The Vietnamese student team has won three gold medals and one silver medal, joining the US and China in having the highest achievements at this year's International Biology Olympiad (IBO).
On the evening of July 13, the 2024 IBO Competition Awards Ceremony took place at the International Convention Center in Astana, Kazakhstan.
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| The Organizing Committee awarded the Gold Medal at IBO 2024. |
Accordingly, Dang Tuan Anh (12th grade student, Chu Van An High School), Nguyen Tien Loc (12th grade student, High School for Gifted Students of Natural Sciences, Hanoi National University), Nguyen Si Hieu (12th grade student, Tran Phu High School for Gifted Students, Hai Phong City) won the Gold medal; Ho Duc Trung (12th grade student, Quoc Hoc High School for Gifted Students, Thua Thien - Hue Province) won the Silver medal.
The IBO 2024 competition has 80 participating teams with nearly 320 excellent candidates strictly selected from 80 countries and territories, including the participation of all countries with developed science and technology, economics and engineering in the world.
Candidates participated in two days of intense exams, including two theoretical exams and a practical exam with four laboratories on molecular biology, biochemistry, animal anatomy and physiology, and bioinformatics.
Associate Professor, Dr. Dinh Doan Long, Head of the IBO Vietnam delegation, said that this year's exam requires candidates to have a good understanding of both theory and proficiency in practical skills, correctly and effectively applying knowledge and skills of biology from classical to modern in solving many diverse problems of global issues.
These are agricultural production, environmental protection in the context of climate change, renewable energy, green energy, public health care, disease prevention and proposing new treatment solutions based on comprehensive approaches from molecules, cells; ecosystems and biospheres, animal visual anatomy, molecular biotechnology and computer science.
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| Vietnamese students take photos with leaders of the Vietnamese Embassy in Kazakhstan. |
The excellent results of the Vietnamese team show that the Ministry of Education and Training has taken the right direction in discovering, selecting and nurturing excellent students in biology in both theory and practice.
The level of Vietnamese students in biology is gradually improving, approaching the level of leading countries in the field of biology, a field considered only for rich and developed countries in the world.
Previously, on July 8, the Vietnamese student team and teachers in the delegation visited the Vietnamese Embassy in Kazakhstan.
At the meeting, Ambassador Pham Thai Nhu Mai warmly discussed with teachers and students about the new positive developments in the traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and Kazakhstan, asked about the preparation process for the contest and wished the students the best results in the contest, bringing glory to the Fatherland.
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