Candidates confused in historical periodization

On the afternoon of July 9, 3,892 candidates came to take the History exam. At the AB, BC and G exam sites of the University Admissions Council of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, reporters witnessed many candidates leaving early before the end of the exam time. When asked, the candidates all assessed that the exam was clear, easy to understand, and had a lot of basic knowledge, but many candidates could not complete the entire test.Of the four questions in the exam, the first and third questions were considered not difficult because the questions were clear and asked about basic knowledge in the curriculum. But the second and fourth questions were the two questions that caused the most difficulty and confusion for candidates. Candidate Nguyen Thanh Tuan (Law major) commented: This year's exam was easier than last year's because the questions about Vietnamese history were easy to understand and clear, not asking tricky questions. As for question 4 about world history, I was a bit surprised because from 2006 until now, the specific questions often followed the principle: this year it asked about Vietnamese history, next year it asked about world history. But last year, the specific questions asked about world history, so this year I and many of my friends did not think the exam would continue to ask about world history. As for the question about historical periods, I divided it into 6 periods: 1919-1929; 1930-1931; 1936-1939; 1939-1945; 1945-1954; 1954-1975. Candidate Nguyen Thi Thu (taking the Oriental Studies exam) said: The exam questions were right on the focus of studying and reviewing, but because I didn't review carefully, I couldn't do the questions about world history.

Candidate Nguyen Van Tuan (taking the Sociology exam) also admitted that he could only do 50% of the test, although the questions were all basic knowledge, the content was too broad for him to review. Regarding question 2, candidate Tuan shared: “This is a very difficult question, not included in the exam outline. I have never encountered this type of question before and I do not understand what criteria the question requires to divide the stages according to. The question about Japan's foreign policy is not my 'fortune' because the focus of world history is that I only study the economics of European countries”. Sharing the same thought, candidate Ngo Thi Thu Thao (taking the Vietnamese Studies exam) said that the test covered basic knowledge but was a bit long. Question 2 was the most difficult and comprehensive because it required a general overview of the history of the Vietnamese revolution in each stage. The other questions only focused on a specific content in a lesson and only required a presentation, so it was simpler. Comparing with previous years' exams, candidate Pham Quang Tuan (Journalism and Communications major) said: The History exam was more difficult than previous years in terms of dividing historical periods. The way the questions were given made me not understand very well, I could not determine whether the question was about the content of the Dien Bien Phu campaign or what. Finally, I presented the development of the campaign. Hey. Regarding the periodization, I divided it into more than 10 stages, according to the textbook such as: 1919-1925; 1925-1930; 1930-1945; 1954-1975... As for the question about Japan's foreign policy, according to Pham Quang Tuan, few candidates thought about it because the focus of the teachers' review in the world history section was the Soviet Union and the United States.