Description: Multiple students in Vietnam reportedly used generative AI tools including ChatGPT, StudyX, and Gemini to cheat during the national high school graduation exams on June 26–27, 2025. Incidents reportedly included smuggling phones and cameras into exam rooms, transmitting questions outside in real time, and receiving purportedly AI-generated answers. Students were caught at multiple centers in Lam Dong and Hanoi. Authorities are investigating the breaches and related information leaks.
Editor Notes: See Incident 705: Turkish Student in Isparta Allegedly Uses AI to Cheat on Exam, Leading to Arrest.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: OpenAI , StudyX and Google developed an AI system deployed by Unnamed students in Vietnam accused of cheating, which harmed Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training , Universities relying on exam scores , Students in Vietnam and General public of Vietnam.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1123
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2025-06-26
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
A male student was caught using high-tech devices to cheat on Vietnam's national high school graduation exam by transmitting the Literature test questions outside so his friend could solve them using ChatGPT.
The 18-year-old is currently un…
Two students are under the scanner for taking photos of national high school graduation exam questions and asking AI for answers.
The Hanoi police announced Tuesday they are investigating the two boys for "accidental disclosure of classifie…
Variants
A "variant" is an AI incident similar to a known case—it has the same causes, harms, and AI system. Instead of listing it separately, we group it under the first reported incident. Unlike other incidents, variants do not need to have been reported outside the AIID. Learn more from the research paper.
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