Vietnamese Proficiency Test in 2020

I. TIME: Vietnamese Studies and Language Faculty (VSL, USSH) holds the Vietnamese Proficiency Test on the last Saturday of every month.

Testing date in September: 26/09/2020	Testing date in November: 28/11/2020
Testing date in October: 31/10/2020	Testing date in December: 26/12/2020

• Morning: Tests on Listening, Reading, and Writing start from 8:30 am to 11:30 am. Examinees must arrive at Faculty at 8:15 am;
• Afternoon: Test on Speaking starts from 13:30 pm;
• Examination room: Hall B, Vietnamese Studies and Language Faculty, 75 B7 Bis Tran Dai Nghia Street, Bach Khoa Ward, Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi;

II. TESTING GUIDE:

Listening	Part 1: Choose the correct answer for a question or a situation; Part 2, 3, 4: Choose the correct answer for a conversation or a paragraph; *Note: The audio plays once only.
Reading	Choose the correct answers for short paragraphs. There are 40 questions for the Reading test.
Speaking	Part 1: Answer short questions; Part 2: Choose one from two options and explain the reason; Part 3: Give a presentation on general or academic topic with suggested or examinees’ ideas (at the end of Part 3, there are some discussion questions related to the topic);
Writing	Part 1: Listen and fill in the blank (there are 20 blanks); Part 2: Reply to a letter; Part 3: Write a short paragraph about a topic;

III. BAND SCORES:

From 1.0 ~ 1.5	Level 1 (A1)
From 2.0 ~ 3.5	Level 2 (A2)
From 4.0 ~ 5.5	Level 3 (B1)
From 6.0 ~ 7.0	Level 4 (B2)
From 7.5 ~ 8.5	Level 5 (C1)
From 9.0 ~10.0	Level 6 (C2)

IV. HOW TO REGISTER: Examinees need to prepare the following documents:

1. Photocopy of the first page of your passport;
2. Application form;
3. 2 copies of 4x6 portrait photo;
4. Test fee: 3,000,000 VND (non-VSL students), 1,500,000 VND (VSL students who have studied more than 60 hours in 6 months before the Test);

Note: Examinees must register at least 2 WEEKS before the testing date, and the test fee will NOT be refunded after register;