The Ministry of Education and Training recently announced the six candidates selected to participate in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) 2025.
These six contestants are: Tran Minh Hoang (12th grade, Ha Tinh Specialized High School); Vo Trong Khai (12th grade, Phan Boi Chau Specialized High School, Nghe An province); Nguyen Dinh Tung (11th grade, Hanoi National University); Truong Thanh Xuan (11th grade, Bac Ninh province); Nguyen Dang Dung (12th grade, Hanoi National University) and Le Phan Duc Man (12th grade, Ho Chi Minh City).
List of the 2025 International Mathematical Olympiad team (Photo: Ministry of Education and Training portal).
The two friends have an impressive record.
Speaking with a reporter from Dan Tri newspaper , Ms. Nguyen Thi Hai Luong, Principal of Nguyen Trai Secondary School (Nghi Xuan district, Ha Tinh province), said that among the aforementioned candidates, two are former students of the school.
Accordingly, male students Tran Minh Hoang and Vo Trong Khai are former students of class 9E, Nguyen Trai Secondary School.
Khải was born in Xuân Hội commune, a coastal area in Nghi Xuân district, to parents who run a business. He has been passionate about mathematics since childhood. In the 2022 entrance exam for 10th grade at Phan Bội Châu Specialized High School (Nghe An province), Khải scored 20/20 in the specialized mathematics subject.
As a result, the outstanding male student became one of the five candidates to achieve a perfect score in the specialized subject and the only candidate to achieve a perfect score in the entrance exam for the specialized mathematics class at this prestigious school (the other four students went to the specialized computer science class).
Throughout his studies, Khai achieved many impressive accomplishments, including: a Gold Medal at the Young Mathematicians' Talent Search (MYTS) in 2019; Gold Medals at the International Mathematical Olympiad (AMO) in 2019 and 2021; a Gold Medal at the Global Assessment of Mathematics in English (SEAMO) in 2019; and a Silver Medal at the 7th Iranian Geometry Olympiad in 2020…
Vo Trong Hai (left) and Tran Minh Hoang at the closing ceremony and farewell event of Nguyen Trai Secondary School in 2022 (Photo: Provided by the school).
Tran Minh Hoang (12th grade, Ha Tinh Specialized High School) was born in Xuan Thanh commune, Nghi Xuan district, and both his parents are teachers.
Just like his former classmate, Hoang showed a talent for mathematics from a young age and has won many awards at international mathematics competitions such as:
Gold Medal at the 2019 English Mathematical Olympiad (SEAMO); Silver Medal at the 2019 Singapore Mathematical Olympiad (SMO); Gold Medal at the 2019 Singapore and Asian Mathematical Olympiad (SASMO); Special Prize at the 2019 Young Mathematicians' Talent Search (MYTS); Gold Medal at the 2022 Intermediate Iranian Geometry Olympiad...
Tran Minh Hoang participated in the International Mathematical Olympiad in 2024 and won a silver medal.
For the above achievements, the male student was subsequently awarded the Third-Class Labor Medal by the President of Vietnam in 2024.
Last February, Tran Minh Hoang was nominated for the Outstanding Young Vietnamese Award organized by the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union.
Hue has 3 contestants selected for the national team to participate in international and regional Olympiads.
According to the results of the national team selection exam for the 2025 International and Regional Olympiads, announced by the Ministry of Education and Training, Hue City has 3 top-ranked candidates. All 3 candidates are from Hue National High School for the Gifted.
According to Mr. Nguyen Phu Tho, Principal of Quoc Hoc Hue High School for the Gifted, the school had four students participating in the selection exam for the team, in biology and physics.
As a result, three students were selected to join the national team to compete in international and regional Olympiads with relatively high scores.
Students from Hue National High School for the Gifted participating in the national team selection exam for international and regional Olympiads (Photo: Provided by the school).
Bui Hoang Dai Duong was selected to participate in the International Biology Olympiad; Tran Trung Hieu and Tran Le Thien Nhan were selected to participate in the Asian Physics Olympiad.
To date, the Ministry of Education and Training has not announced the exam results, but according to the list of participating teams, the three contestants from Hue are all in first, second, and third place.
According to teacher Nguyen Phu Tho, at the 2024-2025 national excellent student competition, candidates Dai Duong, Trung Hieu, and Thien Nhan all won second prize in their respective subjects.
In particular, Bui Hoang Dai Duong is one of the outstanding students of Hue National High School for the Gifted. In 10th grade, Duong won third prize in biology at the national excellent student competition, and in 11th grade, he won first prize.
In 2024, both Trung Hieu and Dai Duong advanced to the second round of the Olympic competition.
According to Mr. Tho, over the years, Hue National High School for the Gifted has achieved many successes in national student competitions, international and regional Olympiads.
To date, the school has won 24 international and Asia-Pacific awards; including 4 gold medals, 9 silver medals, 6 bronze medals, and 5 certificates of merit.
The school has "collected" a complete set of international medals in all five subjects for which competitions are held: mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and computer science.
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