Bui Hong Duc started studying IT when he was in grade 8. Although this was a new subject, it appealed to Duc in a special way. With his father’s old computer, Duc had more chances to learn new things in IT. Saying about his son’s passion for computing, Bui Hong Cuong, said”Duc considers computing as a game”. After a few months of studying at the high school, Duc became a member of the selected team to attend the national competition for excellent students.
Duc won the first prize in Informatics at the 2017-2018 National High School Student Selection Exam. After that, he won the gold medal in the 21st Singapore National Informatics Olympic held by the National University of Singapore in March 2018, regarded as a great achievement for a tenth grade student.
 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc gave flowers to congratulate the Ten Promising Young Faces of 2019 including Bui Hong Duc. |
Two years later, Bui Hong Duc brought glory to his country with gold medals at the 31st and 32nd International Informatics Olympics Competition.
In 2019, Duc’s gold medal contributed to the overall performance of the national team, helping Vietnam rank 4th in the world after Russia, the US, and China. This was the year when the Vietnamese delegation had the highest results at the International Olympiad in Informatics since 2000.
Currently, Duc is a first-year student at the VNU University of Engineering and Technology. Recently, Hong Duc has been given the First Class Labor Medal by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
 Bui Hong Duc in his study area at home. |
| Bui Hong Duc won a gold medal at the 32nd International Olympiad in Informatics in 2020, ranked 11th out of 343 contestants from 87 countries and territories. |
