The Vietnamese national team has 6 students who are eligible to compete in the 2025 Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad (APIO). As a result, all students in the team won medals, including one gold medal, two silver medals, and three bronze medals.

On May 27, the Ministry of Education and Training announced the official results of the Vietnamese national team competing in the 2025 Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad (APIO) hosted by Uzbekistan.

The gold medal was claimed by Nguyen Bui Duc Dung, 11th grade student, High School for the Gifted Students, VNU University of Science.

The silver medal was granted to: Le Kien Thanh, 12th grade student, Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted, Binh Dinh Province; and Dang Huy Hau, 10th grade student, Thang Long High School for the Gifted, Lam Dong Province.

While the bronze medal went to: Ninh Quang Thang, 12th grade student, Ha Long High School for the Gifted, Quang Ninh Province; Nguyen Huy Phong, 11th grade student, Lao Cai High School for the Gifted, Lao Cai Province; and Nguyen Xuan Chi Thanh, 11th grade student, High School for the Gifted in Natural Sciences, University of Natural Sciences, Viet Nam National University, Ha Noi.

Notably, Nguyen Bui Duc Dung won the gold medal with 236/300 points, including two papers with the maximum score of 100 points. In paper 1, Dung was one of three candidates who achieved the maximum score. Dang Huy Hau won the silver medal and also came up with a unique solution and achieved the maximum score in paper 3.

With this result, the Vietnamese team ranked 5th, after China, Russia, Japan, and Republic of Korea, continuing to affirm its leading position among countries in the Southeast Asian region.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, this result shows that Vietnamese students have been equipped with complete and updated knowledge. In addition, along with the results of many years in the International and Regional Informatics Olympiads, it shows that the talent and thinking that Vietnamese students have in computer science are among the top in the region.

The excellent achievements of the Vietnamese national team at APIO 2025 continue to affirm the quality of general education. At the same time, it affirms the right direction in the work of discovering, selecting and nurturing excellent students of the Ministry of Education and Training.

The 19th Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad was held from May 17 to 18, attracting the participation of 868 candidates from 42 delegations from countries and territories. This year's exam questions were assessed as creative, following the exam trend of the International Olympiad in Informatics, with each question having many flexible and creative approaches.