On July 31st, a delegation from Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, including 16 high school students along with representatives from Okinawa Prefectural Government and Japan Overseas Cooperative Association (JOCA) Okinawa Office, arrived in Hue City to participate in a cultural exchange and homestay program as part of the “OIC Youth’s 2025” program. This event is one of the key activities under the Japan-Hue 2025 Homestay and Cultural Exchange Program.

On the evening of July 29, at Phu Bai International Airport, teachers and students of Quoc Hoc - Hue High School for the Gifted warmly welcomed Bui Hoang Dai Duong, a 12th-grade Biology-major class, who had just returned after winning a Silver Medal at the 2025 International Biology Olympiad (IBO) held in the Philippines.

With dozens of specially designed programs fixed to each age group, combining experiencing hands-on activities, historical storytelling, and royal court games, the heritage education initiative at Hue Museum of Royal Antiquities has become a popular experiential learning destination for thousands of students.

Participating in the 55th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO), held in Paris, France, the Vietnamese national team of five students all earned medals: one Gold and four Silver medals. Tran Le Thien Nhan, a student from Quoc Hoc - Hue High School for the Gifted - Hue, was among the Silver Medalists.

According to statistics released by Quoc Hoc - Hue High School for the Gifted, five of their students were among the top-scorers of Hue City in this year’s 2025 National High School Graduation Exam.

On July 17, the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hue University held a graduation ceremony and awarded bachelor’s degrees to students who completed the Work-Study Transfer Program for the academic year 2023 -2025.

On the afternoon of July 13th, the University of Foreign Languages, Hue University, held a graduation ceremony for students of the two full-time programs that spanned the academic years 2022-2025: in-service English Language Teacher Education (ELTE); and the second-degree in English studies for students of cohort 18.

At the round of the 31st National Youth Informatics Contest for the Central region held recently in Da Nang, students from Quoc Hoc Hue High school for the Gifted won first place in the region’s C1 category and were selected to compete in the national final round.

On June 22, the award ceremony for the category of Creative Information Technology Products for students took place and the closing ceremony of the Hue-ICT Challenge 2025 competition were also held at the University of Science, Hue University.

On June 18, Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Phu Xuan Ward (Hue City) held a program to present gifts to students overcoming difficulties to achieve excellent academic results in the 2024 - 2025 academic year.