Awards
Awards & Recognition
A verified record of medals, competition results, leadership and research — grouped by area.
Vietnam National Team — IMSO
International Mathematics and Science Olympiad
Selected for Vietnam's national team at IMSO while in Grade 6.
70+ medals — international math competitions
AMO · AMC · MIMO · IMC · WMTC and others
More than 70 gold, silver and bronze medals across international math competitions during primary school (AMO, AMC, MIMO, IMC, WMTC, and others) — years of disciplined, high-level problem-solving.
1st Prize — District Mathematics Excellent-Student Contest
Bac Tu Liem District, Hanoi
Ranked first with 19.5/20.
3rd Prize — Hanoi City Mathematics Excellent-Student Contest
Hanoi Department of Education and Training
Admitted to 3 specialized-math high schools
VNU-HUS · HNUE · Provincial specialized math
Selected for the Grade-12 Hanoi City math contest in Grade 10
Hanoi Department of Education and Training
Chosen to compete two grade levels above his own.
Mathematical Modeling (NEXUS) — 2nd Prize, national final (Grade 10)
NEXUS Mathematical Modeling · VNU University of Science
Applied mathematics to a real-world problem as a team and took 2nd Prize in the national final.
Mathematical Modeling (NEXUS) — Top 10 most-highly-rated teams (Grade 11)
NEXUS Mathematical Modeling · VNU University of Science
Returned the following year and finished among the Top 10 teams rated most highly by the judges.
Newton Open Programming — 2nd Prize (Grade 10)
Newton Grammar School
2nd Prize in the 1st edition of the school programming contest.
Newton Open Programming — 1st Prize (Grade 11)
Newton Grammar School
1st Prize in the 2nd edition of the school programming contest.
Bronze Medal — School Sports Day (Grade 10)
Newton Grammar School
Took a bronze medal at the school Sports Day.
Silver Medal — School Sports Day (Grade 11)
Newton Grammar School
Improved to a silver medal at the school Sports Day the following year.
Consolation Prize — Hanoi City Informatics (competing a grade up)
Hanoi Department of Education and Training
Competed in the Grade-12 city contest while in Grade 11.
Graduated with distinction — ITPLUS Academy
ITPLUS Academy
100% scholarship for a two-year programming programme.
One of the first 50 high-schoolers nationwide — AI Young Talent Club
AI Young Talent Club (AIYT), AI4LIFE Institute — Hanoi University of Science and Technology
Selected through four rounds as one of the first 50 high-school students in the country to join the AI Young Talent Club at HUST's AI4LIFE Institute — training and researching AI alongside university faculty and researchers.
Tournament Champion — VEX V5RC Robotics (Road to Nationals)
VEX Robotics · Northern Regional Qualification, Season 2025–2026 · Team Overwatch 2817EN (Newton Robotics)
Tournament Champion (also Energy Award) at the VEX V5RC Northern Regional Qualification, on the path to the national championship.
VEX Robotics World Championship — USA 2026
VEX Robotics (REC Foundation) · Team Overwatch 2817EN (Newton Robotics)
Qualified to and competed at the VEX Robotics World Championship in the United States — the sport's global final.
Skills Champion & Innovate Award — Vietnam National Robotics
VEX Robotics Vietnam National Championship · Team Overwatch 2817EN
Talent Award & First Honor — Asia Robotics (Beijing)
Asia Robotics Championship, Beijing · Team Overwatch 2817EN
Co-author — international paper: “Chatbot and Reproductive Health for Minority Women”
International research · co-authored with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lê Chí Ngọc · also presented at a conference on ethnic-minority affairs
A co-authored international study on using an AI chatbot to deliver reproductive-health education to ethnic-minority women in Vietnam — measuring gains in knowledge, changes in behaviour, and better access to health information in underserved areas. The same instinct behind every project: build for the people usually left at the edge.
2nd Prize — Hanoi City · Student Startup Ideas 2025
Student Startup Ideas Competition
1st at school and 2nd at cluster level en route to the city prize.
Scientific Research — tracing raw materials in seafood to fight trade fraud
1st at Newton · 2nd across the Nam Bac Tu Liem cluster
An interdisciplinary project — I led the information-technology side, a teammate led the biology. We built a way to trace the raw materials inside processed seafood products, so buyers can tell what they are actually eating and commercial fraud is harder to hide.
3rd Prize — Hanoi City · Startup Ideas (Grade 10)
Student Startup Ideas Competition
Speaker (representing Vietnam) — Hwa Chong APYLS, Singapore
Hwa Chong Asia-Pacific Young Leaders Summit 2026, Singapore
Selected as a speaker for the Vietnam delegation (1 of 3 from Newton). I presented EduVision AI — using AI to make learning accessible for visually-impaired students — sharing the field research and model, and taking questions from students, teachers and delegates. The trip included university visits, among them NUS.
Co-founder & President — Infinity Math Club
Newton Grammar School
Co-founded a school math community in Grades 10–11, then led it as President in Grade 12 — running academic programs, coaching members for competitions, and building online tools to organize the club.
Vice President, IT — Newton Robotics Club
Newton Grammar School
Built and ran the club's technology platforms from Grade 11, supported its competitions and academic events, and used software to improve how the club is organized and connected.
Technology & Sponsorship Coordinator — Newton MUN Club
Newton Grammar School
Ran the club's technology and partnerships from Grade 11 — building its digital platforms and securing sponsorship from companies and organizations to fund activities.
Referee & volunteer organizer — Robotics for Good, Hanoi 2026
STEM Education Promotion Alliance (SEPA)
Trained as a head referee and volunteered at Robotics for Good, Hanoi 2026 — coordinating activities, supporting teams and running the tournament, giving back to the STEM community that shaped me.
Certificate of Merit — Hung Yen Study Encouragement Association
Hung Yen Provincial Study Encouragement Association
Principals' & Commune Chairman's commendations
Phong Huy Linh & Dong Linh schools; Dong Quan commune
For sustained study-encouragement work in his home region.