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.

On June 23, the Times Higher Education (THE) released the ranking of the world’s best young universities in 2021. Accordingly, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU), and Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (VNUHCM) feature in this prestigious table, in Group 251–300 and Group 401+, respectively.

Quacquarelli Symonds released the 18th edition of the QS World University Rankings 2022 (QS WUR 2022) on June 9, 2021. In this edition, besides Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU) and Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (VNUHCM) – the two Vietnamese institutions featured for the fourth consecutive year, Ton Duc Thang University and Hanoi University of Science and Technology were ranked for the first time.

On June 2, 2021, the Times Higher Education (THE) released the ranking of the best universities in Asia in 2021. Accordingly, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU) is listed in Group 251 - 300 for the second year running and ranked first among Vietnamese higher education institutions.

According to the Quality Control Department (Ministry of Education and Training), on the evening of May 26th, at the 2021 Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad, all six Vietnamese participants won prizes with two gold, one silver and three bronze medals. Before that, on May 24th, the 2021 Asian Physics Olympic also ended. Eight students from the Vietnam’s national team won two gold medals, one silver medal and three bronze medals, two certificates of merit.