The sad and curious were both witnessed yesterday, July 9, on the first day of the second university entrance exam. These include unfortunate stories – some students will have to wait a year to take the exam again.

P’s efforts in the last year were in vain because of one minute of carelessness.

It happened while P was hurrying to finish his painting – his arm upset a bottle of watercolours on his desk, spilling the paint all over his exam. The exam was ruined.

P cannot fulfill his dream of passing the exam to enter architecture university this year; he will have to wait for next year.

Taking the exam while wounded

A student who is taking the exams to get into HCM City Open University got into an accident yesterday morning after finishing the literature exam.

The student comes from Nghe An province in the central region. While crossing the road, the student was hit by a motorbike

After receiving treatment at Trieu An hospital, the student continued to sit for the mathematics exam in the afternoon the same day and said he will not give up the English exam this morning.

Examinee has no documents when entering room

A female student who was to take the exam for Saigon University feared that she might be late for the exam room, and so left home for the exam room early in the morning.

However, on the way, the student had her handbag snatched by a burglar. All the documents in the handbag, including ones needed to take the exam, were gone.

Luckily, the student still could attend the exam after she wrote out a document, declaring that she was telling the truth.

Minh Quyen