Specifically, the two gold medals of the 2024 International Olympiad in Informatics belong to Pham Cong Minh, a 12th grader, and Hoang Xuan Bach, a 11th grader, from the High School for the Gifted in Natural Sciences, University of Natural Sciences, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

The silver medal went to Nguyen Huu Tuan, a 10th grade student at the High School for Gifted Students in Natural Sciences, University of Natural Sciences, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

Pham Ngoc Trung, a 12th grade student at the High School for Gifted Students in Natural Sciences, University of Natural Sciences, Vietnam National University, Hanoi won a bronze medal.

The 36th International Olympiad in Informatics was held in person from September 1 to 6 in Alexandria, Egypt. IOI 2024 had the direct participation of 353 contestants from 91 countries and territories (in addition to Russia, Belarus and Australia competing under the Olympic flag) and 9 contestants competing online from Israel, Iran and Germany.

With 100% of the contestants winning medals, the Vietnamese national IOI team is in the group of 4 countries and territories with the highest results according to the medal tally, after the United States, Japan and Poland (according to the results announced on the website of the IOI 2024 Organizing Committee, not ranking the Russian and Israeli IOI teams).

In 2023, the Vietnam IOI Team is in the group of 9 countries with the highest results in the medal table with 1 gold medal, 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal.

According to the regulations of the IOI Council 2024, the International Olympiad in Informatics has 2 official competition days. On each competition day, candidates will take a 5-hour computer programming test and solve 3 problems with rich content. The results will be automatically graded online by the system and the live scoreboard will be announced throughout the 2 competition days (online).

The Ministry of Education and Training said that this year's exam is highly difficult, requiring candidates to be able to apply knowledge flexibly and be creative. With the strong development of the digital technology industry, countries are increasingly investing heavily in their teams and competition between countries is getting higher in this exam.

Tonight, September 6, the closing ceremony and award ceremony of the 2024 International Olympiad in Informatics will take place.