondo athlete with numerous medals.
Ho Chi Minh City University of Banking (HUB) has set its minimum admission score at 18/30, the sum of three high school graduation exam subjects, for all programs, the same as last year.
The Foreign Trade University (FTU) converts 24 high school graduation exam points to 27 grade point average (GPA) points, applicable to standard programs.
Orphaned by her mother, Siu H'Suyn lives with her sister's family, working while studying. She led Tran Quoc Tuan High School in the 2025 high school graduation exam.
Nguyen Hoang Lan, the top scorer in the math-chemistry-English combination (D07), achieved a SAT score in the top 1% globally, an IELTS score of 8.0, a near-perfect GPA, and won a national debate championship.
Admitting he wasn't a top student initially, with practice exam scores around 24-25 in the A00 block, making admission to Hanoi University of Science and Technology unlikely, Quang Minh dedicated himself to studying from the beginning of this year and became the top scorer with a perfect score.
Among the 15 Hanoi high schools with the highest 2025 graduation exam scores are several with previously low entrance scores, located in outlying districts like Da Phuc, Quoc Oai, and Pham Ngu Lao.
Nghe An students achieved the highest average literature score in the national high school graduation exam, exceeding 8, followed by Ha Tinh and Hanoi, while Da Nang had the lowest average score of 6.26.
Driven by her dream of becoming a skilled pharmacist, Nguyen Thai An focused on chemistry from 11th grade, doubling the time spent on math and physics, and achieving perfect scores in all three subjects.
The top 200 highest-scoring students on the 4-subject high school graduation exam include two with perfect scores of 39/40, while the lowest score is 37.25.
The score distribution for the A01 combination (math, physics, and English) used for university admissions has been released by the Ministry of Education and Training on the morning of 16/7.
The Ministry of Education and Training released the score distribution for the A00 combination (math, physics, and chemistry) for the 2025 high school graduation exam on the morning of 16/7.
The Ministry of Education and Training released the distribution of D01 combination scores (math, literature, and English) for the 2025 high school graduation exam on the morning of 16/7.
