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).

Scoring 94.08 and placed at 9/231, Nguyễn Hoàng Dương was the sole 11th grade student in Vietnam to earn an International Chemistry Olympiad medal in 2020.

Kurita Water and Environment Foundation has just announced their sponsorship for 11 research topics in Vietnam in 2020. Each is given 400.000 JPY, equals 88 million VND or US$ 3.818. One of the sponsored topics belongs to Đào Thị Hương, a graduate student in VNU University of Science (VNU – HUS).

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).

The Department of Informatics, Faculty of Mathematics - Mechanics - Informatics, VNU University of Science, recently held a handover ceremony of the product from the project "Automatic image zoning by machine learning" to Med-Aid Company (USA). This is a technology and knowledge transfer project between a Vietnamese university and a foreign enterprise.

VNU University of Science (VNU - HUS) held a ceremony to announce the appointment of their new principal for the 2020 - 2025 term, Assoc.Prof.Dr.Sc. Vũ Hoàng Linh on May 22nd, 2020.

On May 8th 2020, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyễn Kim Sơn, Director of Vietnam National University (VNU) signed decision No. 1368/QĐ-ĐHQGHN to appoint Assoc.Prof.Dr.Sc. Vũ Hoàng Linh, formerly Vice Principal of VNU University of Science (VNU - HUS), to be the new Principal of VNU - HUS.