VietNamNet Bridge – Five Vietnamese students walked away with honours at the 13th Russian Olympiad which was wrapped up in Moscow on June 11.

First prize in public speaking went to Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet, an 11th grader from Nam Dinh-based Le Hong Phong high school. She was also presented a certificate of merit for the best answer in the “Reading Comprehension” category.   

Another 11th grader Nghiem Ba Tri from Hanoi-Amsterdam high school swept the poetry reading and general examination categories with two first prizes.  

The six-day gruelling contest attracted over 200 students from 29 countries around the globe competing in an array of educational categories including lectures on western topics, Russian pronunciation, young speaker and young poetry reader.

Three Vietnamese students to compete at MOSWC 2014

Three Vietnamese students will participate in the final round of the Microsoft Office Specialist Word Championship 2014 (MOSWC) in California, the US, from July 27-30.

The information was released at the awards ceremony of the national MOSWC 2014 co-organized by IIG Vietnam and HCM City’s University of Foreign Languages and Information Technology on June 11.

They are Tran Duc Duy, 10th grader from Dinh Thien Ly School, who topped at MOS PowerPoint, Bui Huu Hong Hai from the University of Foreign Languages and Information Technology who won first prize at MOS Word, and Tran Minh Tien from the Banking University of HCMC.

This is the 5th year the competition has been held in Vietnam.

Nguyen Vinh Hien, Deputy Minister of Education and Training, said that the competition provides an intellectual playground for the younger generation in Vietnam, thereby enhancing computer skills and work performance for the future labor force in Vietnam.

The MOSWC helped Vietnam standardise office computer skills for Vietnamese students to meet international standards, he noted, adding it is also an opportunity for schools to modernise their computer training programmes.

At the event, the Ministry of Education and Training, Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper and IIG Vietnam signed an agreement to co-organise the competition over 2015-2019.

Previously, IIG Vietnam organized the event with the support of Viettel Group, VPBank and Microsoft Vietnam.

Source: VOV