Fair, transparent, most convenient for candidates

On the morning of March 29, at the Maritime University, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) held a conference to review and evaluate the enrollment work in 2024 and deploy the enrollment work in 2025 and 2026 for universities and pedagogical colleges. Deputy Minister Hoang Minh Son chaired the conference.

Conference scene

Attending the conference were leaders of units under the Ministry of Education and Training; representatives of the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Ministry of Health; leaders and professional departments of the Departments of Education and Training; leaders and officers in charge of enrollment and training of universities and pedagogical colleges.

Create consensus, unity and fairness in admissions

Speaking at the opening of the conference, Deputy Minister Hoang Minh Son said that this year's conference was held in a very special context, with many new points. In recent times, the leaders of our Party and State have determined major orientations for the development of science, technology, innovation, and digital transformation, thereby placing very high demands on the education and training system. The education sector must train and provide high-quality human resources, develop comprehensively in the new context, and meet the needs of national development.

Along with that, the Ministry of Education and Training held a conference to review 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 29-NQ/TW on fundamental and comprehensive innovation in education and training; on August 12, 2024, the Politburo issued Conclusion No. 91-KL/TW to continue implementing Resolution No. 29-NQ/TW. In early 2025, the Prime Minister also issued Decision No. 452/QD-TTg dated February 27, 2025 approving the planning of the network of higher education and pedagogical institutions for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050.

Deputy Minister Hoang Minh Son delivered the opening speech at the conference.

In particular, in the context of organizing and arranging ministries, branches and localities, the Ministry of Education and Training takes over the state management function in the field of vocational education from the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, thereby creating a unified system, which is a favorable opportunity to develop the system of higher education and vocational education.

From that context, according to Deputy Minister Hoang Minh Son, the requirement for the education sector is to identify training and human resource development as the core task, and enrollment is also included in this requirement and needs special attention.

“Enrollment is not just about meeting the school's quota, not just operating according to the mission of each school, but more importantly, the mission of universities is to meet the people's learning needs, the need for quality, balanced learning to have a training structure, human resource structure with different professions, levels, regions, meeting the country's development requirements associated with science, technology, innovation and national digital transformation", the Deputy Minister emphasized.

Assessing the increasingly better enrollment work in recent years, the Deputy Minister said that the scale and number of candidates studying STEM majors have had many positive changes, proving that the training quality has changed, and the training quality meets the needs of society. The points that need to be overcome and improved in the system have been amended by the Ministry of Education and Training through Circular No. 06/2025/TT-BGDDT dated March 19, 2025 amending and supplementing a number of articles in the Regulations on university and college enrollment in Early Childhood Education. These adjustments aim to increase transparency, fairness and improve the quality of enrollment.

Conference delegates

“The regulations cannot meet all different requirements, but to create high consensus among schools, candidates, parents, and society, unity among all parties so that we can do better in education and training,” said the Deputy Minister.

The Deputy Minister hopes that delegates will discuss and clarify concerns and reach a consensus to take action, with the view that any shortcomings and urgent issues need to be changed and acted upon immediately to adapt to the development in the new situation.

Many positive results in university admissions 2024

In the report on the assessment of the 2024 enrollment work, Deputy Director of the Department of Higher Education Nguyen Anh Dung said that in the past year, the enrollment work has achieved many positive results: the system is basically stable, schools and society have accompanied the education sector in enrollment work, to facilitate candidates, so many have better indicators than in 2023. This clearly reflects the improved training quality of universities, thereby creating trust from society, and the number of university students has increased.

The rate of training institutions with over 80% of candidates enrolled is 71.38%, an increase compared to 2023. This figure in 2023 is 63.04%. The rate of candidates enrolled increased to 80.68%, in 2023 it was 78.24%, reflecting the success of enrollment work, as well as the effectiveness of educational institutions.

Deputy Director of the Department of Higher Education Nguyen Anh Dung reported at the conference.

In terms of fields, there is not much difference compared to 2023, but there is a significant improvement in the STEM field, increasing by nearly 20,000 compared to 2023, clearly demonstrating the shift in learners' access to higher education as well as society's trust in training quality, especially in the STEM field, in the context of the country currently promoting development momentum related to science and technology, innovation and digital transformation. This also affirms the contribution of higher education in the country's development process.

Admission methods in 2024 are more diverse than in 2023, but still mainly focus on using high school graduation exam results, combining high school graduation exam results with high school transcripts; some capacity assessment exams of higher education institutions. In which, using high school graduation exam results and high school transcripts plays a major role, with over 80%.

Regarding the new points in the 2025 enrollment work, Deputy Director Nguyen Anh Dung said: Circular No. 06/2025/TT-BGDDT dated March 19, 2025 amending and supplementing a number of articles in the Regulations on university and college enrollment in Preschool Education stipulates: No more early enrollment; must use the learning results of the entire 12th grade for enrollment; publicize the conversion rules equivalent to the admission score; no limit on the number of admission combinations; Use appropriate foreign language certificates to convert to foreign language subject scores in enrollment; total bonus points do not exceed 10% of the maximum score of the enrollment score scale...

According to the 2025 enrollment plan, the Ministry of Education and Training will announce the threshold to ensure input quality for teacher training and health sectors on July 21; from August 13 to 5:00 p.m. on August 20, the organization will process enrollment applications.

Enrollment plan with training institutions, from June 15 to August 22, complete updating enrollment information into the system; complete direct enrollment work and update it into the system; upload data, enrollment information, organize enrollment; complete notification of successful candidates in the first round. From September to December 2025, conduct additional enrollment.

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Pham Xuan Duong - Rector of Vietnam Maritime University shared at the conference

Enrollment plan with Departments of Education and Training, from April 21 to July 20, complete the review and update of priority database by region and subject; confirm priority regions and priority subjects for candidates; complete the entry and review of academic results and high school grades on the database; provide additional accounts for candidates (high school and college graduates) who do not have an account to register for admission.

For candidates, from before July 15 - September 2025, practice registering admission wishes; register, adjust wishes; pay admission fees online; complete online admission confirmation for the first round; register for admission in the next rounds.

Innovation in university admissions: High consensus from schools and society, creating healthy competition

Discussing at the conference, representatives of higher education institutions highly appreciated the innovations in the enrollment work of the Ministry of Education and Training, especially the changes in Circular No. 06/2025/TT-BGDDT. These adjustments have listened to public opinion, increased transparency and fairness, brought many benefits and conveniences to candidates, training institutions and improved enrollment quality.

Appreciating the implementation of three general principles in enrollment in recent years, which are ensuring objectivity and fairness for learners; creating equality among training institutions; creating healthy and transparent competition for announcements, Vice President of Thai Nguyen University Nguyen Huu Cong commented: University enrollment in recent years has many new and strong points, creating favorable conditions for learners, paying attention to input capacity, and tightening output. This helps the trained human resources to have better quality and has become a strong point in enrollment in recent times.

Vice President of Thai Nguyen University Nguyen Huu Cong spoke at the conference

Fully agreeing and supporting the new points of Circular 06, the Vice President of Thai Nguyen University also had discussions about eliminating early admission in enrollment, regulations on considering academic records, priority points, converting foreign language certificate points, time of announcing enrollment plans, etc.

Sharing about the activities of schools to effectively implement the enrollment regulations, Head of the Training and Student Affairs Department of Hanoi National University Nguyen Anh Tuan said; The school has implemented the integration of new points of the Circular into the enrollment regulations of Hanoi National University and its member schools. The new Circular has regulations on conversion. According to the regulations, the conversion needs to be carried out objectively and fairly, and requires a database to do so. Therefore, Hanoi National University proposed that the Ministry of Education and Training needs to provide data to carry out the comparison at the general level, at educational institutions to have objective and fair results for candidates; at the same time, the Ministry of Education and Training should provide early instructions for educational institutions to apply effectively.

At the conference, representatives of Hanoi University of Science and Technology and National Economics University also shared their experiences in working with the Ministry of Education and Training and higher education institutions to research and convert admission scores to a common scale and a common principle. Representatives of units under the Ministry of Education and Training also answered concerns and problems of educational institutions and provided guidance on important contents to note.

Deputy Minister Hoang Minh Son, Deputy Director of the Department of Higher Education Nguyen Anh Dung, Deputy Director of the Department of Science, Technology and Information Nguyen Son Hai chaired the discussion.

Concluding the conference, highly appreciating the enrollment results of 2024 and previous years, Deputy Minister Hoang Minh Son said that not only the results are in numbers, but the enrollment work in recent years has improved, meeting the requirements of learners, training scale requirements, complying with the law, and meeting the principles in education and training development.

Thanking the delegates for their responsible and in-depth opinions at the conference, the Deputy Minister acknowledged that higher education institutions and localities agreed and highly appreciated the new points of Circular No. 06.

The Deputy Minister requested that units under the Ministry of Education and Training, Departments of Education and Training, universities and colleges urgently coordinate closely, responsibly and effectively, with the spirit that the Ministry of Education and Training and schools will best overcome any difficulties for candidates, so that they can study with peace of mind and do well in exams, ensuring fairness in enrollment.

Source: https://moet.gov.vn/tintuc/Pages/tin-tong-hop.aspx?ItemID=10424