Direct admission and priority admission to Military schools

Accordingly, candidates eligible for direct admission according to the regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training are:

Candidates who are subject to the regulations in Clause 1 and Point a, Clause 2, Article 8 of the Admission Regulations: Labor Heroes, People's Armed Forces Heroes, National Emulation Fighters who have graduated from high school; Candidates who won first, second, or third prizes in national or international excellent student competitions or national or international science and technology competitions organized and sent to participate by the Ministry of Education and Training (the time of winning the prize is not more than 3 years from the time of direct admission). Candidates are directly admitted in the year of high school graduation to majors suitable for the exam subjects and prize-winning topics.

Students ask questions at a military recruitment consultation session organized by the School Department (General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army) in Bac Kan province.

Candidates who are subject to the regulations in Point b and Point c, Clause 4, Article 8 of the Admission Regulations: Candidates who are ethnic minorities with very few people according to current regulations of the Government and candidates from 20 poor border and island districts in the Southwest region; Candidates who have had a permanent residence of 3 years or more, studied for 3 years and graduated from high school in poor districts (boarding students for ethnic minorities are calculated based on their permanent residence) according to regulations of the Government and the Prime Minister. Candidates who are subject to direct admission as above must meet the requirements on conduct and academic performance according to regulations of the Ministry of National Defense.

Regarding priority admission subjects, Military schools shall comply with the provisions of Clause 5, Article 8 of the Admission Regulations (candidates shall be given priority for admission in the year of high school graduation), including: Candidates who are subject to the provisions of Clause 1 and Point a, Clause 2, Article 8 of the Admission Regulations but do not use the right to direct admission, shall be given priority for admission to the majors according to their wishes; Candidates who win consolation prizes in the national excellent student selection exam; Candidates who win fourth prizes in national science and technology competitions shall be given priority for admission according to the majors suitable for the exam subjects or the content of the competition topics that have won prizes; the time of winning the prize shall not exceed 3 years from the time of admission.

For admission, candidates must be excellent high school students, graduating from high school in 2023, with good academic performance, good conduct in grades 10, 11 and semester 1 of grade 12, and have one of the following conditions:

Participate in the provincial or centrally-run city-level high school student competition and win first, second, or third prizes in one of the subjects according to the admission combination of the recruiting school or a combination of 3 subjects according to the admission combination of the recruiting school. For candidates who win first, second, or third prizes in the provincial or centrally-run city-level excellent student competition before graduating from high school, their prizes will be retained until the end of their high school graduation year; they will only be retained until the year they finish grade 12 and pass the high school graduation exam. The years after graduating from high school are no longer valid for admission.

Students of the Military University of Culture and Arts interact with students during a military recruitment consultation session held in Bac Kan province.

Have a foreign language score of IELTS 5.5 or TOEFL iBT 55 or higher (certificate must be valid at the time of admission).

Have an SAT score of 1,068 or higher or an ACT average score of 18 or higher (certificate must be valid at the time of admission).

Obtain Russian language certificate TRKI-2 or higher (certificate is still valid at the time of admission), apply for admission to Russian Language major at the Academy of Military Sciences.

Obtain HSK-4 Chinese language certificate or higher (certificate is still valid at the time of admission), apply for admission to Chinese Language major at the Academy of Military Science.

Candidates applying for direct admission, priority admission and admission for excellent high school students must pass the preliminary selection and meet the admission criteria in terms of politics, ethics, culture, age and health according to the regulations of the Ministry of National Defense. Candidates must have two types of documents (preliminary selection documents and application for direct admission or priority admission, admission for excellent high school students).

Candidates who have submitted their preliminary application to the school they registered for admission, submit a set of application documents for direct admission, priority admission or and admission of excellent high school students at the Military Admissions Board at the district level (district, town, city under the province). Candidates who have not submitted their preliminary application documents must participate in the preliminary application and submit their preliminary application documents together with their application documents for direct admission, priority admission or and admission of excellent high school students. Candidates who do not pass the preliminary application, do not have a preliminary application document at the school are not allowed to participate in direct admission, priority admission, admission of excellent high school students to military universities and colleges in the Army.