This is the highest achievement of the Vietnamese team to the IOAA.

Accordingly, Nguyen Khanh Tam and Tran Dinh Dung both took gold medals. Meanwhile, Nguyen Manh Duc won a silver medal, and Le Duc An and Dinh Tran Hai Chien were awarded the bronze medals. All of them are 12th graders from Hanoi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted.

Vietnamese students win five medals at International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The 14th IOAA was held virtually from November 14 – November 21, drawing 60 teams from 50 countries and territories worldwide.

The International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) is an annual competition for high school students. It is one of the international science Olympiads.

The main goal of the IOAA is to promote the growing interest in astronomy and related STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) subjects, especially through the general education of young people, while enhancing the development of international contacts among different countries in promoting astronomy and astrophysics in schools.

The first IOAA was held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in November 2007.

Vietnam first attended the IOAA in 2016, during which the team pocketed one silver medal and four consolation prizes.

Chinese Embassy grants 30 scholarships to excellent students in Bac Giang province

(BGO) - In order to encourage excellent students of Bac Giang province, Chinese Embassy has granted 30 scholarships  to the students of Dao My primary and secondary schools, Lang Giang district and Long Son secondary school, Son Dong district, each worth 3.5 million VND (155 USD).

Vietnamese students win medals at Int’l Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics

All five Vietnamese students participating in the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) 2021, which concluded on November 21, won medals.

Vietnam ranks sixth among international students studying in US

Vietnam remains the sixth leading country of origin for all international higher education students in the US, with 21,631 students studying at American institutions in the academic year 2020-2021, the Vietnam Government Portal (VGP) reported.

Bac Giang’s student wins third prize at Vietnam Quintessence contest

(BGO) – Student Nguyen Duc Trung at Ethnic Drama Faculty, Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Cinema who was born in Song Mai commune, Bac Giang city, Bac Giang province has won third prize at Vietnam Quintessense video making contest launched by the Central Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union for his work “Returning to the land of Quan ho”.

Bac Giang students stop going to school but keep studying amid Covid-19 pandemic

(BGO) – For ten days from October 26 to November 4, Covid-19 pandemic has outbroken at several localities in Bac Giang province including schools with severe impact on teaching and studying activities. The local authorities and educational sector have implemented various measures to reduce the consequences on the students.

Source: NDO/VNA