Nearly 1,400 candidates in Nghe An province were exempted from the foreign language exam.

According to the Department of Education and Training's summary, in the Foreign Language exam, Nghe An province has 33,678 candidates registered to take the English exam, 23 candidates registered for French, 64 candidates registered for Chinese, 9 candidates registered for German, 1 candidate registered for Japanese, and 16 candidates registered for Korean; no candidates registered to take the Russian exam.

Previously, a total of 1,389 candidates in the province were exempted from the Foreign Language exam. According to regulations, those exempted are primarily members of the national team participating in the International Foreign Language Olympiad, as per the decision of the Minister of Education and Training.

The second category of candidates exempt from the exam includes those possessing one of the foreign language certificates stipulated by the Ministry of Education and Training, or foreign language certificates recognized by the Ministry of Education and Training as equivalent to the 6-level Foreign Language Proficiency Framework for Vietnam (achieving level 3 or higher). The foreign language certificate must be valid until the date of exam registration. If a candidate has an IELTS certificate, it will be counted as a certificate with a score of 4.0 or higher.

Candidates who are exempt from the Foreign Language exam will be awarded 10 points for this exam for the purpose of graduating from high school.

The Foreign Language exam in the High School Graduation Examination is a 60-minute multiple-choice test. This is also the last time that Foreign Language will be a compulsory subject in the High School Graduation Examination. From next year, Foreign Language will be an optional subject, in addition to the three compulsory subjects: Mathematics, Literature, and History.