Hanoi, June 14 (VNA) – Six national champions were announced at the awards ceremony of the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) World Championship - Viettel 2024 in Hanoi on June 14.
They include Nguyen Minh Duong from the Hanoi University of Science and Technology - first place in the category of Microsoft Word 365 Apps, Do Dong Hai from the National Economics University - first prize in Microsoft Excel 365 Apps, and Pham Nguyen Minh Hoang from Hanoi-based Nguyen Tat Thanh secondary and high school - first place in Microsoft PowerPoint 365 Apps.
The remainder are Tran Truong Giang from the Long Truong High School in Ho Chi Minh City - first place in Microsoft Office Word 2019, Tran Thanh An from the Hanoi – Amsterdam High School for the Gifted - first prize in Microsoft Office Excel 2019, and Vo Ngoc Anh Linh from the Bao Loc High School for the Gifted in Lam Dong province - first place in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2019.
These champions will represent Vietnam at the world finals of the 2024 MOS World Championship held in Anaheim, California, the US from July 28-31, competing against their peers from nearly 100 countries and territories worldwide.
The MOS World Championship - Viettel 2024 saw the participation of nearly 2,200 contestants selected from 240 teams across universities, colleges, and high schools nationwide. At the preliminary round, a record number of 156 contestants achieved perfect scores of 1,000, with 105 of them being high school students and some completing their tests in less than 10 minutes. Nearly 86% of the qualifier competitors scored 700 points or higher, qualifying for the MOS certification recognised globally by Microsoft.
Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU)’s Central Committee Nguyen Tuong Lam praised the competition for helping young people accumulate IT knowledge and promoting the study of IT at school to international standards, thereby enhancing the quality of Vietnam's workforce in the digital age./.
