Ho Viet Duc, a 12th grader at the Hue High School for the Gifted in Hue, was the winner while three other Vietnamese won a silver, bronze and consolation medals, the Ministry of Education and Training said on Monday.

Four Vietnamese students attending the 2020 International Biology Olympiad hold the national flag in Hanoi, August 2020.

The competition was originally supposed to be held in Nagasaki, Japan, in mid-July, but the Covid-19 pandemic and resultant travel restrictions meant organizers had to host it online.

Contestants had to take two theoretical and practical tests each, and were monitored on closed-circuit cameras. They took the tests on August 11-12 at the University of Science in Hanoi.

Last year Vietnam won one silver and three bronze medals in Hungary.

Vietnamese students have been doing well in international contests this year.

Last month all four Vietnamese contestants won gold medals in the International Chemistry Olympiad, the country’s best ever performance.

Last week they also won one gold, four silvers and one bronze at the International Informatics Olympiad.

Making air filters from coir and nano silver: Two female students in Bac Giang win third prize at national competition

(BGO) – A project to make air filters from coir and antibacterial nano silver particles by Nguyen Ngoc Minh, class 8A5 and Le Thu Thao, class 8A6, of Tran Phu Secondary School (Bac Giang city, Bac Giang province) won the first prize in the provincial science and technology competition, and the third prize in the national science and technology competition for secondary school students in the 2019-2020 academic year.

3 students gaining high scores at high school entrance exam in Bac Giang share study tips

(BGO)- A number of students got high and top scores at the high school entrance exam for the academic year 2020-2021. They shared their experience in studying and how to gain high results at the exams.

Technology students given opportunity to work at Japanese corporations

The Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU), the Vietnamese Students Development and Support Centre, and the Canon Vietnam Co. Ltd. launched the 2nd Canon Chie-Tech, an automation competition for technology students in Hanoi on July 13.

Over 900,000 students register for 2020 high school graduation exams

As many as 900,152 students nationwide have registered to sit their high school graduation exams this August, an increase of over 13,500 candidates compared to last year.

Vietnamese students will not return to school until September

Vietnamese students and teachers will not return to school before September 1 to ensure they have sufficient summer breaks as the previous school year was extended to late June due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Source: VnExpress