Violympic 2023 – 2024 closes with more than 23,000 talented “digital citizens” honored
On the morning of May 25, the Awarding Ceremony of the National Violympic Competition for the 2023 – 2024 school year took place at the National Convention Center in Hanoi with over 23,000 winners.
National Violympic Award Ceremony 2023 – 2024
The ceremony was attended by representatives of the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training, representatives of the Departments of Education and Training, delegations from schools, sponsors and a large number of parents and students.
The Violympic competition themed “Digital Citizenship” this year aims to accompany and support students on their path to conquering the pinnacle of knowledge by utilizing technology as a launching pad, making them a powerful generation of digital citizens in the future.
An intellectual playground attracting over 3 million students
Launched in 2008, Violympic is known as the first and largest national math competition via the Internet in Vietnam. The competition derives from the community-oriented cooperation between FPT and the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training, with the mission to offer a useful online knowledge platform to spread and bridge Vietnamese students’ enthusiasm for learning and passion for technology.
17 years since it first started, Violympic has affirmed its position as one of the oldest and most prestigious online playgrounds in Vietnam and has seen an increasingly large number of students registering to participate. In the 2023 – 2024 school year, this intellectual platform attracted over 3 million students from all provinces/cities across Vietnam with a record number of exam boards hitting above 900. After 9 rounds of competition, more than 130,000 excellent candidates entered the National Final round, of these 23,857 candidates won awards, an increase of 12.5% compared to last year.
Top 20 best students in National Violympic 2023 – 2024.
In particular, Math for grades 2 – 10 recorded 10,990 students winning prizes; Math in English for grades 4, 5, 6, 8 recorded 4,982 winners; Vietnamese language for grades 2, 3, 4, 5 saw 6,006 excellent students had their names listed on the gold medal category; History for grades 4 and 5, which was newly added this year, recorded 1,301 prize winners; and Natural Sciences had 578 excellent 9th grade students granted with prizes.
Additionally, there were also a rise in the number of prizes in all medal categories to 2,258 Gold, 3,657 Silver, 5,584 Bronze, and 12,358 Consolation prizes. The total value of awards for excellent students reached approximately VND 1 billion.
Decoding the appeal of the competition, a representative of the Organizing Committee explained: “To fulfill our promise to students, the Organizing Committee has added the History competition at all school levels this year. This is also one of the factors that attract the participation of candidates with the love for History. In addition, Violympic annually upgrades its infrastructure to accommodate the increasing number of participants, updates the competition content to match the curriculums designed by the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training, and makes diverse changes in format and interface to evoke students’ excitement, passion and proactiveness during their knowledge gaining process.”
The National Violympic awarding ceremony for the 2023 – 2024 school year also marked the launch of VioStore, a new product in the ecosystem of technology-based educational utilities developed by VioEdu Online Education Center, FPT IS. A VioStore representative revealed that, the system has now been successfully built after a long development period, and will continue to be optimized in the future. The sole goal of introducing this platform is to offer students and parents across the country a smart, trusted educational utility system, aiding in the comprehensive development of millions of Vietnamese children. Students and parents can fully experience this new utility by visiting the website: viostore.com.vn.
Launching ceremony of VioStore e-commerce platform – a utility system tailored for education.
The nurturing path of generations of global citizens
“As one of the core values of a tech company, the introduction of technology to Vietnamese students has always been FPT’s aspiration, with the aim to provide support in their acquisition of knowledge. Vietnamese people are smart, but we need to be backed by technology to go global.” said Ms. Truong Thanh Thanh – Director of FPT’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
In the context of Education 4.0 strongly driven by technology, Violympic is considered the first step in the journey of reaching out to the world for students – the powerful digital citizens of the future. Thanks to its non-stop improvement, this 20-year-old online intellectual playground has been keeping its strong attraction and novelty.
Violympic 2023 – 2024 closed with more than 23,000 talented “digital citizens” being honored
In 2013, Violympic launched the Math in English competition after 5 years of successful implementation with the Mathematics competition as its starting point. In the 2016 – 2017 school year, Physics was added, satisfying the love of many students across the country for this subject. In 2023 – 2024, Violympic included Vietnamese language and History subjects to broaden the list of competition categories, offer students a new approach to learn traditional subjects, and leverage technological algorithms to foster their passion for Vietnamese language and Vietnamese history, as well as expand and sharpen students’ necessary skills.
“During both my preparation and participation in Violympic competitions at different levels, I have trained myself in logical thinking skills, which enables me to think and solve problems on my own. These competitions not only improve my Math knowledge but also offer me approaches to apply creative thinking to problem-solving. What I’ve gained here will be the stepping stone on my path of learning and discovering knowledge.” said To Hai Lam, student of class 4A0 at Hanoi Star Primary and Secondary School, who won 2 gold medals in Violympic 2023 – 2024.
Over the past 17 years, Violympic has proven its allure with nearly 45 million participants. This number is expected to grow in the following years.
