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As of 2025, high-school students will take only four graduation tests as opposed to five or six as seen in previous years, announced the Ministry of Education and Training.
Math and literature will be the only two mandatory subjects for Vietnam’s high school graduation exam in 2025, meaning English will not be compulsory, the education ministry announced Wednesday.
Students will get to take exams on two more subjects of their choice from foreign languages, history, physics, chemistry, biology, geography, economy and law, computing, and technology.
They will take literature tests in essay form and others in multiple choice form, as in recent years.
The ministry said it wanted to reduce pressure on students and costs on families as the new plans could mean one fewer exam session that needs to be prepared for. As the graduation exam is only held at certain schools in large cities, students in rural areas often must rent rooms to take the exam.
Letting students choose two subjects for themselves will help them focus on their strengths and interests, according to the ministry.
Vietnam’s national high school graduation exam used to comprise four subjects from 1976-1980 period, with math and literature the two compulsory subjects and the optional could be selected in pairs, either physics-chemistry, chemistry-biology, history-geography, or history-foreign language.
The annual high school graduation exam is the largest in Vietnam and is considered the most important. Its results will decide if a student can get into their desired university.
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