HANOI, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 925,800 Vietnamese high school students on Monday started sitting for a national final exam, up nearly 60,000 students against last exam.
The three-day exam is of significance because its results will be used for both high school graduation and university entrance consideration, the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training said, noting that nearly 642,400 examinees have registered for entrance to universities or colleges nationwide.
Examinees are to do four tests, including literature, maths and foreign language, and either a group of three natural science subjects or a group of three social science subjects.
This year, the three natural science subjects include physics, chemistry and biology, and the three social science subjects consist of history, geography and civics.
This year, the exam is being organized at 2,144 locations nationwide.
In 2015, Vietnam integrated its high school graduation exam and university entrance exam into one national exam, mainly to save time and costs.
