With a GPA of 3,95/4, Nguyễn Tiến Đạt, a student of Chemistry talent program class - Cohort K65 became the latest valedictorian of Vietnam National University - University of Science (VNU - HUS).

On the afternoon of May 10,2021, the HUS Student Scientific Report Assessing Session successfully took place online.

All four Vietnamese contestants at the International Chemistry Olympiad 2021 (IChO 2021) secured three gold and one silver medals according to the Ministry of Education and Training on August 2, 2021.

On July 27, 2021, Cybermetrics Labs (under the Spanish National Research Council) announced the second Webometrics rankings of 2021. Accordingly, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU) ranked 959th among the world’s top 1,000 universities.

As announced by the Ministry of Education and Training on July 24, all five Vietnamese contestants won medals, namely three golds and two silvers, at the International Physics Olympiad 2021 (IPhO 2021).

On July 23, 2021, the Organizing Committee of the International Mathematics Olympiad 2021 (IMO 2021) announced the results of this year's contest. Accordingly, all six Vietnamese contestants won medals, including one gold, two silver and three bronze medals.

On July 19, 2021, the Education Quality Management Department of the Ministry of Education and Training in collaboration with VNU University of Science held the opening ceremony of the International Mathematics Olympiad 2021.

VNU University of Science together with Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry and partners organized the 3rd Summer School on “Sustainable Forest Management and Bio-Economy” under the framework of the BioEcoN Project co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.

On June 28, 2021, the closing ceremony of the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) 2021, at which, Vietnam’s team won 4 silver medals, was held at VNU University of Engineering and Technology.

On June 24, 2021, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed Decision No. 998/QD-TTg on the appointment of Mr. Le Quan, Deputy Secretary of Ca Mau Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Ca Mau Provincial People's Committee, as VNU President.