In particular, the Gold Medal of the 2025 International Physics Olympiad belongs to Nguyen The Quan, a 12th grade student at Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted, Nghe An province.

The 4 Silver Medals were awarded to Ly Ba Khoi and Truong Duc Dung (grade 12, High School for Gifted Students of Natural Sciences , University of Natural Sciences - VNU); Nguyen Cong Vinh (grade 12, Bac Ninh High School for Gifted Students, Bac Ninh Province); Tran Le Thien Nhan (grade 12, Quoc Hoc Hue High School for Gifted Students, Hue City).

With this result, the Vietnamese delegation is in the top 10 countries with the highest results at IPhO 2025. This achievement continues the series of impressive results that Vietnamese student delegations have achieved at international and regional Olympic competitions over the past many years.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, the results of the Vietnamese team in this year's exam continue to affirm the quality of general education as well as the right direction in discovering, selecting and nurturing talented and excellent students.

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Members of the Vietnamese team competing in the 2025 International Physics Olympiad with Associate Professor, Dr. Do Danh Bich, Head of the delegation (left cover). In the photo, Nguyen The Quan (grade 12 student, Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted, Nghe An province) won the Gold Medal with the Vietnamese flag.

The 55th International Physics Olympiad was held in France from July 17 to July 25, with the participation of 94 delegations (including 5 observer delegations) from 94 countries and territories, and 406 contestants.

The IPhO 2025 exam consists of two official exam days: One day of theory exam and one day of practical exam, each exam has a duration of 5 hours.

The theoretical and experimental exams demonstrate a sophisticated combination of modern Physics and close-to-home real-world phenomena — from the structure of hydrogen atoms to the structure of galaxies, from the oscillations of magnets to the formation of meteor craters.

The experimental test consisted of two problems, requiring synthetic thinking and precise measurement skills; one involved “landing and moving safely, avoiding getting bogged down in sand dunes on the surface of Mars of the rover”, and the other used a Gouy balance to measure magnetic moment.

As planned, the closing ceremony and announcement of IPhO 2025 results will take place at 9:00 p.m. on July 24.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/viet-nam-gianh-1-hc-vang-4-hc-bac-olympic-vat-ly-quoc-te-nam-2025-2425216.html