The Hanoi Department of Education and Training held a press conference about the contest

The IMSO for primary schools is an annual maths and science contest in English that is held alternatively by ministries of education of countries across the world for students under 13.

This year’s competition is expected to draw 719 candidates from 24 countries, including the US, Bulgaria, Singapore, Cambodia, China, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and Taiwan. Among those, 367 are from Vietnam.

International students will compete in Group A and Vietnamese students will compete in Group B of the contest.

The students will have the opportunity to take part in cultural exchanges and perform their art shows featuring their national identities.

The contest was firstly organised in Indonesia in 2003.

Vietnam has been participating in IMSO since 2015 and won 21 gold and 80 other medals so far.