High School Graduation Exam 2025: Candidates Complain "English Test Is More Difficult Than IELTS Test"

The 2025 high school graduation exam under the 2018 general education program has just ended, leaving many contrasting emotions in the hearts of candidates. While the Social Science subjects such as History, Geography, Economic Education and Law hope to get high scores, candidates choosing English are discouraged because the exam questions are... too difficult.

Báo Phụ nữ Việt Nam•27/06/2025

This morning (June 27), at the exam site of Tran Hung Dao High School ( Nam Dinh City), many candidates were excited after completing the optional social subject exam. . Student Tran Thi Thu Thao (Tran Nhat Duat High School), could not hide her joy and told her teacher: "I scored over 9 points in Geography and Economic and Legal Education." This joy helps them dispel the sadness from the Math exam yesterday afternoon. .

Thi tốt nghiệp THPT 2025: Thí sinh than trời — Gia Linh (right) checks the exam with her friends.

I thought only the Math test yesterday afternoon "challenged and puzzled" the candidates, but the English test this morning also made many students' faces "distorted".

Candidates commented that the test was "too long and too complicated" Gia Linh, a student at Tran Hung Dao High School, lamented: "The English test format is similar to the Ministry of Education and Training's sample test, but the "difficulty level is unimaginable". The test has many new words, a tricky structure, and tricks candidates. The time is short, while the test is too long, making it impossible for me to complete it. I usually get over 9 points in class, but with this super difficult test, I can't calculate how many points. I find that the IELTS test is sometimes easier than the high school graduation exam."

With difficult Math questions and "super difficult" English questions, many students taking the D0 (Math, Literature, English) and A01 (Math, Physics, English) exams feel that this is too big a challenge, significantly affecting their confidence when applying to their dream universities. .

However, many candidates taking the Physics exam said that the exam for this subject was quite "easy". Dang Thai Anh, a student at Phan Huy Chu High School ( Hanoi ), shared: "This year's Physics exam, if you have a solid grasp of theoretical knowledge, it is easy to get over 8.5 points. Because the questions in the exam are mainly theoretical, there are few calculation parts, so the short answers are not difficult, and do not puzzle the candidates. I am very confident with Physics and can get 9.5 to 10 points." .

For the Chemistry exam, many candidates rated this year's exam as "interesting, difficult and unique". . Phuong Thao, a student at Tran Hung Dao High School (Nam Dinh), said: "Compared to previous years, this year's exam was good, difficult and well-classified. The exam eliminated some Chemistry problems so students got to do real Chemistry." .

This afternoon (June 27), candidates taking the 2006 General Education Program will continue with the final exam: Foreign Language in 60 minutes, starting at 2:30 p.m. .