The data was provided by Mr. Nguyen Van Hieu, Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, at the working session of the Ministry of Education and Training with Ho Chi Minh City on preparations for the high school graduation exam on the morning of June 13.

This year, Ho Chi Minh City has more than 97,400 candidates registered for the high school graduation exam, distributed at 156 exam locations. Of these, nearly 10,000 students are exempted from the foreign language exam, accounting for 10.3%. In addition, 85 other candidates are exempted from the high school graduation exam. These are students in the Olympic cultural subjects team or athletes preparing for international competitions.

According to regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training, candidates are exempted from taking the exam and scoring 10 foreign language subjects (English, Russian, French, Chinese, German, Japanese, Korean) if they are members of the national team competing in international Olympics, or have a valid foreign language certificate, valid until June 27.

In particular, for English - the subject that nearly 90% of candidates take in the annual graduation exam, from 4.0 IELTS is considered as 10 points in the graduation exam. For other foreign languages, the regulations on converted certificates are as follows:

Currently, about 100 universities use international language certificates for admission. However, schools often convert certificate scores, then combine them with academic transcripts and high school graduation exam scores for admission. Normally, candidates with 5.5 IELTS or higher are considered equivalent to 8-10 points in English.

Le Nguyen