Vietnam: What are the official answers to the question papers for History in the exam for the selection of excellent upper secondary school students at the national level in the 2024-2025 academic year?

What are the official answers to the question papers for History in the exam for the selection of excellent upper secondary school students at the national level in the 2024-2025 academic year?

On January 20, 2025, the Ministry of Education and Training announced the question papers and answers for all subjects in the exam for the selection of excellent students at the national level in the 2024-2025 academic year.

Download to view the fficial answers to the question papers for History in the exam for the selection of excellent upper secondary school students at the national level in the 2024-2025 academic year.

What are the official answers to the question papers for History in the exam for the selection of excellent upper secondary school students at the national level in the 2024-2025 academic year? (Image from Internet)

What are the regulations on the handling of abnormal incidents in the exam for the selection of excellent students at the national level in Vietnam?

Under Article 10 of the Regulations for exams for the selection of excellent students at the national level issued together with Circular 17/2023/TT-BGDDT, abnormal incidents in the exam for the selection of excellent students at the national level in Vietnam are handled as follows:

- In case the question papers have deficiencies, heads of Councils shall immediately report such an incident to the Exam Steering Committee for handling schemes.

- Any abnormal incident concerning the question papers shall be reported to the Exam Steering Committee for assessment and decision.

- If a CD containing the listening test of a specific Foreign Language Subject is broken:

+ If the main CD is broken, but the backup CD is still working, the Chairperson of the Invigilation Council shall make minutes on the status of all CDs and permit the use of the backup CD;

+ If the main CD and backup CD are both broken, the Chairperson of the Invigilation Council shall make minutes on the status of all CDs, suspend the Foreign Language examination session with such broken CDs, and immediately submit a report to the Head of the Exam Steering Committee. The Head of the Exam Steering Committee shall direct the Invigilation Council to organize another examination session using the CD with the listening test of the backup question papers of the related Foreign Language Subject according to the decision of the Minister of Education and Training of Vietnam.

- If the question paper is leaked:

+ The Exam Steering Committee shall fully take responsibility for the handling of any question paper leak. Upon official conclusions on the question paper leak, the Exam Steering Committee shall suspend the exam whose question paper is leaked and organize an additional one using the backup question paper at an appropriate time according to the decision of the Minister of Education and Training of Vietnam.

+ The Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam shall cooperate with competent authorities in inspecting, verifying, and concluding the reason for any question paper leak and handling the perpetrator and any person involved following the laws.

- If there is a power supply problem or the computers in the Informatics exam room must be changed:

+ The Chairperson of the Invigilation Council where the incident takes place shall suspend the Informatics examination session for affected candidates or completely suspend the whole examination session and direct and organize remedial measures following one of the two following schemes: (i) Continue the Informatics examination session immediately after the incident has been remedied and add extra time allotted for the exam for candidates if the remedial time is no more than 30 minutes; (ii) Cancel the Informatics examination session if the remedial time takes more than 30 minutes. The incident shall be immediately reported to the Head of the Exam Steering Committee for remedial schemes;

+ If the Informatics examination session must be canceled, the additional exam using the backup question papers shall be organized at an appropriate time according to the decision of the Minister of Education and Training of Vietnam;

+ Participating units that deliberately cause incidents shall be handled under laws.

- In case of severe natural disasters, the Head of the Exam Steering Committee shall postpone the examination session and organize the exam according to the decision of the Minister of Education and Training of Vietnam.

- During the exam organization, if there is any other abnormal incident, concerned organizations and individuals shall immediately submit reports to the Head of the Exam Steering Committee for timely and appropriate handling schemes.

What are the regulations on directing the exam for the selection of excellent students at the national level in Vietnam?

Under the provisions of Clause 1, Article 9 of the Regulation on exams for the selection of excellent students at the national level issued with Circular 17/2023/TT-BGDDT, the regulations on directing the exam for the selection of excellent students at the national level in Vietnam are defined as follows:

- The Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam shall direct and organize exams for the selection of excellent students at the national level and assess and decide to handle special cases concerning the assurance of the purposes and requirements of the exam organization.

- Annually, the Minister of Education and Training of Vietnam shall issue a decision to establish the Steering Committee for exams for the selection of excellent students at the national level (hereinafter referred to as "Exam Steering Committee").

+ The Head of the Committee shall be the Deputy Minister of Education and Training of Vietnam; the Vice Heads shall be heads of concerned units of the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam. Specifically, the Standing Vice Head is the head of the Department of Quality Control; Members are heads of several concerned units of the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam and the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam; the Secretaries of the Exam Steering Committee are officials and public employees of the concerned unit of the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam and the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam;

+ Tasks and entitlements of the Exam Steering Committee: Assist the Minister of Education and Training in directing the implementation of exam organization plans; direct and inspect the implementation of question paper setting, invigilation, marking, and re-marking; handle arising issues during the organization of exams and submit reports on the exam organization to the Minister of Education and Training of Vietnam and competent authorities.

+Tasks and entitlements of members of the Exam Steering Committee: The Head of the Committee shall take responsibility for the results of the implementation of tasks of the Exam Steering Committee and enable members to perform the tasks and entitlements prescribed in Point b Clause 2 of this Article; Vice Heads, members, and secretaries of the Committee shall take responsibility for the results of the implementation of tasks and entitlement according to the assignment or authorization of the Head.

- The Department of Quality Control shall take charge and cooperate with concerned units in:

+ Developing plans to organize exams for the selection of excellent students at the national level and presenting them to the Minister of Education and Training of Vietnam for approval;

+ Guiding the organization of exams for the selection of excellent students at the national level;

+ Mobilizing participating units to perform invigilation tasks during exams for the selection of excellent students at the national level;

+ Organizing the question paper setting and handing over question papers meeting the requirements of the exam organization;

+ Organizing the invigilation of exams for the selection of Olympic teams;

+ Organizing the marking and re-marking of exam papers in exams for the selection of excellent students at the national level.

- The Inspectorate of the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam shall take charge and cooperate with concerned units in inspecting the organization stages of exams for the selection of excellent students at the national level.