Provinces Propose Advancing High School Graduation Exams

Several provinces, including Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Nghe An, and Ninh Binh, have

moving the 2025 high school graduation exams to early June, about three weeks earlier than the Ministry of Education and Training’s (MOET) planned dates of June 26-27.

The proposal is

by concerns over nationwide administrative restructuring, which involves merging provinces and reorganizing local governments. If the exams as scheduled in late June, this process may disrupt exam organization and affect administrative responsibilities. In addition, local authorities suggest that the 10th-grade entrance exams be conducted by the end of May to avoid .

The 2025 exams will follow a new curriculum, requiring students to take four subjects:

Mathematics and Literature, plus two . The MOET the concerns and is carefully the impact of an earlier exam schedule to minimize disruptions for students and schools.