(BNP) - According to information from the Bac Ninh Department of Education and Training, Ta Ngoc Minh, a 12th-grade student specializing in Physics at Bac Ninh Specialized High School, has excellently won a Gold Medal at the 56th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO 2026) held in Colombia.
Ta Ngoc Minh (third from the left) with members of the Vietnamese team. (Photo: Baochinhphu.vn)
This is an exceptionally outstanding achievement of a Bac Ninh student in the international intellectual arena, further affirming the quality of the province's leading education and contributing to spreading the spirit of studiousness, the aspiration to conquer knowledge, and international integration among the young generation of Bac Ninh.
The result at IPhO 2026 is a milestone continuing Ta Ngoc Minh's impressive series of achievements in recent years. Previously, she won a Silver Medal at the 2026 Asian Physics Olympiad (APhO) held in South Korea in May 2026. Furthermore, for two consecutive academic years, 2024-2025 and 2025-2026, Minh won first prize in the National Physics Olympiad for gifted students.
Ta Ngoc Minh's achievements significantly contributed to the overall results of the Vietnamese national team at the 2026 International Physics Olympiad. Specifically, all 5/5 Vietnamese contestants won medals, including 4 Gold Medals (students from Hanoi, Bac Ninh, and Ninh Binh provinces) and 1 Silver Medal (student from Thanh Hoa province).
With this result, the Vietnamese team entered the top 7 countries and territories with the highest achievements at the 56th International Physics Olympiad for the first time. This also marks Vietnam's highest achievement in the history of its participation in this competition. Notably, for the first time, two Vietnamese students achieved perfect scores in the theoretical exam.
The International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) is the world's most prestigious academic competition for high school students in the field of Physics. IPhO 2026 was the 56th edition, held in Colombia with the participation of hundreds of contestants from many countries and territories. Each team consisted of a maximum of 5 students, and the contestants underwent two parts of the competition: a theoretical exam and a practical exam, requiring in-depth knowledge, creative thinking, and practical application skills.
