100% of Vietnamese students won medals at the International Math Olympiad

The Vietnamese team ranked 9th among countries participating in the International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO 2025), with 6/6 students winning medals.

The Vietnamese team ranked 9th among the countries participating in the International Mathematical Olympiad, including Duc Man, a student at Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted, Ho Chi Minh City (right cover) - Photo: Ministry of Education and Training

According to news from the Ministry of Education and Training, in the early morning of July 19, 2025, the Ministry received the results of the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO 2025) as follows:

The Vietnamese team ranked 9th among the participating countries, with 6/6 students winning medals including: 2 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 1 bronze medal.

Specifically, Vo Trong Khai, grade 12, Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted, Nghe An province: Gold medal.

Student Tran Minh Hoang, grade 12, Ha Tinh High School for the Gifted, Ha Tinh province: Gold medal.

Nguyen Dang Dung, grade 12, High School for the Gifted in Natural Sciences, University of Natural Sciences, Vietnam National University, Hanoi: Silver medal.

Nguyen Dinh Tung, grade 11, High School for the Gifted in Natural Sciences, University of Natural Sciences, Vietnam National University, Hanoi: Silver medal.

Student Le Phan Duc Man, grade 12, Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted, Ho Chi Minh City: Silver medal.

Student Truong Thanh Xuan, grade 11, Bac Ninh High School for the Gifted, Bac Ninh province: Bronze medal.

This year, the Vietnamese delegation included students from all three regions: North, Central and South. Notably, this year Ho Chi Minh City contributed one silver medal, that was Le Phan Duc Man, grade 12, Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted.

This year, the Vietnamese team had an 11th grade female student participating and winning a bronze medal, that was Truong Thanh Xuan, Bac Ninh High School for the Gifted.

With a total score of 188, the Vietnamese delegation ranked 9th out of 113 countries and territories participating in this year's exam; behind the delegations: China (1), the US (2), South Korea (3), Poland and Japan tied for 4th place, Israel (6), India (7), Singapore (8).

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, compared with the results in 2024 (2 silver medals, 3 bronze medals and 1 certificate of merit), the achievements of the Vietnamese delegation in 2025 have clearly surpassed.

Some features of the International Mathematical Olympiad

The 66th International Mathematical Olympiad was held from July 10 to 20, 2025, in Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. More than 639 contestants from 113 delegations representing countries and territories participated in this year's competition. This is the second time Australia has hosted the IMO, the first time in 1988.

The total number of medals in this year's competition includes: 72 gold medals, 104 silver medals and 145 bronze medals.

IMO 2025 exam consists of 6 problems: 2 arithmetic problems, 2 combinatorics problems, 1 geometry problem and 1 algebra problem.

Notably, the only geometry problem in the exam, problem number 2, was proposed by Vietnam and the author was Mr. Tran Quang Hung, a teacher at the High School for Natural Sciences, University of Natural Sciences, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

This is the fourth time Vietnam has had a problem selected for the official IMO exam, after 1977 (author: Phan Duc Chinh), 1982 (author: Van Nhu Cuong) and 1987 (author: Nguyen Minh Duc).

The closing ceremony and awards ceremony of the competition will take place at 4:00 p.m. on July 19, 2025 (local time) in Australia.

HOANG HUONG

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/100-students-vietnam-win-medals-at-the-international-olympic-tourism-20250719082229702.htm