This year's admission season, with an IELTS certificate of 4.0 or higher, candidates will be converted into English scores at Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Hanoi Capital University, Saigon University and Phan Chau Trinh University. Most of the remaining schools accept certificates of 5.0 or higher.

Details of IELTS score conversion rates announced by universities:

The trend of using IELTS certificates in university admissions has appeared since 2017 and has become increasingly popular. In recent years, about 100 universities from economics, engineering, medicine to police and military have applied this form of admission.

Also according to the university admission regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training, schools are allowed to convert foreign language certificates into scores for this subject to include in the admission combination, but the weighting cannot exceed 50%.

In addition, the Ministry stipulates that the incentive points and bonus points for candidates with foreign language certificates must not exceed 10% of the maximum score on the scale (for example, a maximum of 3 points on a scale of 30). At the same time, schools must ensure that no candidate has an admission score (including bonus points and regional and subject priority points) exceeding the maximum. Thus, if a candidate scores 30 points according to the admission combination, having a foreign language certificate is almost meaningless.

Source: https://vtcnews.vn/muc-quy-doi-diem-ielts-vao-cac-truong-dai-hoc-2025-ar937449.html