Nearly 1,400 Nghe An candidates are exempted from the foreign language exam.

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

Previously, through synthesis, the whole province had 1,389 candidates exempted from the Foreign Language exam. According to regulations, the first exempted candidates are members of the national team participating in the International Olympic Competition in Foreign Language according to the Decision of the Minister of Education and Training.

The second exemption is for candidates who have one of the foreign language certificates prescribed by the Ministry of Education and Training or foreign language certificates recognized by the Ministry of Education and Training equivalent to the 6-level Foreign Language Proficiency Framework for Vietnam (level 3 or higher). The foreign language certificate must be valid until the date of the exam registration procedure. If the candidate has an IELTS certificate, it will be counted as a candidate with a certificate of 4.0 or higher.

Candidates exempted from the Foreign Language exam will be given 10 points for this exam to be considered for recognition of high school graduation.

The Foreign Language test of the High School Graduation Exam is a 60-minute multiple-choice test. This is also the final exam, and Foreign Language is a compulsory subject of the High School Graduation Exam. From next year, Foreign Language will be an optional subject, in addition to the three compulsory subjects of Math, Literature, and History.