This year, the IMO 2022 was held from July 6 to 16 in Oslo, Norway, with the participation of 657 candidates from 104 countries and territories.

All six members of Vietnam joining the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) 2022 brought home medals, including two gold, two silvers and two bronzes, with one of the contestant won the perfect score.

The Vietnamese team at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) 2022. Photo: IMO 2022

International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) 2022 The competition was first held in Romania in 1959 and has since been held every year except in 1980. Photo: IMO 2022 IMO is a contest held specifically for high school students, with each country able to send up to six participants. Candidates are chosen at the national level first to represent a country. The expert students are chosen based on their performance at the national level. They will compete with students from different countries, facing challenges in terms of intellectuality and reasoning power. The Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) conducts the IMO with the sole aim to discover raw talents in students using an advanced set of questions in this national-level competition. This contest is a platform where a student can showcase his/her skills in solving mathematical problems. Over 100 countries from 5 continents participate in this international-level competition. This year is the 63rd International Mathematics Olympiad. The competition was first held in Romania in 1959 and has since been held every year except in 1980. IMO 2020 and 2021 were held online due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

After 20 years, Vietnam once again has a gold medal winner with a perfect score at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). This achievement has put the Vietnam International Mathematical Olympiad team ranked 4th out of 104 participating countries and territories, after China, Korea, and the US.

Finishing 4th out of 107 participating countries and territories, the Vietnamese team ranked fourth, behind China, the Republic of Korea, and the United States. Photo: Le Anh Vinh Facebook

​Gold medalist ​​​​​​Ngo Quy Dang achieved a perfect score of 42/42. It has been 20 years since Vietnam achieved this result at IMO. The last time was in 2003 with 2 contestants reaching 42 points.

The silver medalists were Pham Hoang Son, a 12th grader, High School for the Gifted, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City; Nguyen Dai Duong, 12th grader, Lam Son High School for the Gifted, Thanh Hoa Province.

Vu Ngoc Binh, a 12th grader, Vinh Phuc High School for the Gifted; Hoang Tien Nguyen, a 12th grader, Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted, Nghe An Province won the bronze medals.

IMO contestants and their team leader Le Anh Vinh (middle) at the Temple of Literature in Hanoi. Photo: Le Anh Vinh Facebook

Since the 16th IMO in 1974, the first IMO contest that Vietnam competed in, the national team's most outstanding rankings included top 3 in 1999, top 3 in 2007 and top 3 in 2013.

The first Vietnamese contestant to win the IMO gold medal with a perfect score is mathematician Le Ba Khanh Trinh (Quoc Hoc Hue School, Thua Thien - Hue). He competed in 1979, won 40/40 points. In addition, Mr. Trinh is also the only person to win a special award in an IMO competition.

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