Vietnamese students delivered an outstanding performance at the 2026 International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO), winning four gold medals, the Ministry of Education and Training's Quality Management Department said on July 19.

Vietnam’s team wins four gold medals at the 2026 International Chemistry Olympiad, tying with China and India for the highest number of gold medals.

At the 58th IChO, all four Vietnamese students secured gold medals, placing the country joint first with China and India in terms of the number of golds awarded.

The gold medallists are Nguyen Manh Tuan, Nguyen The Minh and Tran Hoang Nam, all 12th-grade students from the Hanoi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted, and Dinh Xuan Phuc, a 12th grader from the Vinh Phuc High School for the Gifted in Phu Tho province.

The achievement further consolidates Vietnam’s position among the top-performing nations at the prestigious chemistry competition. Between 2020 and 2026, Vietnamese contestants won 25 gold medals and three silver medals.

Hosted in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from July 10 to 19, the 58th IChO brought together 368 students from 93 countries and territories.

Contestants competed in both theoretical and practical examinations, each lasting five hours, with questions covering advanced topics of materials science such as ammonia production, nuclear chemistry, carbon dioxide utilisation.

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