Vietnamese student wins medal at Informatics Olympiad with 'very unique' solution

All 6 Vietnamese students participating in the Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad won medals, including 1 gold medal.

The Ministry of Education and Training has just announced the results of the Vietnamese national team participating in the 2025 Asia- Pacific Informatics Olympiad (APIO) hosted by Uzbekistan.

Accordingly, the Vietnamese national team had 6 students participating in the award consideration. As a result, 100% of the students won medals, including 1 gold medal, 2 silver medals, and 3 bronze medals.

Vietnamese student team to participate in Asia- Pacific Informatics Olympiad 2025

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Specifically, the gold medal belongs to Nguyen Bui Duc Dung, grade 11, High School for the Gifted in Natural Sciences , University of Natural Sciences, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

The two silver medals went to Le Kien Thanh, grade 12, Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted (Binh Dinh) and Dang Huy Hau, grade 10, Thang Long High School for the Gifted (Lam Dong).

Three students won bronze medals, including: Ninh Quang Thang, grade 12, Ha Long High School for the Gifted (Quang Ninh); Nguyen Huy Phong, grade 11, Lao Cai High School for the Gifted (Lao Cai) and Nguyen Xuan Chi Thanh, grade 11, High School for the Gifted in Natural Sciences, University of Natural Sciences, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

Notably, according to the Ministry of Education and Training, student Nguyen Bui Duc Dung won the gold medal with 236/300 points, including 2 papers with the maximum score of 100 points. Notably, in paper number 1, Dung was one of 3 candidates with the maximum score.

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.

With this result, the Vietnamese 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.

The Ministry of Education and Training stated that, based on the results of many years of international and regional Informatics Olympiads, Vietnamese students have the talent and thinking ability in computer science on par with the top students in the region.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/hoc-sinh-viet-nam-gianh-huy-chuong-olympic-tin-hoc-co-cach-giai-rat-doc-dao-185250527190958177.htm