Vietnamese students win 6 medals at Asia Pacific Informatics Olympiad

TPO - On the evening of May 27, the Ministry of Education and Training informed that the Vietnamese student team participating in the 2025 Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad won 6 medals.

The 2025 Asia Pacific Informatics Olympiad was hosted by Uzbekistan. The Vietnamese national team had 6 students participating in the competition. As a result, 100% of the students won medals, including: 1 Gold Medal, 2 Silver Medals, 3 Bronze Medals.

This year's Asia Pacific Informatics Olympiad was held from May 17-18. Vietnam had 6 students participating.

Among them, the student who won the Gold Medal was Nguyen Bui Duc Dung, grade 11 student, High School for Gifted Students in Natural Sciences , University of Natural Sciences, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

The two students who won Silver Medals were: Le Kien Thanh, grade 12 student, Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted, Binh Dinh province; Dang Huy Hau, grade 10 student, Thang Long High School for the Gifted, Lam Dong province.

The three students who won Bronze Medals were: Ninh Quang Thang, grade 12 student, Ha Long High School for the Gifted, Quang Ninh province; Nguyen Huy Phong, grade 11 student, Lao Cai High School for the Gifted, Lao Cai province; Nguyen Xuan Chi Thanh, grade 11 student, High School for the Gifted in Natural Sciences, University of Natural Sciences, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

Notably, Nguyen Bui Duc Dung won the Gold Medal with 236/300 points, including two entries with the maximum score of 100 points.

Dang Huy Hau won the Silver Medal with a very unique solution and achieved the maximum score in exercise 3 with the main processing part using only 4 lines of code, surprising everyone.

The Ministry of Education and Training said that with this result, the Vietnam Informatics Olympic Team ranked 5th after China, Russia, Japan, and South Korea, continuing to affirm its leading position among countries in the Southeast Asian region.

In addition, the results of many years in international and regional Informatics Olympiads show that Vietnamese students have the talent and thinking in Computer Science on par with the top students in the region.

The 19th Asia Pacific Informatics Olympiad was held from May 17-18, attracting the participation of 42 delegations from countries and territories, with 868 contestants participating in the competition.

This year's exam questions are considered creative, following the exam trends of the International Olympiad in Informatics, with each question having many flexible and creative approaches.

Ha Linh

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