On October 28, 2020, the Times Higher Education (THE) magazine announced the latest World University Rankings 2020 by subject (THE WUR by Subject). Accordingly, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU) has three academic disciplines, namely Engineering and Technology, Computer Sciences, and Physical Sciences, ranked No.1 in Vietnam.

Two students from VNU HUS High School for Gifted Students among the four Vietnamese contestants attending the International Biology Olympiad 2020 won a silver medal and a bronze medal.

As announced by the Ministry of Education and Training on August 22, 2020, six Vietnamese contestants including four from VNU HUS High School for Gifted Students won medals at the 2020 Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad.

UPM is the rating system, the development of which was funded by the Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training, to assess the responsiveness of universities in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) era.

On August 18, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU) and the Southeast Asian University Network (AUN) co-organized an international conference on "Mapping the quality of higher education" and introduced the Vietnam-developed ranking system called “University Performance Metrics” (UPM), and announced the first ranking results for 28 Vietnamese and ASEAN educational institutions .

Nguyen Hoang Duong, an 11th grader from VNU HUS High School for Gifted Students was one of the four Vietnamese gold medalists at the 52nd International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO 2020).

VNU University of Science (VNU – HUS) held the announcement ceremony on the decision to appoint two new Vice Principals for the 2020, Prof.Dr. Lê Thành Sơn and Assoc.Prof. Ngạc An Bang.

Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU), for the first time, features in Group 101-150 global young universities with top education quality in the QS Top 50 Under 50 University Rankings 2021 published on June 24, 2020. This ranking also lists VNU - Ho Chi Minh City and thus, featuring both national universities of Vietnam.

Quacquarelli Symonds has just announced the QS World University Rankings 2021 (QS WUR 2021). Vietnam continues to have two higher education institutions featured in this ranking, namely Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU) and Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (VNUHCM).

The Times Higher Education (THE) weekly bulletin has just released the ranking of the best universities in Asia in 2020. Vietnam has 3 representatives, namely Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU), Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (VNUHCM) and Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST).