Vietnam past education system?

Question

I don't know how it is now but I remember when my sisters were in highschool, they have to take at least 3 tests before graduating from high school. First, the need to pass the 10th grade test, then 11 grade. In order for them to get a high school diploma, they have to take another test which conducted by the board of education. The test would last 3 days at another school, not in the same familiar classroom.

In that 3 days test, they would ask you anything you learned from 1st to 12 grade, for some people, it took them couple years before they can get their high school diploma. If they didn't pass the first time, they have to come back another year to take the test again until they pass. Here in this country, some of the high school kids I witness only go to school 2-3 days a week for couple days when they get to 12 grade. On the other hand, in Vietnam, you still have to attend school 6 days a/week from Monday-Saturday. How is it now in Vietnam does anyone know?

Answer 1

Vietnamese education system was mirrored the French education system. Ðê tam (10grade) ( Second) Ðê Nhi (11 grade) (Première) Ðê Nhât (12 grade) (Terminale) are the last 3 classes that you have to pass all 3 in order to graduate high school. It was much harder than the US education system and it required more studying. Later on, the one requirement to graduate high school is to pass that 3 days test. No wonder Vietnamese students are much more discipline than most other students. My brother, when he came to the states, he was only 17 and didn't  finish high school in Vietnam. (He escaped from Vietnam in the middle of the night after the communist took over) He registered to go to college and earn a MBA later as an honor student. I always tease him that he has a MBA but don't have a high school diploma.