A total of 615 candidates were absent from the 10th-grade entrance exam's procedural session in Hanoi, marking an increase of 120 students compared to last year.
A female student, having mistakenly arrived at the wrong location, was quickly transported by traffic police in a special vehicle with sirens to her correct 10th-grade exam site, allowing her to enter the mathematics exam just in time.
The math paper for over 1,000 candidates applying for specialized math and computer science classes consisted of five questions, with the geometry problem carrying the most points.
Over 2,000 candidates took specialized literature, history, and geography exams, competing for 150 spots in 10th-grade classes at the High School for Gifted Students in Social Sciences and Humanities on the morning of 24/5.
The competition ratio for the specialized math class at the High School for Gifted Students, University of Science, reached nearly 1-in-10, double last year's figure, reclaiming the top spot after being surpassed by the specialized informatics class a year prior.
