Taking place from December 8 to 12, 2025 at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HUTECH), the 34th Vietnam Student Informatics Olympiad (OLP’25), the 1st Vietnam Student Artificial Intelligence Olympiad (OlpAI’25), Procon Vietnam, and the ICPC Asia HCMC 2025 brought an exciting series of technology challenges to participating students nationwide and abroad.
These competitions are jointly organized by the Ministry of Education and Training, the Vietnam Association for Information Processing, the Vietnam National Union of Students, and HUTECH. The event is endorsed by the Ministry of Education and Training, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee, and the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee.
This year’s series gathered nearly 1,000 IT students and nearly 200 coaches from 87 universities, colleges, and institutes, alongside the expanded participation of specialized high schools and 20 international teams from Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Thailand
Contestants completed seating checks, tested their machines, and familiarized themselves with the contest system to prepare for the official competition rounds

The opening ceremony of OLP’25, OlpAI’25, Procon’25, and ICPC Asia HCMC 2025 marked the start of this prestigious series of competitions
The OlpAI’25 finals kicked off first, with contestants facing six hours of challenges across two integrated AI tests in Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing
Students stayed highly focused throughout both the individual and team rounds in the Super Cup, Informatics Specialized, Non-specialized, College, and Open-Source Software categories of OLP’25


In the Open-Source Software category, teams were required to develop smart city applications using open data platforms, prepare a trial system, and deliver a live presentation to the Board of Judges

Procon Vietnam teams engaged in highly competitive programming to solve simulation-based problems aimed at generating meaningful strategic decision-making guidelines
On December 12, teams at ICPC Asia HCMC 2025 will compete in a highly challenging programming round to qualify for the ICPC Asia Pacific Round in Taiwan (February–March 2026), advancing toward the ICPC 2026 World Finals
Nguyen Tien Anh, a fourth-year IT student at HUTECH and finalist at OlpAI’25, shared: “Besides winning Third Prize in the Southern Region, I feel I gained so much from this competition. The biggest takeaway was the hands-on experience of facing strong teams from across the country, which helped me identify what I need to improve. I also made many new connections and learned the importance of teamwork, which is a decisive factor in competitions that demand fast coordination and collective problem-solving.”
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