The Vietnamese team at the event (Source: organisation board) Hanoi (VNA) – The 19th Asian Physics Olympiadconcluded in Hanoi on May 12, with the Vietnamese eight-member delegation winningfour gold, two silver and two bronze medals.
The four gold medals came to Tran Duc Huy from Hanoi-Amsterdam High Schoolin Hanoi, Nguyen Ngoc Long from Lam Son High School of the central province ofThanh Hoa, Nguyen Van Thanh Loi from Quang Trung High School of southern BinhPhuoc province, and Trinh Duy Hieu from Bac Giang High School of the northernBac Giang province.
The rest medalists of Vietnam are from Hanoi, Thanh Hoa and northernQuang Ninh province.
Huy also was also received the title of the host contestant with the highestresults.
This year, the organization board presented 33 gold, 13 silver and 24bronze medals and nine special prizes to outstanding contestants.
Assistant Prof. Hoang Minh Son, Rector of the Hanoi University of Scienceand Technology and head of the board, praised the creativity, efforts anddetermination of the contestants.
Meanwhile, Leong Chuan Kwek, President of the Asian Physics Olympiadspoke highly of the Vietnamese Government and the Hanoi University of Scienceand Technology’s coordination and support for organising the event.
This year, the 9-day competition drew 188 contestants from 25 countriesand territories.
In the previous competition in Yakutsk, Russia from May 1-9, 2017,Vietnam grabbed one gold, three silvers, and three certificates of merit. -VNA
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