The valedictorian of Nghe An is a male student majoring in Chemistry but still easily got 10 points in Math.

Finish… easily

The small house of the new valedictorian of the 2025 High School Graduation Exam of Nghe An province in Kim Lien commune on the morning of July 16 was still as quiet as any other day. The results were known at 8am but it was almost 11am when her father, who works at the Nam Dan Continuing Education Center, came home from work and was overjoyed to hear that her son had passed with a high score. Her mother, a Literature teacher at a middle school, was still busy with work and only had time to congratulate her son over the phone.

At home, Thinh and his brother - a student at a university in Hanoi - cleaned the house and prepared lunch for the whole family. Sharing about his recent exam results, Thinh said: Right after finishing the exam, I calculated my exact score. However, I was a bit surprised to be the valedictorian of Nghe An province and the runner-up nationwide. Moreover, I was also very happy because I got 9.25 points in Literature because this is not my strong point.

Le Nguyen Thinh is a student majoring in Chemistry.Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted.But in this year's Graduation Exam, I got a perfect score of 10 in Math. In the remaining two subjects, Physics and Chemistry, I got 9.75 points.

Although he got a very high score, Thinh said that he felt a little regretful about the Physics and Chemistry subjects because this year's exam was quite easy and it only took him more than 15 minutes to complete the exam: He had more than half of the time to review his work and read it over and over again 3 times. However, he still got one Physics question wrong in the theory section and one Chemistry question in the simple exercises, within his ability. Perhaps, when he first started taking the test, he was afraid that the exam would be long, so he tried to do the simple questions quickly and was subjective with the easy questions.

Regarding the Math exam, although this year it was considered difficult, Le Nguyen Thinh said that the exam had good differentiation and if students studied carefully, they could do well. "I finished the Math exam in 60 minutes and only had a little difficulty with the probability differentiation question. Actually, I had encountered this question when reviewing at home but at that time I had not done it because I was focusing on other advanced lessons. After taking the exam, I felt a bit regretful but was not too worried because I just needed to read the exam carefully and grasp the rules to complete the exercise," Thinh said.

'Lose this game, try another'

Le Nguyen Thinh is a former student of Dang Chanh Ky Secondary School. In grade 9, he won second prize in provincial Chemistry and was in the top 13 in the specialized Chemistry class of Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted.

With the desire to join the national team, in the first 2 years of high school, Thinh spent most of his time on Chemistry. This school year, Thinh won first prize in Chemistry at the Provincial Excellent Student Competition. However, he missed the appointment with the national team when he ranked 11th in the list of 10 selected students. Although he was disappointed with this result, Thinh did not allow himself to be sad for long because the graduation exam and university entrance exam were ahead.

Sharing about the preparation process for this exam, Thinh said that at first he had difficulties because his studies of Math - Physics - Literature had been interrupted for quite a long time. To catch up with the program, Thinh had to systematize the program, the most important of which was mastering the knowledge in the textbooks. At the final moment, Thinh said he was lucky because although he did not register for extra classes outside, he still received a lot of support from teachers at school through free review sessions in the afternoon. The remaining time, he studied by himself to improve his test-taking skills.

Before the graduation exam, Thinh and his friends had a lot of practice in the mock exams organized by the school and the Department of Education and Training. One time he was in the top position, the rest he was in the top 10.

Coming to the High School Graduation Exam, this male student also shared that he set a goal to be on the list of students with the highest scores recognized by the Provincial People's Committee. Therefore, although he was far from home and living alone, he still built himself a fairly strict schedule. Thinh himself also liked playing games and using social networks, but he "weaned" himself off his phone and consciously set a notification mode for the time of using applications on the Internet so as not to get caught up in games and spend time studying.

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Nguyen Thinh is an intelligent, obedient, hard-working, careful and highly determined student. He is also always disciplined and follows the instructions of his teachers in his studies.

Before graduating, Thinh was a member of the Chemistry team competing in the National Excellent Student Competition; won a Gold medal in the 2023-2024 Natural Science Olympiad. In grade 12, he won the first prize in the province in Chemistry, and many times he was in the top 10 of the school and province in the graduation mock exams, so his teachers all had high confidence and hope in his achievements.

Teacher Phan Thieu Hoa - Homeroom teacher of class 12A4 - Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted

During his studies, in addition to his teachers at school, this male student shared that he was greatly influenced by his parents - his first two teachers. Mr. Le Truong Son - Thinh's father also said: I do not put pressure on my children to achieve results, but I always encourage them to try and set their own goals. Since childhood, I have also encouraged my children to study in the direction of developing their thinking, so they are very proactive in their studies. With this result, in addition to my children's efforts, I also thank the teachers and the school for imparting knowledge, nurturing their dreams and accompanying them to have a successful exam season.

In addition to being the valedictorian of Nghe An province, Le Nguyen Thinh is also the national salutatorian this year and is in the Top 3 candidates with the highest A-block scores in the country. He has currently registered for the talent entrance exam to the University of Technology and hopes that with this score, he will be admitted to the Computer Science major that he loves.