On the morning of April 26, 2024, National Economics University (NEU) held a program to review the 2024 national Olympiad competitions and recognize students’ outstanding achievements in academic competitions.

Attending the program were Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thanh Hieu, Vice President; MSc. Nguyen Hoang Ha, Head of the Department of Political Affairs and Student Management; representatives of the leadership of departments, faculties, institutes, and centers; faculty members directly involved in teaching and coaching; and all the University’s outstanding students receiving awards at the ceremony.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thanh Hieu, Vice President, delivers remarks

Speaking at the program, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thanh Hieu, Vice President, congratulated and commended the faculty coaches and students for their outstanding achievements in the 2024 national Olympiad competitions. Assoc. Prof. Nguyen Thanh Hieu praised the students’ efforts and enthusiasm. He also expressed his confidence and hope that, with the dedicated guidance and support of their faculty members, the students would continue striving in their studies, research, and creative endeavors, helping uphold NEU’s fine traditions and achieving even greater success in reputable academic competitions and arenas.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thanh Hieu presents the President’s certificates of merit and flowers to Dr. Pham Minh Hoan from the Institute of Information Technology and Digital Economy and Dr. Duong Viet Thong from the Faculty of Mathematical Economics for their contributions to the team over more than 10 years

This year’s competition attracted many first- and second-year students, an important indication that the Olympiad competitions are increasingly attracting widespread student interest. At the program, representatives of unit leadership presented the President’s certificates of merit to students who achieved distinctions in the National Student Informatics Olympiad.

Representatives of unit leadership present awards to students for their achievements in the 2024 national Olympiad competitions

University and unit leaders pose for a commemorative photo with students at the program

The 2023 Student Informatics Olympiad and International Collegiate Programming Contest in Hue (ICPC Asia Hue City 2023) was one of the most important science and technology events for students in Vietnam and Asia. The competition was organized by the Vietnam Association for Information Processing (VAIP) and the University of Sciences, Hue University, with its scale and scope expanded in accordance with the Government’s general regulations and under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), the Ministry of Information and Communications, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations, and the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union. The competition took place from December 5 to 8, 2023, with 552 students participating. NEU’s team, coached by Dr. Pham Minh Hoan, Deputy Head of the Division of Information Technology at the Institute of Information Technology and Digital Economy, comprised six students, primarily members of the Information Technology Club (NITC) at the Institute of Information Technology and Digital Economy, selected through the University-level Student Informatics Olympiad. Of these six students, three members of the NEU-ONE team had been training and undergoing selection since mid-2023 for the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC). In this decisive round, the University’s team excelled, winning numerous awards and receiving a certificate of merit from the Minister of Information and Communications.

The 30th National Mathematics Olympiad for University and School Students took place from April 8 to 13. It was jointly organized by Duy Tan University, the Vietnam Mathematical Society, the University of Science under Vietnam National University, Hanoi, and the Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics, under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Education and Training, the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations, and the Central Committee of the Vietnam Student Association. This year, the competition attracted 699 contestants from 95 delegations representing academies and universities nationwide. A total of 699 students participated, with 809 contest entries, an increase of more than 10% compared with the 2023 competition. This was a record in the competition’s history of more than 30 years. NEU’s Mathematics Olympiad team comprised eight students competing in Division A in two subjects: Algebra and Calculus. The team excelled, winning seven medals: one gold (Calculus), two silvers (Calculus and Algebra), and four bronzes (two in Algebra and one in Calculus).

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