Students in COVID-19-hit localities take national exam More than 26,000 students who were either in quarantine or live in areas where social distancing measures are in place due to COVID-19 sat the national high school examination on Thursday.

Heavy rains create havoc as northern regions flood Heavy downpours destroyed crops and disrupted the lives of local people in the country's northern mountainous provinces.

Gunners fire ticket touts into the big league When it comes to football, or soccer as it is known in America and Australia, Vietnamese fans are streets ahead of most fans of the world's most popular sport - especially with the news that Arsenal is coming.

Entrance exams attract 600,000 More than 600,000 candidates this morning sat for mathematics, the first subject in the university entrance exam this year.

Plea to uphold exam integrity Unlike in previous years, the Ministry of Education and Training this year allowed students to take cameras and recorders into exam rooms. The decision was considered a move in the fight against exam cheating.

Three VN ministries target exam cheats The Ministry of Education and Training will take measures to prevent cheating at university entrance exams next month.

Prices force students to flee after exams Students and parents flocked to bus stations in 40-degree Celcius heat here yesterday to return home after the first university entrance exams concluded yesterday morning. Many of them had packed so that they could leave straight for home from examination locations.

Examiners ordered not to answer student questions The Ministry of Education and Training has asked supervisors not to explain exam questions to students attending the second university entrance exams, which start today and end tomorrow.

First exams for university entrance deemed a success About 640,000 university applicants nationwide took part in the first university entrance exam yesterday, an increase of 1 per cent over last year, according to the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET).

Ninety-nine proctors and students violate exam rules Inspectors yesterday discovered that 20 proctors and 79 students had violated exam regulations on the first day of university entrance exams.