The 39-strong Vietnamese team also brought home ten silver medals, 14 bronze medals and 11 consolation prizes.

The Vietnamese team at the science competition in Indonesia.

The team consisted of students from two junior secondary schools, Trung Vuong and Ngo Si Lien, in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem district.

The International Science Competition consisted of team and individual competitions.

In the individual competition, students had to answer 30 multiple-choice questions and complete a written test within 90 minutes while the team competition required the students to program their robot to fulfil the mission of rescuing an injured bear.

Four Vietnamese students from Trung Vuong School also won the gold cup for the best performance in the robot competition.

Scholarships given to 150 poor university students in southeastern region

Tuoi Tre (Youth) Newspaper, the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union and HCM Television held a ceremony on October 12 to grant scholarships to 15 new university students with difficult circumstances in seven southeastern provinces and cities.

Programme helps poor students pursue study

The “Vi em hieu hoc” (Because you are studious) programme has presented 125,000 scholarships worth 125 billion VND (5.37 million USD) to studious pupils in disadvantaged communes nationwide since it was launched in 2014.

Scholarships presented to poor students in Binh Duong

The Republic of Korea General Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City and the Korean Business Association in the southern province of Binh Duong presented 219 scholarships worth over 700 million VND (30,400 USD) to poor students with outstanding academic performance on October 7.

National startup festival for students to be held in Hanoi

A national startup festival for students will take place from October 4-5 in the Hanoi University of Technology, aiming to encourage innovation startup spirit for students across the country.

Over 1,300 primary students in Gia Lai receive free helmets

More than 1,300 students of three primary schools in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai were presented with helmets under a programme held at Le Hong Phong Primary School in Bau Can commune, Chu Prong district.

Source: NDO