On the morning of June 13, thousands of parents brought their children to Nguyen Tat Thanh Secondary School, Hanoi to take the 6th grade entrance exam. According to Principal Nguyen Thi Thu Anh, this year the school received nearly 2,600 applications.

Candidates taking the 6th grade exam at Nguyen Tat Thanh Secondary School must take two subjects: Literature and Mathematics, with each subject lasting 90 minutes.

Candidates and parents review the exam room and registration number.

Before taking the test, most of the students were in a quite comfortable mood.

Some students even brought comics to read while waiting for the exam, then the proctor had to take them back.

Waving goodbye to reassure her child to take the exam, this young mother then sighed nervously.

Outside the school gate, a large number of parents waiting for their children to take the Literature exam were also nervously standing still.

In order for their children to pass the entrance exam to this top high-quality school in Hanoi, many parents sent their children to take extra classes at school, at the teacher’s house, or invited tutors to teach.

After 90 minutes of taking the exam, the candidates rushed out of the exam room, all of them had happy faces.

Parents are checking homework with their daughter Thai An (Yen Hoa elementary school) after taking the Literature exam.