On July 23, 2025, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) received information about the official results of the Vietnam national team's participation in the 2025 International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) held in the French Republic. The Vietnam national team has 5 students participating in the competition and all students won medals with 1 Gold medal, 4 Silver medals.
Among them: Nguyen The Quan, a 12th grade student at Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted, Nghe An, won a Gold medal.
The 4 Silver Medals went to Truong Duc Dung, Ly Ba Khoi, grade 12 student at the University of Natural Sciences, University of Natural Sciences, Vietnam National University, Hanoi; Nguyen Cong Vinh, grade 12 student at Bac Ninh High School for the Gifted, Bac Ninh Province; Tran Le Thien Nhan, grade 12 student at Quoc Hoc Hue High School for the Gifted, Hue City.
With 1 Gold medal and 4 Silver medals, the Vietnamese delegation is in the top 10 countries with the highest results at IPhO 2025.
The 55th International Physics Olympiad will be held in the French Republic from July 17, 2025 to July 25, 2025, with the participation of 94 delegations (including 5 groups of observers) from 94 countries and territories, along with 406 contestants.
The IPhO 2025 exam consists of two official exam days: One day of the theory exam and one day of the experimental exam, each exam has a test duration of 5 hours.
The theory and experimental exam demonstrates the delicate combination of modern physics and practical phenomena from the structure of hydrogen atoms to the structure of galaxies, from magnetic fluctuations to the formation of meteorological holes. The problem of creating foam air in panh ginseng not only has the meaning of deep Physics (related to pressure, sound, oil Adhesive, ...) but is also a unique cultural highlight, including French culinary tradition in the IPhO exam.
The experimental test consists of two problems, requiring synthetic thinking and accurate measurement skills; one of which involves safe landing and moving, avoiding mud on Mars surface of an explorer, and the other uses Gouy scale to measure momentum from and is a meaningful reminder of French physicist Louis Georges Gouy, who has made many contributions to the study of economics and optics.
