If I was suspended from high school graduation exam last year, can I retake the exam next year in Vietnam?

If I was suspended from high school graduation exam last year, can I retake the exam next year in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 17, Article 1 of Circular 05/2021/TT-BGDDT stipulating handling of candidates who violate exam regulations in the form of exam suspension as follows:

3. Suspension of taking the exam:

a) Suspension of taking the exam is issued for those who commit one of the following acts of malpractice: Have been warned for the first time but still commit acts of malpractice at reprimand or warning level; bring prohibited items specified in Article 14 of this Regulation into the exam room/waiting room or while moving between the exam room and waiting room; taking the question papers out of the exam room or bringing the answers from outside to the exam room; writing or drawing on the answer paper any content that has no relevance to the exam; threatening officials or other candidates; failing to comply with instructions from supervisors or managers of the waiting room while moving in the examination area and staying in the waiting room;

b) Invigilators shall issue a record, confiscate evidence (if any) and report the situation to the Manager of the Exam Place for decision on suspension.  In case of disagreement in handling, the situation shall be report to the Manager of Invigilation Board for final decision. Suspended candidate shall hand in the question paper, script/answer sheet and scrap paper to invigilators and leave the exam room immediately after the decision is issued. Suspended candidates are allowed to leave the examination area only when the exam session is over;

c) Results of all papers taken by suspended candidates in the exam year shall be cancelled.

Pursuant to Article 12 of Circular 15/2020/TT-BGDDT stipulating candidates and eligibility requirements for examination are as follows:

1. Candidates include:

a) Students who have finished the high school program in the year of exam;

b) Those who had finished the high school program but have yet taken or did not pass the high school graduation exams of previous years;

c) Those who obtain high school graduation diplomas or Diploma Level 4 of VQF/ Intermediate Professional Education Diploma now take the exam as the basis for university and college admission;

d) Other special cases subject to decision of the Minister of MOET.

2. Eligibility requirements for examination:

a) Candidates prescribed in point a clause 1 of this Article must also meet the requirements that in 12^th grade their conduct must be classified as Average and above and academic performance must not be classified as Poor. The classification of conduct is not required for continuing education learners in guided self-study mode and learners with no requirements of conduct classification.

b) Candidates prescribed point b clause 1 of this Article must obtain lower secondary graduation diplomas and also meet the requirements that in 12^th grade their conduct must be classified as Average and above and academic performance must not be classified as Poor. A person who was disqualified from the previous year’s high school graduation exam due to poor academic performance in grade 12 must take the final exam for any subjects with GPA below 5.0 (at the school in which they were in 12^th grade or at the school registered for the exam) and the new GPA meets academic performance requirement as prescribed;

c) Candidates who have graduated post-secondary schools as prescribed in point c clause 1 of this Article must have studied and passed a given number of high school academic subjects as per the Law on Education and its guiding documents of the MOET;

d) Candidates must register for the exam and submit all required documents in due time.

 

Thus, according to the current regulations compared to the case you mentioned in Vietnam, the suspension of the exam only applies to the year you violate the regulations, so you can register to attend the high school graduation exam again. However, you need to have a Secondary School Diploma and must ensure that you are assessed in grade 12 with an average rating of behavior and not a bad grade in your academic performance.

Registration form for high school graduation exam in Vietnam

In addition, in Clause 3, Article 12 of Circular 15/2020/TT-BGDDT stipulating registration of papers as follows:

3. Registration of papers:

a) For high school graduation assessment purpose: high school candidates prescribed in point a, b clause 1 of this Article must take 4 papers, including 3 independent papers: Mathematics, Literature, Foreign Language and 1 combined paper at the candidate’s option; continuing education candidates prescribed in point a, b clause 1 of this Article must take 3 papers, including 2 independent papers: Mathematics, Literature and 1 combined paper at the candidate’s option; in addition, the candidate may register for the exam of Foreign Language paper for university and college admission purpose;

b) Candidates prescribed in point c clause 1 hereof may register for independent papers, combined papers or component subjects of the combined papers at their option.

According to this Article, you will have to participate in 04 tests in Vietnam, including 3 independent papers: Mathematics, Literature, Foreign Language and 1 combined paper at the candidate’s option.

Best Regards!