Two 17-year-old classmates at Hanoi's Foreign Language Specialized School recently achieved perfect overall band scores of 9.0 in the IELTS on their first attempt, a rare accomplishment nationwide.

IELTS is one of the world’s most recognized English proficiency tests, scoring Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking on a 9-band scale. In Vietnam, IELTS results are widely used for university ...

IELTS said it can provide letters or documentation for students applying to universities, employers or immigration agencies. Still, several test-takers shared that their previous scores had already ...