Chemistry 'Golden Boy' nominated for Outstanding Young Vietnamese Face

2023 is a memorable year for Dinh Cao Son, a former student of Ha Tinh High School for the Gifted, currently a student of K73A, Faculty of Chemistry, Hanoi National University of Education. Son won the Gold Medal at the International Chemistry Olympiad IchO, was the contestant with the highest score of the Vietnamese team, ranked 7th out of nearly 350 students from 89 countries and territories.

Dinh Cao Son won the Gold Medal at the 2023 International Chemistry Olympiad. Photo: baohatinh.vn

Since high school, Dinh Cao Son has shown his talent and passion for Chemistry. He has had excellent academic achievements: First prize in the provincial Chemistry competition for excellent students in grade 9 and then grade 10. He was also the valedictorian of the Chemistry class at Ha Tinh Specialized High School; valedictorian of the provincial Chemistry competition for excellent students in grade 10; second prize in the national Chemistry competition for excellent students in grade 11; valedictorian of the national Chemistry competition for excellent students in grade 12; valedictorian of the National Chemistry Team selection exam. Excellent results and valuable experiences from the exams help the Ha Tinh male student confidently conquer the challenge in the international arena at the 2023 International Chemistry Olympiad IchO. Dinh Cao Son shared that entering the International Chemistry Olympiad, he and his teammates went through more than 100 theoretical and practical lessons, under the dedicated guidance of leading professors and doctors. The experience during the days of attending the exam in the beautiful country of Switzerland is an extremely valuable experience for Son. Besides the anxiety and nervousness, family, teachers and friends in his hometown are great motivations for him to conquer the pinnacle of knowledge, bringing glory to the country. With solid knowledge and determination for the country, Dinh Cao Son performed well in the practical part with a result of 87%, a total score of 82.14/100. After 2 days of competition with more than 300 contestants from 89 countries and territories around the world, Dinh Cao Son won an impressive Gold Medal, with the leading score of the Vietnamese delegation, ranking 7th in the world. The achievements of Son and his teammates (3 Gold Medals, 1 Silver Medal) have contributed to helping the Vietnamese delegation continue to maintain its position in the leading group of the International Chemistry Olympiad IchO 2023, ranking 3rd in the entire delegation in terms of the number of Gold Medals. Son modestly said that the results of the Exam are a motivation for him to strive even harder, to overcome himself to conquer new challenges. The Exam is an opportunity for him to exchange and learn with international friends, to interact with friends, he finds that his knowledge is still very small. With his impressive achievements, Dinh Cao Son chose to study at the Faculty of Chemistry, Hanoi National University of Education. She shared that before becoming a new student of the University, she had experienced 2 months of studying here when participating in training for the International Chemistry Olympiad in 2023. Only 2 short months, but she realized that the University of Education environment is a suitable place to improve knowledge about the major, practice pedagogical skills, and prepare for her future career.

Entering the student environment, Dinh Cao Son still maintains a modest attitude in studying, always trying to practice and learn from teachers and friends. In addition to studying, he also spends time participating in other social activities.

In 2023, Son was honored to be awarded the Second Class Labor Medal, the title of "3 Good Students" by the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union for the 2022 - 2023 school year, and "Outstanding example in studying, working, and creating" for the 2020 - 2023 period of Ha Tinh province... Notably, recently, the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the Council for the Award of Outstanding Young Vietnamese Faces in 2023 announced 20 outstanding nominations for the online voting round in 9 fields; in which, Dinh Cao Son was nominated in the field of Study.

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