Vietnamese students to compete at Microsoft Office World Champs

Three Vietnamese students are to represent the country at the final round of the Microsoft Office World Championship (MOSWC), an event which is scheduled to take place in 2021 in the United States.
Vietnamese students to compete at Microsoft Office World Champs ảnh 1Three Vietnamese students are to represent the country at the final round of the Microsoft Office World Championship next year (Photo: VOV)
Hanoi (VNA) - Three Vietnamese students are to represent thecountry at the final round of the Microsoft Office World Championship (MOSWC),an event which is scheduled to take place in 2021 in the United States.

The three won the national competition ‘Microsoft Office WorldChampionship-Viettel 2020’, which recently got underway in Hanoi, reported the Voice of Vietnam (VOV).

They are Nguyen Quoc Huy from Nguyen Tat Thanh Secondary and High School inHanoi, who won the first prize at MOS Word 2016; Thai Bao Ngoc from VietnamMaritime University in Hai Phong, who finished first at Microsoft Excel 2016,and Nguyen Anh Kiet from Hung Vuong Gifted High School in Phu Tho province, whoexcelled at Microsoft PowerPoint 2016.

MOSWC is an annual competition that is held among hundreds of studentsworldwide who are keen on popular Microsoft Office applications, includingMicrosoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint.

In the national-level contest is organised by IIG Vietnam in order to selectthe leading candidates to compete in the final round in the US./.
VNA

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