Vietnamese students win big at int’l physics contest

(VNF) - All five Vietnamese students partaking in the International Physics Olympiad 2015 in India have taken home medals including three golds, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

Vu Thanh Trung Nam from Hanoi Amsterdam School, Nguyen Cong Thanh from Tran Phu School in the northern city of Hai Phong, and Dinh Thi Huong Thao from Le Hong Phong School in the northern province of Nam Dinh all claimed gold medals.

The two silvers went to Nguyen Ngoc Khanh from Nghe An province's Phan Boi Chau School in the central region, and Nguyen Quang Nam from the Hanoi National University of Education's High School for the Gifted.

The students are all in their 11^th and 12^th grades.

Vu Thanh Trung Nam, one of the Vietnamese gold medallists. (Photo: Nguoi Lao Dong)

The education ministry noted this was the best result ever that a Vietnamese physics team have achieved at the event.

The accomplishment helped the Vietnamese team finish third after mainland China and Chinese Taipei, and rank above Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand.

Thao also pocketed a special prize for being the event’s female contestant to make the highest achievement.

The team will be greeted and conferred with the education minister’s certificates of merit at a ceremony which is slated to be held at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on Monday afternoon./.

by VNF