Specifically, the Gold Medal of the 2025 International Biology Olympiad belongs to Nguyen Luong Thai Duy, an 11th grade student at Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted, Hanoi ; ranked 7th out of 298 contestants.

2 Silver Medals went to Nguyen Huu Thanh (12th grade student, Tran Phu High School for the Gifted, Hai Phong ) and Bui Hoang Dai Duong (12th grade student, Quoc Hoc High School for the Gifted, Hue).

Le Hoang Kieu Anh (grade 12 student, Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted, Hanoi) won the Bronze Medal.

This result has put the Vietnamese team in the group of 10 countries with the highest total points, contributing to continuing the series of impressive results at the 2025 International Olympic competitions in particular and in recent years in general.

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The Vietnamese team competing in the 2025 International Biology Olympiad. From left to right are Associate Professor, Dr. Dinh Doan Long, head of the delegation; Nguyen Luong Thai Duy (Gold Medal); Nguyen Huu Thanh; Bui Hoang Dai Duong; Le Hoang Kieu Anh; Associate Professor, Dr. Le Thi Phuong Hoa, deputy head of the delegation.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, the results at this year's International Biology Olympiad continue to affirm the quality of general education, as well as the right direction in discovering and nurturing gifted students and integrating training programs and evaluating excellent students according to international standards.

The 2025 International Biology Olympiad will be held in the Philippines from July 19 to 27, with the participation of 81 delegations from 81 countries and territories (including 3 observer delegations), and 298 contestants.

IBO 2025 consists of two official exam days: a theoretical exam day with two exams, each 180 minutes long, and four laboratory exams, each 90 minutes long. In reality, due to the extra time to prepare samples and equipment, the candidates took the practical exam continuously for 12 hours, from 12:30 on July 22 to 0:30 on July 23.

The two theoretical exams have 85 questions, with topics revolving around practical global issues such as: environmental pollution, green growth, carbon neutrality, combating climate change, community disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment of some basic diseases according to the principles of precision medicine.

Four practical exam rooms include:

Biomedical: with competencies in electrocardiogram interpretation, blood and urine biochemistry tests, X-ray image interpretation, measurement and selection of antibiotics for common pathological cases;

Molecular and cellular biology: with the capacity to analyze genes, proteins, and measure the activity of molecules in cells to identify and predict the evolution of parasitic pathogens;

Ecology and systematics: requires anatomical and taxonomic skills to serve identification, monitoring, and development of sustainable fisheries and aquaculture;

Microbiology: with skills to classify and study the growth of bacteria and fungi that cause food poisoning in humans.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/hoc-sinh-viet-nam-gianh-1-huy-chuong-vang-olympic-sinh-hoc-quoc-te-nam-2025-2426083.html