The University of Science in HCMC is welcoming an accomplished freshman class featuring Olympiad medalists, top exam scorers and televised academic competition stars.

Seventeen students have graduated from Vietnam’s National Economics University with perfect 4.0 GPAs, while more than half of this year’s graduates earned the highest academic classification - both records for the university.

Once avoided by children who called him “snake boy,” Nguyen Dinh Vuong is now 24 and preparing to begin university life in Da Nang.

Although she earned enough points to enter the Doctor of Medicine program at Hanoi Medical University, Nguyen Vu Thao Tram chose instead to study biology, inspired by her late mother.

Vietnam ranked among the top eight at the 2026 International Olympiad in Informatics, with all four students receiving awards, including one gold and two silver medals.

Once missing her top-choice university, Nguyen Thi Anh Tuyet became the accounting valedictorian at the University of Economics and Business through sheer determination, earning a job offer from one of the world's Big4 professional services firms.

Childhood memories in her mother's laboratory shaped Nguyen Vu Thao Tram's dream of becoming a scientist. Before finishing university, she was accepted into a PhD program at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University.

A young Vietnamese man celebrated for carrying his disabled friend to school for 10 years has fulfilled another dream by graduating with a Doctor of Medicine degree.

Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc, a 12th-grade physics major at Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted in Ninh Binh Province, has won a gold medal at the 56th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO 2026).

After realizing that information technology was not the right path for him, Ngo Khanh Hoa decided to retake the university entrance exam.

Graduating as the valedictorian of the University of Natural Sciences and winning a master's degree scholarship in France, Tran Ngoc Hieu plans to continue pursuing theoretical mathematics before returning to contribute to mathematics in Vietnam.

Nguyen Thị Bich Ngoc, a 12th-grade physics major student at Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted in Ninh Binh province, has won a Gold Medal at the 56th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO 2026).

Vietnam's highest scorer at the 2026 International Mathematical Olympiad says he is delighted to have turned last year's silver medal into gold.

Two Graphic Design students have taken their graduation project beyond the classroom, with HCM City considering it for its electric bus communications.

Nguyen Le Nhat Nam, winner of a gold medal at the 2026 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), has decided to pursue a career in mathematics education.

Three students from the same Grade 12 chemistry class at Hanoi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted won gold medals at the 2026 International Chemistry Olympiad, an unprecedented achievement for the school.

With a near-perfect GPA and a scholarship to France, mathematics valedictorian Tran Ngoc Hieu is pursuing his dream of becoming a researcher and educator.

All six Vietnamese students won medals at the 67th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) 2026 in China, including two golds, three silvers and one bronze.

Vietnam's return to the Asia Pacific Mathematical Olympiad has been crowned with a gold medal from an outstanding young mathematician.

Dong Hai Yen, with only 0.5/10 vision in her left eye, has created an extraordinary achievement by gaining admission to master degree programs at renowned universities, including Harvard, Stanford, Oxford, Columbia, Yale, Brown, and Johns Hopkins.