Vietnamese students win big with 6 medals at International Math Olympiad

TPO - On the morning of July 19, the Ministry of Education and Training announced that the Vietnamese national team participating in the 66th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in 2025 won big with 6 Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals. Notably, this year's exam included a math problem written by Mr. Tran Quang Hung, a teacher at the High School for the Gifted in Natural Sciences, which was selected for the official exam of the IMO.

Báo Tiền Phong•19/07/2025

The Ministry of Education and Training said that early this morning it received official information about the results of the Vietnamese national team participating in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) held in Australia.

As a result, 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.

Vietnam national team to compete in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) 2025.

Among them, Vo Trong Khai, grade 12, Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted, Nghe An province won the Gold Medal.

Tran Minh Hoang, grade 12, Ha Tinh High School for the Gifted, Ha Tinh province won the Gold Medal.

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

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

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

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

This year, the Vietnamese delegation had the participation of students from the three regions of North, Central and South. Notably, the delegation had a female student in grade 11 participating and excellently winning a Bronze Medal, that was Truong Thanh Xuan.

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

Compared to 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.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, the 66th International Mathematical Olympiad will be held from July 10 to 20, 2025 in Australia, with the participation of more than 639 contestants from 113 delegations representing countries and territories. This is the second time Australia has hosted the IMO, after the first time in 1988.

The IMO 2025 exam consists of 6 problems, including 2 arithmetic problems, 2 combinatorial problems, 1 geometry problem and 1 algebra problem (with combinatorial statements and combinatorial thinking requirements). This shows the trend of this year's exam focusing on combinatorial content.

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 the Gifted in 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).