Under the regulations of the IMO 2017, the benchmark for the gold medal is from 25 points upwards and those for the silver and bronze medals are from 19 points and 16 points, respectively.

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Vietnamese students participating in the IMO 2017. Photo: vnexpress.net

Accordingly, Vietnam won four gold medals and the winners are Hoang Huu Quoc Huy (Student at Le Quy Don Gifted High School, Ba Ria - Vung Tau province, 35 points); Le Quang Dung (Student at Lam Son Gifted High School, Thanh Hoa province, 28 points); Nguyen Canh Hoang (Student at Phan Boi Chau Gifted High School, Nghe An province, 28 points); Phan Nhat Duy (Student at Ha Tinh Gifted High School, Ha Tinh province, 25 points).

Of them, Hoang Huu Quoc Huy is one of the three students achieving 35 points at the IMO 2017, the perfect score of this year’s event.

Two other Vietnamese students, namely Pham Nam Khanh from Hanoi - Amsterdam Gifted High School with 21 points and Do Van Quyet from Vinh Phuc Gifted High School, Vinh Phuc province, with 18 points, respectively won a silver and a bronze medals.

The Vietnam team ranks third among 112 participating teams at the IMO 2017, after the Republic of Korea and China. This ranking is also the highest a Vietnam mathematical team has obtained to date after the 43 International Mathematical Olympiads.

The IMO is an annual world-scale mathematics contest for high school students. The first International Mathematical Olympiad took place in 1959 in Romania.

Source: Dan Tri

Translated by Thu Nguyen